PSP thread.

[Kojiro]

Hey, Im not sure if you guys already discussed this but I was wondering if any of you played "Legend of Heroes" yet. I like it, I got it for Christmas. I read some bad reviews for it but I am playing it and enjoying it right now. I like the premise of the story and the old school style rpg.

[njjn]

I've heard good and bad things about it, but more positive. I haven't played it yet though.

[earsofdoom]

thx for the help with the net but now ive got another problem, sometimes when i play TMHO the game seems to "pull-to-the-left" it doesnt car control but when selecting a car sometimes i have to move the analog stick cuz it keeps switching back to the car i previously had selected, and in-game when i do energy attack (sometimes when i do shield it cloaks) its really just a minor neusance every now and then but i dont know if it will get worse or if its just the game (everything else i do on my psp doesn't pull left) im getting socom soon so ill see if it does it for that game any but do you guys think maybe i should use the 1-year warranty?

[regus 5000]

it soundslike a problem with the system. u may have to send it in.

[earsofdoom]

it soundslike a problem with the system. u may have to send it in.

any ideas of how to fix it without using the warrenty? (could it just be the twisted metal game?)

[regus 5000]

do anyother games do that

[earsofdoom]

do anyother games do that
hmm not sure.... after the 400$'s for the psp (im from canada things cost more down here) i only have twisted metal right now, socom this weekand though so ill know soon (it doesnt do it as much as it used to for some reason now)

[guyverfanboy]

I got my PSP on 12/29 and I love it! I bought Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and GHost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. :D

[regus 5000]

i just got to the 3rd island on GTA (never made it this far in any of the other games) and im proud of myself. but i dont feel like beating it right now

[VidelCoolGirl]

I just found out that theres wireless in my room that I can only get from my bed. I was up all night on the net with my PSP, I don't know who has the wireless, but I cannot be happier.

[guyverfanboy]

i just got to the 3rd island on GTA (never made it this far in any of the other games) and im proud of myself. but i dont feel like beating it right now

Still on the first island myself. I've only got 7% of the game done so far...

[Bezerker]

I just found out that theres wireless in my room that I can only get from my bed. I was up all night on the net with my PSP, I don't know who has the wireless, but I cannot be happier.

LOL, its actually pretty easy to tap into ppl's wireless connections, ive seen ppl make wifi receivers out of pringles cans.

[regus 5000]

I just found out that theres wireless in my room that I can only get from my bed. I was up all night on the net with my PSP, I don't know who has the wireless, but I cannot be happier.

the same thing happened to me.when i first got my psp the first thing i did was scan for a connection.....but i didnt find one. the other day i tried it again and vuala 40%. not very good though. every day i find another but i dont need them anymore because my uncle got me a wireless router and modem. now i get 100% signal all around my house.

when i get home from NY im gonna try out that xlink program. if someone cud help me with it that wud be great (before u say anything i already read the instructions on the site but i just dont get it.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I usually get a 40 or so percent of a signal, but for me that's fine. Thing is, I live in a apartment, so I have no idea where it comes from.

[regus 5000]

im almost the same. i live in a condo so it cud be from anywhere

[Bezerker]

The X-Link kai forum has tons of help posts. Not sure how to setup with other routers, but it was really easy with their custom firmware for the Linksys WRT54G.

[njjn]

The X-Link kai forum has tons of help posts. Not sure how to setup with other routers, but it was really easy with their custom firmware for the Linksys WRT54G.

Is it? I read about it and it said stuff about changing settings in the router and I just said forget about it.

['D']

LOL, its actually pretty easy to tap into ppl's wireless connections, ive seen ppl make wifi receivers out of pringles cans.

And thus the "Cantenna" was born.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/7060/

[earsofdoom]

hey guys when i updated to firmware 2.60 when it got to 99% it said the update failed but when i restarted my psp and tried to redo the update it was already at 2.60 (even though it said it failed) could it have been becouse i didnt have the charger plugged into it? should i be concerned about this?

[regus 5000]

the fact that u can now update without the charger is a little scam by sony to get people of the homebrews. so when u play a new game that requires a new firmware it would start without your charger being in.

[Solid_Snake]

the fact that u can now update without the charger is a little scam by sony to get people of the homebrews. so when u play a new game that requires a new firmware it would start without your charger being in.
Homebrew itself is a scam. They should have the right to stop you from doing illigal things.

[earsofdoom]

so if you update without the charger you will get the error msg at 99%?
i was shocked when i looked and didnt see the charger pluged in i thought i royally screwed my psp (sony's warning made it very clear to NOT update without the charger)

[Bezerker]

Yea, they messed up their update thing, all their previous versions will not let you start the upgrade if the AC Cable isnt plugged in. So it may be because you didnt have the AC plugged in. I gotta say you are lucky, most of the ppl who have had problems at 99% and had to turn off their PSP's had their PSP's bricked by doing so.

[regus 5000]

Homebrew itself is a scam. They should have the right to stop you from doing illigal things.
homebrews are acctually pretty fun. it like going back to the original days with games like pong or pac man. even though the graphics arent up to date the games are still alot more fun the some of the current games in the library *caugh* untold ledgends*caugh*. there is nothing wrong with them as long as they dont pirate games through iso rips and emulators. but im not going to get into an arguement over this with u.

[earsofdoom]

Yea, they messed up their update thing, all their previous versions will not let you start the upgrade if the AC Cable isnt plugged in. So it may be because you didnt have the AC plugged in. I gotta say you are lucky, most of the ppl who have had problems at 99% and had to turn off their PSP's had their PSP's bricked by doing so.

i downgraded to version 1.0 and upgraded to version 2.60 when i got the 99% error it totally didnt warn me or try to stop me when the cable wasnt pluged in, those other peaple with the 99% errors was it becouse they didnt plug in there AC's plugged in? im just freaked out that when version 2.70 comes out and i try to update its gonna get to 99% and do the same thing and brick on me. (400$ down the drain *shudder*)

[VidelCoolGirl]

Just follow the directions next time, seriously, plugging in the AC cable isnt all that hard to do.

[earsofdoom]

i know, it just slipped my mind. the only thing im worried about is that if it was my not pluging it in or if there is seriosly something wrong with my psp... dont want it bricking on me like a week after the warrenty expires.. and i dont wanna waste the warranty either. any help finding the cause of the 99% error would be greatly appreciated by me.

[Bezerker]

its not going to randomly brick on you. just try the update, this time with the ac plugged in.

Though i dont see why you'd want to upgrade to 2.6 so bad, streaming mp3's isnt that great of a feature.

