Is the PS-Vita backwards compatible with PSP games?
Some games I would like to play include Final Fantasy 7: Crisis core, Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, Coded Arms, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, and Secret Agent Clank.
The Vita can only play certain supported digital versions of PSP games. If your games are on a PSP UMD only then you are out of luck. (Here is a fan made comprehensive list of playable games)
As for the games you listed specifically, only these are available currently on the Vita as a download through the PSN store:
- Jak and Daxter
- Secret Agent Clank
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I would add that some PSP games that are not available for download on a Vita may still be compatible. However, only those available on the Vita's PSN store are guaranteed to work. Also, the PSP doesn't have cartridges, it uses an optical medium called UMD that looks like a cartridge but is actually more like a CD. – Nolonar Oct 10 '13 at 5:40
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Do you mean NOT available on Vita as a digital download? There are dozens or hundreds of PSP games available for download on PS Vita. – Ben Brocka Oct 11 '13 at 6:34
