Can you "flip" a PSP?

[Rob_Merritt]

I would be able to play a few more psp games if I could flip the psp around so that my left hand could hit the buttons and my right control movement. I doubt there is a built in hidden function like the Atari Lynx had but I was wondering if taking the psp apart and modding it is possible? Anyone here ever get inside of their psp?

[Nick Walter]

I've never been in a PSP, but I've read web pages about how to take them apart for repair purposes. It doesn't look too bad for someone handy with a screwdriver.

I'm pretty sure you can't flip it though, in the sense of turning the screen upside down and reversing the control pad. The analog stick won't be reversible and the L/R buttons will be unusable from the bottom.

[Charles]

What about using those glasses that flip your vision upside down? They are made of a couple of mirrors or something. So theoretically you could hold and play the thing upside down, but see everything right side up.

Just a random idea.

[Harkonis]

I saw a mod someone did similar to this awhile back but it was very complex and probably not worth it.

[Geo]

See, if more of you southpaws had bought the Atari Lynx (which you could flip and had an extra pair of buttons specifically so left handers could be happy), and the b/w Gameboy hadn't taken over the universe, maybe handhelds today wouldn't leave southpaws in the cold. :)
http://www.cyberiapc.com/vgg/pics/atari_lynx1-1.jpg

[Nick Walter]

This whole topic has made me curious, do lefties really feel disadvantages with console game pads? Modern controllers have so many sticks and buttons available to both thumbs that I don't think anyone except maybe the truly ambidextrous would be at an advantage.

[metta]

This whole topic has made me curious, do lefties really feel disadvantages with console game pads? Modern controllers have so many sticks and buttons available to both thumbs that I don't think anyone except maybe the truly ambidextrous would be at an advantage.

My wife is a lefty (and a redhead, and six feet tall, BURN HER!) and is fairly ambidextrous, but that's only from a lifetime spent using things designed for the right handed.

[Jab2565]

I've never had trouble using my right hand when it comes to gamepads or even using a mouse. I don't think I could switch the controls around after getting used to it all these years.

[Dave Long]

What about using those glasses that flip your vision upside down? They are made of a couple of mirrors or something. So theoretically you could hold and play the thing upside down, but see everything right side up.

Just a random idea.
The problem with that is the controls wouldn't work right.

[azzl]

Oh yeah, THAT's the problem. It's a perfectly cromulent suggestion otherwise.