[earsofdoom]

how? its aIready at 2.6O can you re-do an update or something (im just worried took me a long time to get the psp)

[Gray]

yea, you can use the MPhDowngrader. lets you set it back to 1.05. i do it evry now and then for homebrew

[Bezerker]

Oh, didnt know the update went through (thought it only stopped at 99%, didnt complete). As long as it seems to be running normal, i'd say you shouldnt have to worry about it.

[Upheaval]

PSP's got a really limited game library right now, not much decent games. All I use my PSP for now is watching anime and playing NES/SNES/Genesis :P. I just stick with V2.0 and use an EBOOT loader :).

[Bezerker]

Yea, its looking really dry as of late. Only 3 games coming out this month, and the only decent one it seems is Tales of Eternia (unless you're a big Mega Man fan). February is looking pretty good, Advent Shadow, Guilty Gear, Mortal Kombat, Syphon Filter, Winning Eleven 9, Street Fighter Alpha, Gran Turismo 4.

Shame that none of these games will be playable without upgrading to 2.5 (and possibly 2.6), hopefully someone will crack the higher firmware enough to create an ISO launcher.

[blinkgene]

yer but when u buy the games aka grandtheft auto you can update your psp from them grandtheft auto comes with the 2.5 updater so you donthave to worry about not being able to update ure psp if you dont have the internet

[Macy4495]

RIPOFF.

There's a potential risk in "ripoff", right?

[Bezerker]

yer but when u buy the games aka grandtheft auto you can update your psp from them grandtheft auto comes with the 2.5 updater so you donthave to worry about not being able to update ure psp if you dont have the internet

GTA comes with 2.0, its the highest firmware that you can get that is still able to downgrade. However, all of the recent releases require 2.5 in order to play, so the only way to play (right now) is to buy/rent the games.

March is gonna be a good month, Lemmings & Metal Gear Acid 2, woot!

[Kojiro]

I heard some good words about "Tokobots" from Namco.

Heard its as addicting as Katamari.

[Solid_Snake]

GTA comes with 2.0, its the highest firmware that you can get that is still able to downgrade.
Is it downgradable? I didnt think it was.

Word to the wise. I wouldnt recomend updating from LCS. It messes up the game, DL it from the Intarweb.

PS: Homebrew still sucks.

[Khorell Nataz]

Finally got me a 1gb and yes business has picked up! Has anyone played any RPGS on the PSP? If so what are the good ones to get?

[guyverfanboy]

Is it downgradable? I didnt think it was.

Word to the wise. I wouldnt recomend updating from LCS. It messes up the game, DL it from the Intarweb.

PS: Homebrew still sucks.

Huh, when I bought the game, it said I had to download it off the internet first before I could play. :|

In any case, After I get Coded Arms and King Kong, there won't be very many games I will want to get for awhile... :(

[xxdreamergirlxx]

*Slightly off-topic* What do you use to protect your PSP, if anything? I was wonder what the best brand to go with was....

[regus 5000]

from dust or viruses.
u dont have to worry about viruses if you dont use the downgrader
to protect the sceen i just keep it in the case it came in and dont drop it. but they also sell screen protectors at gamestop (probabl cant say that but u know what i mean)
and dont worry its not off topic it right on it

[birdcat]

I can't wait to get a psp. There's like 14 games I want that are coming out for it, and I'd probably only have to import two of them. I gave it a lot of thought, and I'm not going to buy a PS3, 360, or a revolution. The PSP will be all I need.

[angelkamui]

the price is low know

the people who are waiting for the price to drop its now to buy it before a new thing will be invented ^_^ ^_^

[establish_1980]

Will the white version of the PSP ever come to the US?

[Headcrab]

PSP's got a really limited game library right now, not much decent games. All I use my PSP for now is watching anime and playing NES/SNES/Genesis :P. I just stick with V2.0 and use an EBOOT loader :).
well since I spent so much cash on the psp, I'd rather not risk it playing a gameboy game I already own, because you have to have the orginal game to legally download roms

[Bezerker]

well since I spent so much cash on the psp, I'd rather not risk it playing a gameboy game I already own, because you have to have the orginal game to legally download roms


Lol, yea, Sony's gonna call the cops on ya if you download any illegal roms.

[Kueng]

Will the white version of the PSP ever come to the US?
No, not the white version but other colors are speculated to come out.

[establish_1980]

What other colors?

[Siendra]

No, not the white version but other colors are speculated to come out.

Other colours? SCE has only released White, Black, and Ash Grey...

[earsofdoom]

hey does anyone know a site with accurate release dates on psp games? every site i check has a different release date for like every game i check.

[Bezerker]

Other colours? SCE has only released White, Black, and Ash Grey...

Maybe he's confused by the faceplates that 3rd party companies are releasing.

[Headcrab]

Lol, yea, Sony's gonna call the cops on ya if you download any illegal roms.
nah worse, the FBI ^_^

[Bezerker]

Or maybe the UCB. *prays that someone out there knows what UCB is*

[guyverfanboy]

Or maybe the UCB. *prays that someone out there knows what UCB is*

What in the world is UCB?

[Kueng]

I've read at Gamespot that orange, and midnight blue were other colors for 2006.

[Bezerker]

What in the world is UCB?

Wont spoil it yet... I have a feeling Siendra may know...

[GreatNekoKoneko]

um...user created boards?

[Danju]

Upright Citizens Brigade?

[Bezerker]

Upright Citizens Brigade?


:thumbsup:

Congrats, you get some e-pocky

http://www.quickspice.com/scstore/images/pocky_lg.jpg

Lol....

For anyone who doesnt know, Upright Citizens Brigade was a show on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000, really great show, pwns the hell out of Reno 911.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Okay, topic change:

What movies or things do you have for your psp? Me? Nthing really., Sin Cty, that's it.

[Headcrab]

Chapplle's show, season 1 volume 1, its even more funny uncensored

[regus 5000]

i have :
office space
jack *** season 1 vol 1
untold ledgends
need for speed underground
burnout ledgends
grand theft auto liberty city stories
and a 128mb stick

[Bezerker]

Spiderman 2
Godsmack: Live
GTA: LCS
Rengoku
Wipeout Pure
NBA 2005
Mercury
Lumines
Hot Shot Golf
Talkman (best game evar)

Those are just my actual UMD's, my list of ISO's is a hell of a lot longer.

[guyverfanboy]

I have:
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

I won Coded Arms on eBay, but won't send the payment til Thursday when I get paid.

