PlayStation Portable

This page contains all the information you need to get ScummVM up and running on a PSP.

What you’ll need

  • A homebrew-enabled PSP. How to enable homebrew is outside the scope of this documentation.

  • A computer to download an extract the install files.

Installing ScummVM

The PSP package is available for download ScummVM’s Downloads page.

Download the zip file to a computer, and extract the files.

Connect the PSP to the computer by USB cable. Go to Settings > USB Connection on the PSP. Ensure the USB Device option is set to Memory Stick. The computer automatically opens the root folder of the PSP. Alternatively, if you have a Memory Stick adapter, copy the files directly to the Memory Stick.

Copy the extracted scummvm folder to your PSP, into the /PSP/GAME/ folder.

Go to Game > Memory Stick and choose ScummVM to launch ScummVM!

Transferring game files

Transfer game files onto the PSP as described in the installation section above. They can be copied to any folder; location doesn’t matter.

See Handling game files for more information about game file requirements.

Controls

Default control map

These controls can also be manually configured in the Keymaps tab. See the Keyboard shortcuts page for common keyboard shortcuts.

Button

Action

R button

Modifier key

L button

ESC

Analog stick

Mouse movement

Analog stick + R button

Fine mouse movement

Directional buttons

Arrow keys

Directional buttons + R button

Diagonal arrow keys

Enter

Left Mouse Button

Right Mouse Button

Period

+ R button

Spacebar

SELECT

Shows/Hides the virtual Keyboard. Hold down with Directional buttons to move the keyboard.

SELECT + R button

Shows Image Viewer

START

Global Main Menu

START + R button

F5

Virtual Keyboard Mode

START

Enter. Also exits virtual keyboard mode

SELECT

Exits the virtual keyboard mode

R button

Input: lowercase/uppercase letters (press to toggle)

L button

Input: numbers/symbols (press to toggle)

Directional buttons

Selects square of characters (up, down, left or right)

and L/R buttons

Chooses a specific character in the square. The four center characters are chosen by the button in the corresponding position. The 2 top characters are chosen by the L/R buttons.

Analog stick

Moves in a direction (left/right/up/down)

Image Viewer

Left/right directional buttons

Previous/next image

Up/down directional buttons

Zooms in/out

Analog stick

Moves around the image

L/R buttons + START

Exits image viewer

1st Person Game Mode

+ R button + L button

Enables 1st Person Mode

Modifier key (instead of R button)

L/R button

Strafes left/right

Directional buttons left/right

Turns left/right

+ Directional buttons

F1/F2/F3/F4

+ SELECT

Image Viewer

+ START

Esc

Settings

For more information, see the Settings section of the documentation. Only platform-specific differences are listed here.

Audio

Supported audio file formats:

  • MP3

  • OGG

  • Uncompressed audio

Tip

Games run faster if audio files are in the .mp3 file format.

Paths

Saved games

ms0:/scummvm_savegames/

Configuration file

ms0:/scummvm.ini

Known issues

  • Plugin files are not interchangeable between ScummVM versions. You must copy all the plugin files found in the /PSP/GAME/scummvm/plugin/ folder for every new version you install. If ScummVM crashes on startup, delete the existing plugin files in the plugin directory and copy the new ones again.

  • If the virtual keyboard does not show up on the screen, ensure the kbd.zip file is in the scummvm folder.