[Update] Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VII among 129 PSone games now on Vita

Updated on August 29th, at 17:35: The PlayStation Store on Vita is now bursting at the seams with the PSone classics below. Prices start at just 99p. Fan favourite Metal Gear Solid, however, is nowhere to be seen... Updated on August 30th, at 13:12: We've added the prices for all the games that are available. Thanks to NeoGAF user HiddenAway for the legwork.

PS Vita owners will get a chance to revisit PlayStation classics like Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil tomorrow, as Sony plans to dump 129 retro games on the Vita's Store.

You'll be able to get the games from the Vita directly or transfer them over from a PS3. If you've already bought a game on PS3 or PSP, you'll be able to download it on your Vita for free.

The games will let you change screen size, futz with the memory cards, fiddle with controller settings, and switch CDs for multi-disc epics like Final Fantasy VII.

The list

The following games will be available to download from the PS Vita Store in Europe from August 29th.

40 Winks - £3.19
A Bug’s Life - £3.99
A Bugs Life and Monsters Inc bundle - Not Available
Airboat Racing - £3.99
All-Star Boxing - £3.69
Alundra - Not Available
Arc Arena: Monster Tournament - Not Available
Arc the Lad - £3.99
Arc the Lad II - £3.99
Arc the Lad III - Not Available
Arcade Hits: Shienryu - £3.99
Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special - £3.99
Atari Anniversary Edition - £5.49
Atlantis and Hercules Bundle - Not Available
ATV Racers - £2.39
Bishi Bashi Special - £3.99
Blockids - £3.99
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - £4.79
Bugriders: The Race of Kings - £3.19
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - £3.99
Centipede - £3.99
Cho Aniki - £3.99
Constructor - £2.39
Cool Boarders - £3.99
Cool Boarders 2 - £3.99
Crash Bandicoot - £3.99
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Not Available
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped - £3.99
Critical Depth - £3.99
CTR: Crash Team Racing - £3.99
Destruction Derby - £3.99
Dezaemon Plus - £3.99
Disney Pixar Toy Story 2 - £4.49
Disney Pixar Toy Story Racer - £4.79
Disney’s Action Game ft. Hercules - £3.99
Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - £4.39
Disney's Tarzan - £3.99
Driver - £3.99
Eagle One: Harrier Attack - Not Available
Everybody’s Golf 2 - £3.99
Fear Effect - £5.49
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix - £5.49
Fighting Force - £3.99
Fighting Force 2 - £3.99
Final Fantasy IX - £7.99
Final Fantasy V - £7.99
Final Fantasy VI - £7.99
Final Fantasy VII - £7.99
Final Fantasy VIII - £7.99
Front Mission 3 - £4.79
Gaiaseed - £3.99
Galaxy Fight - £3.99
Gex - £3.99
Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko - £4.79
Gex: Deep Cover Gecko - £4.79
G-Police - £3.99
Grandia - £6.29
Gubble - £2.99
Guilty Gear - £3.99
Gunship - £3.99
Hardcore 4X4 - £1.99
International Track & Field - £3.49
Jet Rider - £3.99
Jet Rider 2 - £3.99
Jigsaw Madness - £3.99
Judge Dredd - £1.99
Jumping Flash - £3.99
Junior League Soccer - £2.39
Kula World - £3.99
Kurushi Final - £3.99
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - £4.79
Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise - £3.99
Little Mermaid 2 and Winnie The Pooh bundle - Not Available
MediEvil - £3.99
Metal Gear Solid - £7.99
Mickey’s Wild Adventure - £4.79
Miracle Quad Racer - Not Available
Miracle Space Race - £2.39
Missile Command - Not Available
Monsters Inc: Scare Island - £3.99
Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 - £3.99
Motorhead - £1.99
N20 - £1.99
Namco Heritage bundle - Not Available
Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus - £3.99
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee - £3.99
Pandemonium - £3.99
Pandemonium 2 - £3.99
Parasite Eve 2 - £5.49
Party Time with Winnie the Pooh - £3.19
Peter Pan: Adventures in Neverland - £3.99
Pong - £3.99
Rageball - £2.99
Rally Cross - £3.99
Rascal Racers - £2.39
Rayman - £3.99
Rayman 2: The Great Escape - £3.99
Reel Fishing - £3.49
Re-loaded - £3.99
Resident Evil 2 - £7.99
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - £7.99
Resident Evil: Director’s Cut - Not Available
Ridge Racer Type 4 - £3.99
Sheep - £3.49
Silent Hill - £5.49
Snowboard Racer - £3.19
Sorcerer’s Maze - £3.99
Spin Jam - £3.99
Sports Superbike - £2.39
Streak: Hover Board Racing - £3.19
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - £7.99
Super Slammin' Dodgeball - £2.99
Super Star Dance Club - £2.39
Syphon Filter - £3.99
Syphon Filter 3 - £3.99
Tekken - £1.99
Tekken 2 - £3.99
The Little Mermaid 2 - £3.99
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - £3.99
Tomb Raider - £4.79
Tomb Raider 2 - £4.79
Tomb Raider 3 - £4.79
Tomb Raider Chronicles - Not Available
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation - Not Available
Toy Story Racer and Toy Story 2: Woody and Buzz bundle - Not Available
Twisted Metal - £3.99
Urban Chaos - Not Available
Vagrant Story - £4.79
Wild Arms - £3.99
WipEout - £3.99

Don Mesa, director of product planning at SCE, says more games will be available in "phased rollouts, every week".

American idiot

The US line-up is a little less impressive. Actually, it's faintly embarrassing, as only a piddling nine games are available from the Store.

That's Arc the Lad, Cool Boarders 2, Final Fantasy VII, Hot Shots Golf 2, Jet Moto, Syphon Filter, Tomb Raider, Twisted Metal 2, and Wild Arms.

However, the guys over at NeoGAF have found that you can get more games - including Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Mega Man - by buying them on the PS3 shop and transferring them over USB. See that constantly expanding list here.

Will the same trick work in Europe (to get even more games at launch)? We'll let you know tomorrow.

This is all part of the Vita's 1.80 update, which is available now. Alongside PSone support, 1.80 lets you control the home screen and media players with buttons, adds playlists to music, automatic thumbnails to video, and photo transfer to group messaging.

Also, the browser has been tweaked, and you can use the rear touch panel to manipulate websites. Plus, there's Cross Controller support, which will eventually work with compatible PS3 games like LittleBigPlanet 2.