[regus 5000]

Spiderman 2
Godsmack: Live
GTA: LCS
Rengoku
Wipeout Pure
NBA 2005
Mercury
Lumines
Hot Shot Golf
Talkman (best game evar)

Those are just my actual UMD's, my list of ISO's is a hell of a lot longer.
is talkman an import oonly game or can i buy it at gamestop.

[njjn]

is talkman an import oonly game or can i buy it at gamestop.

I'm pretty sure you'd have to import it because from what I know, no North American released date has been set. I didn't know it was out yet.

[Bezerker]

is talkman an import oonly game or can i buy it at gamestop.

Yea, you have to import it, only chain store that i know carries imports is Fry's. I got mine on ebay for $55 shipped. The game is really interesting, has diff areas where you may need to say certain things (Ie, "general chat", "entertainment", "on the airplane", "at the movies", etc). Then there are mini games that have to do with pronunciation, memorizing things, etc.

Not sure if they ever plan on releasing it in the US, i think if they did, they'd be better off making one with Spanish - English, for anyone who ever plans to visit Miami in their life (gawhah)

[regus 5000]

i thought spanish was one of the languages on there as wel as english japanese and korean

[Bezerker]

i thought spanish was one of the languages on there as wel as english japanese and korean

Nope, the languages are English, Korean, Japanese, and Chineese. One language for every Sony headquarter location i guess.

[regus 5000]

good news everyone (all 2 of you) homebres have officialy been run on 2.60. its only tetris but it proves that the firmware can be beat and even though there will be an update out by tomorrow but new things are on the way and all current games can be run. so its time for sony to learn that i can have my cake and eat it too.

[Danju]

good news everyone (all 2 of you) homebres have officialy been run on 2.60. its only tetris but it proves that the firmware can be beat and even though there will be an update out by tomorrow but new things are on the way and all current games can be run. so its time for sony to learn that i can have my cake and eat it too.
Hombres? O_o

Oh, homebrews. Yes, I see. This is definitely good news. I've always kind of regretting not downgrading my PSP when I first got it. Hopefully things move on from here, and I, too, will be able to play ROMs on my PSP. =P

[Bezerker]

Hombres, lol. Those be some good paisano's.

Kinda reminds me of the PSP commercials, where all of the creatures are either mexican, or black. "Its like a nut, you can play with outside".

But yea, thats good about 2.60, ive been using the GTA cheat device on my 2.5 PSP. Im just hoping someone can create an ISO loader so we wont have to worry about the newer games not being playable on 1.5 PSP's.

OOh, and look what i found on the most recent PSPupdates news story:

"Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced Talkman Europe Language Version (Working Title) for European users. The game will support up to six languages, including English (British), Italian, Spanish, German, French and Japanese. The release date is slated for May of 2006."

Ugh, now i wish i waited, i wouldve rather had Italian Spanish & German than Chinese and Korean...

[Kueng]

Can I update my PSP to 2.60 even if it's not a model number PSP-1001?
http://www.us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=SoftwareUpdate

[regus 5000]

i think so. if not then it wud just tell u that u cant update. i uses the japanese version to get 2.0 befor it came out in the us. but dont take my word for it. i wud hate for u to come back with a $250 brick.

[Kueng]

I tried it and it worked as you said, thank you.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I used the Japanese Update also. Couldn't wait for the american version to come out.

[HSaabedra]

I'm happy with the games I have now. Can't wait for the mega man collections, winning eleven, sfa3, gg, and gt mobile to come out. I use my gp2x for homebrew. No need for my psp to do such things.

[regus 5000]

im alm,ost a little jelous of the people with a ds since they will be getting ragnarok. first mmorpg for a handheld

[tenshi_a]

oooh Ragnarok Online on an NDS? Where'd you hear about that?? *_*

[regus 5000]

pspupdates.com on the ds page

[HSaabedra]

Makes me want to get one.

[Bezerker]

sounds pretty good, DS is definately better made for a MMO game, just have a ingame keyboard that you can use the stylus on, and diff commands when necessary.

Supposedly Sony Online Entertainment was supposed to be working on everquest for PSP. But that game'd probably be really hard to play without a keyboard (though i think that logitech is working on a PSP keyboard.)

The game i cant wait for is Metal Gear Acid 2. Gonna be cool with the 3d viewfinder thing.

[njjn]

There's Monster Hunter Portable comign out for PSP, which is supposedly an MMO (looks really good to). An MMO could definetaly work on the PSP, espcially when the keyboard comes out, which is supposedly soon.

[Sendo Takeshi]

I'm happy with the games I have now. Can't wait for the mega man collections, winning eleven, sfa3, gg, and gt mobile to come out. I use my gp2x for homebrew. No need for my psp to do such things.



GT Mobile and Megaman Collections are the big sellers there. The PSP is meh when it comes to fighting games. Worst d-pad ever. Although I might get SFZ3 just for the hell of it. Japanese of course just to have that little addon d-pad.

[Bezerker]

They do make a nub to place over the D pad. Not sure where you can find it though.

[Sendo Takeshi]

They do make a nub to place over the D pad. Not sure where you can find it though.



Is it a nub just like the SFZ3 one? Or are you referring to that "joystick" nub that they made in clear plastic?

[njjn]

Wow Daxter is looking awesome, I can't wait for it to come out.

The portion of gamespot which was showing the videos isn't working at the moment for some reason, but I'll post the link when it does.

[Bezerker]

Is it a nub just like the SFZ3 one? Or are you referring to that "joystick" nub that they made in clear plastic?

I think it was basically just a PS2 nub that attached over the D pad. It was an old story, so i cant find anything on it ><.

[Headcrab]

pspupdates.com on the ds page
one quote said it was a hoax, hell it probly is a hoax

[regus 5000]

meh. i dont have a ds so either way.........
but on a high note. a psx emulator has been created and a beta version is on the way. final fantasy VII will makes its way to the psp soon

[Bezerker]

Its a revision that took the creator 7 months to fix. Hopefully the full version wont take another 7.

[Headcrab]

attention, you can now check your gmail account from your psp, go to http://m.gmail.com, which is a mobile version of Google's gmail interface, make sure to allow all cookies

[VidelCoolGirl]

Eh, I can check my Hotmail account from my PSP also.

[regus 5000]

an snes emulator has been run on 2.1+ so were one step closer to a full eboot loader. its amazing what they have accomplished in a month

[Solid_Snake]

Hmm. Do they have PSP, SNES emulator tutorials? I updated my PSP to 2.0. But I want to play some old SNES games... That I own.

And how much room do they take?

