PS Vita Firmware Available Today, Adds PSOne Classics

For once, Europe gets a better deal than the US!

According to the EU PlayStation Blog, the PS Vita will see a new firmware update (v1.80) that adds quite a few features. As well as adding PS3/PS Vita Cross-Controller Support (For games like LittleBigPlanet), the big draw of this new firmware is the enabling of PSOne games.

While not all of the PlayStation Store’s PSOne titles will be available from the beginning, August 29th will see quite a hefty bunch of titles to be downloadable from the store.

Here’s the list that has been provided:

1. Cool Boarders
2. Cool Boarders 2
3. Crash Bandicoot
4. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
5. Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped
6. CTR: Crash Team Racing
7. Destruction Derby
8. Everybody’s Golf 2
9. G-Police
10. Jet Rider
11. Jet Rider 2
12. Jumping Flash
13. Kula World
14. Kurushi Final
15. MediEvil
16. Motor Toon Grand Prix 2
17. Rally Cross
18. Syphon Filter
19. Syphon Filter 3
20. Twisted Metal
21. Wild Arms
22. WipEout
23. 40 Wink
24. A Bug’s Life
25. A Bugs Life and Monsters Inc bundle
26. Abe’s Exoddu
27. Abe’s Oddworld Oddysee
28. Airboat
29. All-Star Boxing
30. Arc Arena: Monster Tournament
31. Arc the Lad
32. Arc the Lad II
33. Arc the Lad III
34. Arcade Hits: Shienryu
35. Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
36. Atari Anniversary Edition
37. Atlantis
38. Atlantis and Hercules Bundle
39. Bishi Bashi Special
40. Blockids
41. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
42. Bugriders
43. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
44. Centipede
45. Cho Aniki
46. Constructor
47. Critical Depth
48. Dezaemon Plus
49. Disney’s Action Game ft. Hercules
50. Dodgeball
51. Driver
52. Eagle One: Harrier Attack
53. Fear Effect
54. Fear Effect: Retro Helix
55. Fighting Force
56. Fighting Force 2
57. Final Fantasy VIII
58. Final Fantasy IX
59. Final Fantasy V
60. Final Fantasy VI
61. Final Fantasy VII
62. Front Mission 3
63. Gaiaseed
64. Galaxy Fight
65. Gex
66. Gex 3: Deep Under Cover
67. Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko
68. Grandia.
69. Gubble
70. Guilty Gear
71. Gunship
72. Hardcore 4X4
73. International Track & Field
74. Jigsaw Madness
75. Judge Dredd
76. Junior League Soccer PS1
77. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
78. Lilo & Stitch
79. Little Mermaid 2
80. Little Mermaid 2 and Winnie The Pooh bundle
81. Metal Gear Solid
82. Mickey’s Wild Adventure
83. Miracle Quad Racer
84. Miracle Space Race
85. Missile Command
86. Monsters Inc
87. Motorhead
88. N20
89. Namco Heritage bundle
90. Pandemonium
91. Pandemonium 2
92. Parasite Eve 2
93. Peter Pan
94. Pong
95. Pooh’s Party Game
96. Rageball
97. Rainbow Six
98. Rascal Racers
99. Rayman
100. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
101. Reel Fishing
102. Re-loaded
103. Resident Evil 2
104. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
105. Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
106. Ridge Racer Type 4
107. Sheep
108. Silent Hill
109. Snowboard Racer
110. Sorcerer’s Maze
111. Spin Jam
112. Sports Superbike
113. Streak
114. Street Fighter 2 Alpha
115. Super Star Dance Club
116. Tarzan
117. Tekken
118. Tekken 2
119. Tomb Raider
120. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
121. Tomb Raider Chronicles
122. Tomb Raider 2
123. Tomb Raider 3
124. Toy Story 2
125. Toy Story Racer
126. Toy Story Racer and Toy Story 2: Woody and Buzz
127. Vagrant Story
128. Alundra
129. Urban Chaos

As you can see, there are some genuine classics there. And Little Mermaid 2. If you already own some of these games, you can download them to your PS Vita straight from your Download History, as soon as the firmware is live.