PS Vita Workaround Lets You Play Dozens of PSOne Games

The latest firmware update for Sony's PlayStation Vita adds some much-awaited features to the handheld device, including improvements to its overall navigation, browser, and map service.

More importantly, Vita's 1.80 firmware adds support for PSOne titles, of which there are currently nine to choose from with more to come in the weeks ahead. Players can currently play upscaled versions of Final Fantasy VII, Arc the Lad, Twisted Metal 2, and Syphon Filter right now, and titles like the Resident Evil series and other Final Fantasy games are expected to make their way to the Vita before long.

Interestingly enough, if you own a PS3, you can use it to transfer games currently unlisted on the PS Vita store. Here's the full list of games via NeoGAF:

• Alundra
• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Arcade Hits: Shienryu
• Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
• Bowling
• Breath of Fire IV
• Castlevania Chronicles
• Castlevania: SotN
• Cho Aniki
• Cool Boarders
• Coolboarders 2
• Coolboarders 3
• Cool Boarders 2
• Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
• Destruction Derby
• Dino Crisis
• Dino Crisis 2
• Final Fantasy Origins
• Final Fantasy IV
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Front Mission 3
• Gex
• Gex 3
• GaiaSeed
• Hot Shots Golf 2
• International Track and Field
• Jet Moto
• Jet Moto 2
• Jumping Flash!
• Jumping Flash! 2
• The King of Fighters '99
• Klonoa
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
• Legend of Dragoon
• MediEval
• Mega Man
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Mega Man 4
• Metal Gear Solid
• Money Idol Exchanger
• Pandemonium
• Parasite Eve
• Parasite Eve 2
• Rally Cross
• Rapid Angel
• Rayman
• Rayman 2: The Great Escape
• Resident Evil: DC
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Ridge Racer 4
• Saiyuki: Journey West
• Silent Hill
• Street Fighter Alpha 1
• Street Fighter Alpha 3
• Suikoden
• Syphon Filter
• Syphon Filter 2
• Syphon Filter 3
• Tekken 2
• Threads of Fate
• Tomb Raider
• Tomb Raider 2
• Tomb Raider 3
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
• Toy Story 2
• Toy Story Racer
• Twisted Metal 2
• Unjammer Lammy
• Vagrant Story
• Warhawk
• Wild Arms
• Wild Arms 2
• Wipeout
• Xenogears

It's unknown why Sony decided to provide official access to such a small number of games on US accounts when European owners of the PS Vita have access to over 129 titles from the get go. As this workaround seems to work, we're not going to complain about it.