[regus 5000]

yes they usually come with the emulator, i dont know about the snes but the nes are about 2mb and gba 30 so somewhere in between. but to run eboots on 2.0 you need the eboot loader

[Solid_Snake]

you need the eboot loader
Does that cost money, or is it a download? And is it, well Legal?

[regus 5000]

its a download and legal if you use homebrew games but emulators and the such a illigal

[Solid_Snake]

its a download and legal if you use homebrew games but emulators and the such a illigal
Got any sites that you DL this stuff at? PM me perhaps?

[Headcrab]

meh. i dont have a ds so either way.........
but on a high note. a psx emulator has been created and a beta version is on the way. final fantasy VII will makes its way to the psp soon
that wouldn't work to well, the rule of thumb of emulation is that the specs of machine that does the emulation has to be around 5 to 10 times that of the source, well it really depends on the software, but its not gonna play very well it'll be interesting to see it run though

[regus 5000]

Got any sites that you DL this stuff at? PM me perhaps?
pspupdates.com thats where i get all of my news. and to headcrab: i know. the first one they created had like 1 fps ( impossible to play) this one is playable but still a little slow. with proper coding and a little scrimping it can be done ^_^

[Solid_Snake]

EDIT: nevermind. I got it to work, but its laggy. Real laggy. Any help?

SNES Rom by the way.

[Bezerker]

Try to adjust the settings, it varies by game. I found that turning the sound off, and shrinking the size, and turning on the auto frame skip helps greatly with the framerate.

[Headcrab]

pspupdates.com thats where i get all of my news. and to headcrab: i know. the first one they created had like 1 fps ( impossible to play) this one is playable but still a little slow. with proper coding and a little scrimping it can be done ^_^
well unless Sony releases the specs for the psp's CPU its never going to work very well

[HSaabedra]

The specs are out there, its just that not too many people can code for MIPS processors well.

[Lacan]

Well I decided hard cold that I want a PSP instead of an Xbox, but I have to wait till next month when I get even more money. But this coming Month in Febuary 1st I'll buy Megaman Maverick Hunter X, just to show myself that I will buy a PSP.

Oh and about hacking the PSP software, I would never do that, I don't want to get any virus or trojan that will screw up or destroy the bios and bootup of my PSP and have a permanetly useless PSP. Plus I don't want to use a PSP for illegal things. The only thing I'll do is probably use offical updates by Sony.

[Siendra]

So, you're effectively buying a $300 system to play one game. One short game at that.

Lacan, did it ever occur to you that perhaps you should just put the money away and take a "wait-and-see" approach?

[Lacan]

Edit:Your right, give me some time to think on what I really want. I have till Wednesday to make my final decision.

[Solid_Snake]

After spending a day downgrading, then two days playing the "Best" homebrew stuff. I realized my last view on homebrew was right, it sucks. Utter waste of time it was for me, so I upgraded again.

EDIT: And Lacan. I dont blame you for wanting a PSP over an Xbox. I have both, and I have played more good games on my PSP then I have Xbox. Then my Xbox broke, and for some reason, I fixed it again. And have not played it once...

You have a DS, right?

[Lacan]

After spending a day downgrading, then two days playing the "Best" homebrew stuff. I realized my last view on homebrew was right, it sucks. Utter waste of time it was for me, so I upgraded again.

EDIT: And Lacan. I dont blame you for wanting a PSP over an Xbox. I have both, and I have played more good games on my PSP then I have Xbox. Then my Xbox broke, and for some reason, I fixed it again. And have not played it once...

You have a DS, right?

Yes I have a DS, and I love that thing.

The PSP is starting to get alot of great games now. It started out slow, but now its picking up, like the PS1 and PS2 did. All video game systems start out with games that aren't what people really want, but then many months later it picks up. Now the DS has lots of great games even with a slow start.

[regus 5000]

even though solid snake thinks homebres are useless ill still let everyone know that homebrews are officially available on all firmwares (exept 1.51 and 52) through the gta exploit. the full story is on pspupdates.com

[Bezerker]

The only real reason to have 1.0/1.5 is because its the only firmwares that can play downloaded PSP games.

Though sony has been doing a good job keeping us from being able to play downloaded games. 90% of the games that have came out since GTA are either non-playable or after some prx modification, playable, without the save function.

Im hoping someone will find a way to make an iso loader that'll work with the GTA exploit, god bless Rockstar/Take Two and Fanjita.

[regus 5000]

yeah fanjita did a real good job creating this. but its wierd, now that i can have them.......i dont really care

[Sendo Takeshi]

Just got my copy of Super Robot Wars MX in the mail today. Great game so far, although I wish I knew some Japanese to really understand it. Fun game as well. Also comes with the 2.5 update.

[regus 5000]

there is going to be a budokia game coming out soon. so after i get kingdom hearts 2 (already payed for and reserved) and my ps3 (have enough money and cant wait for a reserve date) ill pick it up

[VidelCoolGirl]

Im just gonna wait on the PS3, I want it, but there are other things I'm gonna do first.

[Gannon]

Im just gonna wait on the PS3, I want it, but there are other things I'm gonna do first.

Yeah, I was planning on selling all of my possessions for it as well.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Heh, yeah, Im sure all my burnt Anime DVD's will get a pretty penny.

[Sendo Takeshi]

Buy Super Robot Wars MX.....NOW!!!!

[regus 5000]

i have a not so quick question that probably wont be answered but ill try anyway.
im going on a over night field trip with my class and my friends and i all have a psp. the question is, what game has the best multiplayer for us to all enjoy. we all enjoy rpgs so what ever.

[Kojiro]

Attention Initial D Fans (ME)

Yay and we dont need to do mods.. just insert and enjoy! PvP via Ad-hoc and more bonus stuff for us. Btw, controls are just as good as the PS2 version.

http://www.toysnjoys.com/importpsp/initialdstreetstage.jpg

Article Here (http://psp.ign.com/objects/770/770341.html)

Just in time for the Japanese release of the Initial D movie, Sega has a PSP version of its hit arcade racer Initial D Arcade Stage. Initial D Street Stage will be based off Version 3 of the arcade game, giving it some gameplay bonuses over Sega's successful PS2 version. Street Stage has all the characters, cars and tracks from Version 3 of the arcade game, and then some. In addition to wireless ad-hoc play, the game will include a new card element. Following each battle, you earn a card. Cards come in three flavors: rival, battle and tuning. The rival and battle cards are just for show, giving details, respectively, on the characters and classic battles from the series. The tuning cards, however, contribute to gameplay, as you can combine these to customize your car. In all, Street Stage will feature over 200 cards to collect.

[Headcrab]

yet another game to check out, nice
gotta check the dvds out too

[VidelCoolGirl]

The Ah My Goddess movie is on PSP, so is the Spongebob Season 1 DVD. I may need to buy some now. But next week on my list for PSP stuff is most certainly Street Fighter.

[SUPE12MAN23]

is there a website wher u can download wallpapers?or is ther a way to chang the background color of ur wallpaper pic or water

[guyverfanboy]

is there a website wher u can download wallpapers?or is ther a way to chang the background color of ur wallpaper pic or water

www.google.com :P

[VidelCoolGirl]

is there a website wher u can download wallpapers?or is ther a way to chang the background color of ur wallpaper pic or water

Ypu can use ordinary computer backgrounds also for your PSP. I have a lot of 80 by 600 walls on my psp pics, and they fit fine. As for changin your color, you can only do that with a 2.0 update.

[regus 5000]

some awsome news abbout the psp and some not so awsome news about the ps3 from pspupdates.com

On today's PlayStation Business Briefing 2006, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced an upcoming revolution for the PlayStation Portable. There will be tons of new features to be added to this divine object of glory in the upcoming months. A delay to the PS3 release has also been announced officially.

The users will be able to add new exciting functions, such as the Macromedia Flash Player, and will be expanding the current RSS channel function to support streaming and saving internet radio and videos, by updating the System Software of the PSP (the firmware) to the latest version.

New official accessories will also be released this autumn, such as the PSP camera "PSP-300" and the GPS receiver "PSP-290". The users will be able to experience the motion tracing function of the EyeToy, which was originally available on the PS2 by using the PSP camera. With the help of the GPS receiver, you will be able to make use of navigation software to guide your way all over the world.







Sony will be starting a new e-Distribution system for the PSP. You may start to wonder what it is, huh? Well, simply saying - to buy and download games into your memory stick, and run them directly from it!! Bye-bye, loading times... But wait, that is not all the fun you can get from the new service. There will also be an OFFICIAL PlayStation Emulator by Sony itself (PacManFan, don't cry)! Sony will be distributing modified PlayStation/PlayStation 2 games through this system.

Also, the "Ceramic White" PSP will be sold in a normal pack (PSP, 1 battery, power adapter) from April in Japan, at a price for 19,800 JPY (167.8 USD). North American and European users will be able to buy a "Base Model" pack (PSP, 1 battery, power adapter) of the PSP at $199USD/199 Euro. The actually dates are: Europe from March 22, North American from the end of March.

So much for the PSP side, now here is a bad news for the PS3 fans. Sony has officially announced that the release of the PS3 is postponed from this spring to early November of 2006. However, the release of the PS3 will be global - Asia, North America and Europe will be getting the release in the mean time. Sony will be able to offer 1 million consoles per month after the release, to meet the need of the users around the world.

[VidelCoolGirl]

By teh way, The DBZ game for PSP is awesome. Videl's not in it though, which sucks.

[odw777]

Sony will be starting a new e-Distribution system for the PSP. You may start to wonder what it is, huh? Well, simply saying - to buy and download games into your memory stick, and run them directly from it!! Bye-bye, loading times... But wait, that is not all the fun you can get from the new service. There will also be an OFFICIAL PlayStation Emulator by Sony itself (PacManFan, don't cry)! Sony will be distributing modified PlayStation/PlayStation 2 games through this system.

Ohh crap yes playstation emulator! Looks like I'm gonna have to wipe the dust off the old psp.

[MightyDustLoop]

It's getting a lot of PSX remakes already though. It'll be interesting to see exactly what limitations the emulator faces. Full access to the PSX library could no doubt diminish that DS lead real quick, but that's far too convenient to actually happen.

[Bezerker]

All they'd have to do is release Final Fantasy 7 as the first "playstation emulator" game, it'd be an instant success.

[VidelCoolGirl]

You know, DS's are good systems. I have one and they are really good systems. There are some good games on that thing.

[GTOSub21]

and what does DS being good have to do with PSP, I mean I love the DS but... :lol: anyways Pursuit Force or whatever looks pretty fun

[VidelCoolGirl]

Just somewhat rebutting to the post a couple above.

[MightyDustLoop]

Just somewhat rebutting to the post a couple above.
I don't remember actually bashing the DS to warrant any sort of rebuttal. I would be offended, but then I realized what forum I was in, and that I better let this one go if I value my sanity.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Offended by a video game? Wow. Sorry for mentioning it if it throws you off that bad. And I didn't say you bashed it, I was just saying something about it.

[Bezerker]

Good, keep it in the DS thread, fangirl.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Such hostility...I'm not a fangirl of Nintendo as much as I am Sony. So there's no need to start getting all uspset FANBOY.

Anyway, I kinda wanted to get into games for PSP that should be. Maybe like a few more anime style fighting games. I loved the Dragonball Z game for PSP, and go to to thinking, how much awesome would it be if there was a game like Shounen Jump Superstars for the PSP?

[MightyDustLoop]

I'm not too keen on a lot of the PSP's lineup myself at the moment (it's hard to be with Metroid coming out next week on the DS), but if there's one thing it DOES have, it's fighters. Guilty Gear is a pretty awesome anime styled one. SFA and Darkstalkers are classics as well. Even Tekken looks like it's gonna be great. And to be quite honest, that's the last thing the system probably needs, because I've at least played a friend's PSP, and I cannot imagine playing fighting games on that thing. At least, not "well".

[VidelCoolGirl]

Fighting games for the PSP are very fun indeed. Right now, it seems as if thats all they have to offer. The many puzzle games are fine, but get annoying quick. and the only Adventure game I look forward to is Daxter. I assume that really good games are going to come out later in the year, maybe in fall, but right now, I honestly would rather wait for better games and just get some for DS.

[Bezerker]

Such hostility...I'm not a fangirl of Nintendo as much as I am Sony. So there's no need to start getting all uspset FANBOY.

Right, im a fanboy because i have the common decency not to talk about the DS in a PSP thread *rolls eyes*.

The only thing i am a fanboy of is Fullmetal Alchemist. As far as consoles go, its the games that matter, not the system you play it on.


PSP is taking up too much of my time these days, soo many releases, Ys a couple of weeks ago, DBZ last week, Daxter & Syphon Filter this week, Untold Legends next week, then Metal Gear Acid 2 the week after that. Im still trying to fit in some Blood: The Last Vampire too, but that game confuses the hell out of me, mainly because i cant read japanese...

[odw777]

I'm not too keen on a lot of the PSP's lineup myself at the moment (it's hard to be with Metroid coming out next week on the DS), but if there's one thing it DOES have, it's fighters. Guilty Gear is a pretty awesome anime styled one. SFA and Darkstalkers are classics as well. Even Tekken looks like it's gonna be great. And to be quite honest, that's the last thing the system probably needs, because I've at least played a friend's PSP, and I cannot imagine playing fighting games on that thing. At least, not "well".

This guy says that the best thing the psp lineup has is fighting games (which isn't true) and then he says he "can't imagine playing fighting games on that thing" because he played one game that one time for what maybe 10 minutes? Yeah that's enough to make a generalization like that. :rolleyes:

I would like to bash the ds a little bit, you know point out how it's a kiddie system and so on, but this is a psp thread not psp vs ds.

[MightyDustLoop]

It was a followup to the comment on the post directly above me and I for one think my comments make perfect sense. She said "wish the PSP had more anime based fighting games" and I basically said "I for one think the selection is pretty good, but I think I'd have a difficult time playing them on the hardware." Am I really that ambiguous and illogical?

I know I have a habit of playing devil's advocate, but I've tried very hard lately to turn that into sensible and reasonable arguments for both the positives and negatives for all the systems involved. Somehow, I don't think I'm catching any less flack for it.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Alright, I'm done arguing about the DS thing, I just said something about it, nothing to it.

The PSP is hard to play games on it a bit. I don't know why, but the shape of it makes it a little hard for me to play fighting games, like the DBZ game is a little difficult. I can still do a good job at it, but you cant hold it like the PS controller, so I think I'm too used to that. Also, theres something about the shoulder buttons that seem a bit off also.

If there was some kind of accesory where you could put the PSP on it to make it look like a PS controller, I'd buy that in a minute.

[Headcrab]

If coded correctly that psx emulator will do a hell of a job, its just that your gonna need a memory stick over 600MB, time to get a gig stick

[com0rbid]

If there was some kind of accesory where you could put the PSP on it to make it look like a PS controller, I'd buy that in a minute.

What, you mean this thing (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/miscellaneous/B000EJWGZY/qid%3D1142662615/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-0137763-7292869)? They've had those at Best Buy for a while now. They just don't seem to list it on the website.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Link doesnt work. All I know is that I havent seen anything at my local game store, or any of them around there.

[com0rbid]

Yeah, I spotted that. Fixed it.

Also, I guess I should say something more pertinent to the thread overall, so... I got my PSP at the beginning of this month. Used at EB Games for like $190, so I bought the Logitech case and a few games. I dig it. It gives me something to do with my hands other than smoke, and the larger size doesn't make my hands cramp as quickly as the DS did.

So, uhh... yeah. ^_^

[VidelCoolGirl]

Yeah, something like that. I havent seen that anywhere.

[Bezerker]

Well, there is a gadget that lets you plug a PS2 controller and use it as a remote, while playing the PSP on TV, only problem is that it voids the warranty.

Other than that, the PSP street figher game came with a D pad attachment which is supposed to help greatly, but the adhesive leaves a sticky residue(sp?).

[SUPE12MAN23]

Des anyone kno what versions new psp's come?? and do u guys kno if u can switch face plates?? if so how much do u think it will be and is it hard to change the faceplate??

[Siendra]

You can change the case on the PSP, but it isn't like it slides off and slides on. You're removing the entire thing, and thus the structure of the unit itself.

I wouldn't recommend someody who had to ask even try it.

[VidelCoolGirl]

There's a site online that sells faceplates, but even they say dont buy our products if you think you cant do this.

[njjn]

Ah to many games to buy.

Daxter
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Metal Gear Acid 2
GRAW (Xbox 360)

All of these games are supposed to be amazing, from reviews, they've all been 9.0+ Editor's Choice. I'm really excited to play all of them but that's 4 games. 4 games within about 1 week that have been reviewed AAA, I don\t know if I can remember any other week like this for games and their mostly for PSP

[Headcrab]

still waiting for GT Mobile, and Me and My Katamari

[Bezerker]

Decided to give Daxter a try, game is pretty fun, and the graphics are really good, definately what PSP games should look like. Hopefully as we go farther along the graphics will get better and better.

[Seijuro_Hiko_IX]

Maybe I'll actually have a reason to brush the dust off of my PSP when Me and My Katamari comes out.

The system's lineup of games is really poor, thus far. Mavrick Hunter X is the closest thing I've been to excited about.

[Lacan]

Maybe I'll actually have a reason to brush the dust off of my PSP when Me and My Katamari comes out.

The system's lineup of games is really poor, thus far. Mavrick Hunter X is the closest thing I've been to excited about.

Megaman Powered Up is a good game to get also.

[guyverfanboy]

Megaman Powered Up is a good game to get also.
I don't plan on picking up that game myself, I do not care for the chibi look of it. I'd rather have more Mega Man X games for PSP! :)

[Bezerker]

For anyone interested in buying a memory card soon, may want to wait a month. According to Amazon.com, the retail price of the Sandisk 4 gig Ultra 2 stick will be $132.99.

[guyverfanboy]

For anyone interested in buying a memory card soon, may want to wait a month. According to Amazon.com, the retail price of the Sandisk 4 gig Ultra 2 stick will be $132.99.

What was the original price?

[jedisolo]

Can you hook up an external 2.5 inch Hard drive to the PSP?

[Bezerker]

What was the original price?
I believe Sandisk originally announced $230 as the retail, though some stores are currently selling pre-orders for $299. I pre-ordered mine from Amazon, i just hope it doesnt get canceled as a price error (even though amazon cust. serv. said it was right).

Can you hook up an external 2.5 inch Hard drive to the PSP?
You can hook it up to the USB port, however, the external drive will have to have a LCD screen and buttons to select media to transfer/etc, and all you'll be able to do is transfer things to and from your existing memory stick. The only way you'd be able to use the harddrive as a direct source would be to solder yourself a HD -> MS Duo data adapter, which no one has been able to do yet.

[Headcrab]

hmm... mini-usb Harddrives?, the thing is that the harddrive would have to be able to mount on the psp, but the psp right now isn't able mount something, it can be mounted on a pc but the psp can't mount through the usb port, the memory stick port can mount though

[Bezerker]

Yea, i know its April Fools day, but this seems to be legit. A 2.5/2.6 downgrader has been released.

More Info:
http://www.psp-spot.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23353

[VidelCoolGirl]

Hmm. I still wouldn't downgrade my PSP. I like it the way it is.

[MightyDustLoop]

Yea, i know its April Fools day, but this seems to be legit. A 2.5/2.6 downgrader has been released.

More Info:
http://www.psp-spot.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23353

I thought for sure that was an April Fool's joke but there's so many replies on there it very well may be legit.

While a 1.5 can certainly be used for illegal purposes, I definitely prefer to play my games off the memory stick. Graphics on the PSP are about halfway between the PS1 and PS2, but the load times are as horrendous as PS1 load times. My copy of Eternia just feels a lot less disjointed playing it from the stick.

If this info is true though, it kicks major arse. I'm a huge Street Fighter fan, but have yet to pick up a copy of Alpha 3 due to not wanting my PSP updated past 2.0. I'll give it a few days to play out then if this is still being called legit, I'll go out and finally snag me a copy.

[regus 5000]

im tempted to try but ill wait until after april fools. or another news sight confirms it

[Bezerker]

Yea sorry guys, its a prank. The site admin asked us mods to post links all over, and make posts about how it works (to "convince" others), looks like the prank was pretty sufficent. 6,372 page views with 1,614 downloads of the fake downgrader. Not to mention a link was featured in MANY topics (and had many people fooled) on Gamefaqs, PSPupdates, Maxconsole, and many other gaming websites.

[MightyDustLoop]

LOL, man, if someone updated their PSP to 2.6 to try it....

...you guys might want to go into hiding....

[SUPE12MAN23]

Do u guys think future games will make u update ur psp to 2.6 or whatever to play them?? or just 2.0 on all future games??

[Sendo Takeshi]

Do u guys think future games will make u update ur psp to 2.6 or whatever to play them?? or just 2.0 on all future games??



2.6 is already out with Megaman Powered Up. Those updates are gonna be coming a dime a dozen just to prevent hackers from crackin' the PSP.

[Bezerker]

Yea, 2.61 is already out on the new PSP core packs, only a matter of time before the games themselves start carrying it. By november we'll have 3.0 with PS1 emulator, GPS, digital camera, etc.

[odw777]

I think it's just a matter of time before they make a crack for whatever version. Homebrew is cool, but if they had an offical ps1 emulator that ran well, that'd be awesome.

Do you know any details about the ps1 emulator? Like will it only support a sony specific format or any roms and how much will the emulator and individual games cots?

[SUPE12MAN23]

I might just buy another psp by that time coz i like homebrew and right now the only good game so far is socom well to me...oh yea syphon filter got a better rating is it better than socom? what about online?? coz socom online was fun

[Bezerker]

Do you know any details about the ps1 emulator? Like will it only support a sony specific format or any roms and how much will the emulator and individual games cots?

They havent told us anything about pricing, what games, etc. But supposedly the rom saves onto your memory stick, meaning, unless they make some kind of ultra encryption, somone can just go and put it up on the net for ppl to download instead of paying for it.


SUPE12MAN23, buying another psp is a good idea. I have 2 PSP's one is 1.50 one is 2.60. The 1.5 is for homebrew/ISO's and the 2.6 is for AVC video, Itunes, and Katamari (since they cant seem to get that game to work on 1.5, yet.) Though you might as well wait til 3.0 comes out. For all we know, theyre'll be another price drop by then, im sure Sony's gonna try to come up with something to compete with the DS Lite.

[regus 5000]

They havent told us anything about pricing, what games, etc. But supposedly the rom saves onto your memory stick, meaning, unless they make some kind of ultra encryption, somone can just go and put it up on the net for ppl to download instead of paying for it.


SUPE12MAN23, buying another psp is a good idea. I have 2 PSP's one is 1.50 one is 2.60. The 1.5 is for homebrew/ISO's and the 2.6 is for AVC video, Itunes, and Katamari (since they cant seem to get that game to work on 1.5, yet.) Though you might as well wait til 3.0 comes out. For all we know, theyre'll be another price drop by then, im sure Sony's gonna try to come up with something to compete with the DS Lite.
i heaard they may release one with a larger flash memory for a larger online cash (they should just use the memory stick) and streaming videos

[Bezerker]

Here are a couple "leaked" screens from the PSX Emulator, no idea if they're fake or not, most likely, yes.

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/14470_P4050035.jpg

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/14470_P4050043.jpg

Yea, $15 for an emulated game is a bit much, but according to the story, the source of the pics also said that the files would save to the memory stick and run off of the "Game" tab. So most likely unless Sony heavily encrypts the files, you'll be able to share them on the net with other people.

[SUPE12MAN23]

Those are jus probly fake pics

[Sendo Takeshi]

Yea, $15 for an emulated game is a bit much, but according to the story, the source of the pics also said that the files would save to the memory stick and run off of the "Game" tab. So most likely unless Sony heavily encrypts the files, you'll be able to share them on the net with other people.



Which makes sense to run it off the game tab. Sony did put it there after all for a reason.

And 15 dollars isn't much. You're basically paying the same price for a greatest hits game. Not too bad. Oh lord, when FF7/8/9 and FFT come out for this thing I'm gonna be in heaven. BUT, all that gets cancelled out because of MGS1. Too many gaming possibilities.

My question is: Will the games have slightly better graphics? As in, smooth textures rather than pixelated ones? Cause you know, PSX games are pretty old.

[odw777]

My question is: Will the games have slightly better graphics? As in, smooth textures rather than pixelated ones? Cause you know, PSX games are pretty old.

Acctually I think they won't look that much different then current psp games. If you were to blow a psp game up on a tv, you would see it's apperently really jaggy and I read in a game magazine that it doesn't look much better then ps1. It's because of the small high def psp screen makes it look better.

[MightyDustLoop]

Acctually I think they won't look that much different then current psp games. If you were to blow a psp game up on a tv, you would see it's apperently really jaggy and I read in a game magazine that it doesn't look much better then ps1. It's because of the small high def psp screen makes it look better.

I was about to say the same exact thing. Watch an xplay PSP review for instance. Some games look smooth on the PSP but they're all a little jaggy on the Xplay reviews, so for games that looked a little jaggy on the big screen, I'll bet the reverse is true.

[Bezerker]

The pics have been confirmed fake, oh well. Im sure the real thing will be close. Hopefully Sony will take after Microsoft and keep the downloadable games at $10 max.

[njjn]

Ah I can't decide between Daxter and Syphon Filter. I owned the first Jak and Daxter and loved it but didn't get to play a game of it's type in a while because I sold my PS2, so I'm kind of leaning towards Daxter, but Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror has infrastructure mode.

