To play PSP games on computer, at present there are only three PlayStation Portable console emulators available: the currently best PSP emulator - PPSSPP, the earliest PSP emulator developed based on Java - JPCSP, and PCSP - a discontinued but very good PSP emulator developed by partial members from the development team of PCSX2.

PPSSPP (short for PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably) is a cross-platform and open-source emulator originally created by Henrik Rydgård (AKA: hrydgard, one of the main members in the development team of the renowned NGC/Wii emulator - Dolphin) from Sweden, in 2012. It can perfectly run the vast majority of PSP games, supports Windows, Linux, Mac OX, Android, iOS and many other mainstream computer and mobile device operating system.