PlayStation Vita

Sony

Portable Game Console - Lifespan: 2011 - 2019

PlayStation VitaWikipedia

Information

Emulators	vita3k
File folder	📂 roms \ 📂 psvita
File extension	.m3u .psvita .vpk

System Features

Retroachievements	Netplay	Controller autoconfig
NO	NO	NO

BIOS

Bios file	Folder	md5
PSP2UPDAT.PUP	\bios	8B5F60B56C3DA8365B973DBA570C53A5
PSVUPDAT.PUP	\bios	F2C7B12FE85496EC88A0391B514D6E3B

Controls

Vita3K auto-detects connected controllers, there is no configuration required.

System Features

Data location

Data	Path (relative to RetroBat root folder)
pref-path	saves\psvita\vita3k* *The folder can be changed in advanced settings > emulation

Installation & first setup

Before playing any game, it is required to install PSVita firmware.

The firmware is available on Sony website : https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/psvita/system-software/

You can either run a game to install or run the emulator from the RetroBat menu:

Upon first startup, click on File > Install Firmware:

Install the firmware that has been downloaded previously and wait until the end of installation:

CONGRATULATIONS: you have succesfully initialised Vita3k emulator.

Adding games

PS Vita games first have to be installed within the emulator, a more detailed guide can be read on the Vita3K website: https://vita3k.org/quickstart.html

Vita3K currently supports .pkg, NoNpDrm, FAGDec, or manually decrypted games.

2 cases need to be distinguished:

1. The game is already installed in vita3k
2. The game is in your roms\psvita folder and is not yet installed in vita3k emulator

Games are installed in the ux0\app folder inside the directory that was defined as "pref path".

Case 1 : game is already installed in vita3k

Create a .m3u file in the \roms\psvita folder of your RetroBat installation with game name:

Inside the file, copy the Title ID of the game and save:

The title ID can be retrieved by running directly the Vita3k emulator.

It's also possible to use a .psvita file instead of .m3u, but in this case the file must contain the game ID inside square brackets.

Case 2 : game is in your roms folder and not yet installed in the emulator

RetroBat will automatically take care of the installation when you run the game for the first time, provided that the games are in the correct format.

2 formats are accepted and will allow automatic installation:

• game folders
• .vpk packages

It is mandatory that your .psvita folder name or .vpk filename contains the gameID between brackets as illustrated in the examples below, else the installation will not work.

If you are using a game folder, the folder must be renamed with ".psvita" at then end, also ensure that there is a eboot.bin directly inside the folder. Here is an example of a correct structure:

If you are using a .vpk file, just be sure that the file is correctly named with the gameID between brackets:

Street fighter [PCSE00005].vpk

When running the game for the first time, Retrobat will automatically install it inside the emulator, wait until the operation finishes (this might take some time and the screen will seem frozen).

Once the game is installed, next startup will be faster.

Custom textures

Vita3K allows user to load custom HD textures for games.

To do so, place the texture packs in the emulators\vita3k\textures\import folder of your RetroBat installation and enable the option in ADVANCED SETTINGS > VISUAL RENDERING: