In the history of sports gaming, there are official releases, and then there are myths . In 2022, when Visual Concepts released NBA 2K23 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, nobody—not a single soul—expected a version to appear on Sony’s aging, 17-year-old PlayStation Portable.

By: Retro Hoops Desk Date: April 18, 2026

Yet, if you dig deep enough into ROM forums and Reddit threads, you’ll find it: NBA 2K23: The City Edition for PSP. It wasn’t official. It was a ghost drop. And it is arguably the most impressive homebrew resurrection in gaming history. Let’s be clear: Sony stopped making PSPs in 2014. The last official NBA 2K game on the handheld was NBA 2K13 —a clunky, slowdown-ridden affair that ran on the ancient "2K Engine."