Anyone played both and have any advice?

[SUPE12MAN23]

Well uhh i got socom for psp and i think its one of the best games out for it..i never played syphon filter but i heard its better than socom so i guess its that good. Oh and u should get Street fighter too its a fun game.

Anyone play monster hunter or whatver? is this game kinna like monster rancher game? lol

[njjn]

Well uhh i got socom for psp and i think its one of the best games out for it..i never played syphon filter but i heard its better than socom so i guess its that good. Oh and u should get Street fighter too its a fun game.

Anyone play monster hunter or whatver? is this game kinna like monster rancher game? lol


I haven't played Monster Hunter, but I've heard good things

[regus 5000]

somewhat good news. 2.70 is out, it includes a flash browser and some other things.

[Siendra]

Anyone play monster hunter or whatver? is this game kinna like monster rancher game? lol


why not try, ya' know, looking. Google, Gamespot, GAF, IGN, even freaking Blockbuster are your friends, you know.

[njjn]

Aaahhhh I can't wait for firmware 2.7 to come to North America so I can get the Loco Roco demo. It'll be awesome if they continue to do demos.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I need to go ahead and just download that. Cant wait to watch Homestar and Bonus Stages on it.

[Bezerker]

Aaahhhh I can't wait for firmware 2.7 to come to North America so I can get the Loco Roco demo. It'll be awesome if they continue to do demos.

Been out in north america since monday... The loco roco demo is pretty fun. I dont quite understand why they just cant take the code that makes the demo boot from the game menu and apply it to homebrew/iso launchers. Guess its one of those "sounds a lot easier than it really is" things...

[Siendra]

Whee. Lumines 2 was announced. Finaly, my PSP has a reason to come out again.

[VidelCoolGirl]

That, and Gitaroo Man 2 for PSP. That game is mine as soon as it comes out. Import anyone?

[Kstyle]

So when are they releasing any good games for the psp,
because mine is collecting dust.

[njjn]

Been out in north america since monday... The loco roco demo is pretty fun. I dont quite understand why they just cant take the code that makes the demo boot from the game menu and apply it to homebrew/iso launchers. Guess its one of those "sounds a lot easier than it really is" things...

Are you sure, cause I heard that's when it was released in Japan

[Bezerker]

Are you sure, cause I heard that's when it was released in Japan

Yep, i upgraded one of my PSP's then. If you go to the official site you can upgrade yours.
http://www.us.playstation.com/psp.aspx?id=SoftwareUpdate

As far as good games coming out, on 5/23 Lemmings & Monster Hunter come out. 6/1 (hopefully) is Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core.

[njjn]

Is anyone else constantly getting "there is not enough memory messages", when you try to watch a flash? Would a larger memory stick make any difference?

BTW, Loco Roco is great.

[njjn]

What should I get , Daxter or Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror? I'm torn. I'm leaning towards Daxter but SF has online play

And I'll paste my post from the E3 thread.

Death Jr. 2 and Coded Arms: Contagion are looking awesome for the PSP

Death Jr. 2 -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149905&pid=933082
Coded Arms: Contagion -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149908&pid=933076

First Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the PSP screens: http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/metalgearsolidpo/index.html

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149532&pid=925138

[Kstyle]

Still waiting for a good game on PSP....

[MightyDustLoop]

Wow, the portable MGS looks stellar. Judging from the pics, and considering how much smaller a PSP screen is than a moniter, it appears it will look about as impressive as the PS2 games.

Who knows just how Crisis Core will turn out? Squeenix is pretty hit or miss on the action titles. But if it doesn't turn out so well, it looks like MGS might be able to pick up the slack. PSP needs another top tier title.

[guyverfanboy]

What should I get , Daxter or Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror? I'm torn. I'm leaning towards Daxter but SF has online play

And I'll paste my post from the E3 thread.

Death Jr. 2 and Coded Arms: Contagion are looking awesome for the PSP

Death Jr. 2 -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149905&pid=933082
Coded Arms: Contagion -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149908&pid=933076

First Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the PSP screens: http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/metalgearsolidpo/index.html

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII -- http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149532&pid=925138

Can't wait for the second Coded Arms game. :) Course, I still need to play more of the first one. :lol:

[njjn]

Can't wait for the second Coded Arms game. :) Course, I still need to play more of the first one. :lol:


Haha same actually, it got me wanting to play it more again, so I will soon.

[guyverfanboy]

Haha same actually, it got me wanting to play it more again, so I will soon.

Barely played the game. That's the problem with me, I'll pick and play a game, not finish it then buy the sequel. :lol: -_-;

[VidelCoolGirl]

Anybody know if the Bleach game for PSP is any good?

[Bezerker]

Yea, E3 always overloads me with excitement. Though now i have dread for coughing up $600 or doing a lot of road trips to get one for $300.

The Metal Gear Solid game looks pretty good for PSP. As far as the Bleach game, I never played the story mode (cant understand japanese) but the fighting system was pretty fun, nice smooth cell-shaded graphics and tight controls.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Hmmm. Okay then. I was considering buying it and winging it on the story mode. I dunno know If I should buy it though.

[Bezerker]

I've been playing the new Tekken: Dark Resurrection game nonstop. This has gotta be the BEST handheld fighting game out there. Great graphics, very smooth gameplay, low loading times, and more modes that you can shake a stick at (yea, overused saying). You can create fights for 1 vs 1 all the way up to 8 vs. 8, offline & wifi. Theres story mode, arcade mode, "dojo" mode, time attack, survival, etc. You can also customize your character to how you see fit (you gotta buy stuff with money you earn from winning fights).

I took a few screenshots, they do no justice to how good the game really looks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap000.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/8.jpg

If you like fighters, definately go out and get this game when it comes out here on the 25th. Or if you dont wanna wait, import it from japan (has full english menus, audio is in english and english native characters speak english).

[regus 5000]

i cant believe my thread from over a yeat ago is still alive (kinda)

anyways. famitsu has said they plan to reviel some new sequal onto the psp. my personally, i hope its kingdom hearts so i can die happy.
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Big-PSP-Title-to-be-Announced-Next-Week/pg/49/aid/58027

[SUPE12MAN23]

I've been playing the new Tekken: Dark Resurrection game nonstop. This has gotta be the BEST handheld fighting game out there. Great graphics, very smooth gameplay, low loading times, and more modes that you can shake a stick at (yea, overused saying). You can create fights for 1 vs 1 all the way up to 8 vs. 8, offline & wifi. Theres story mode, arcade mode, "dojo" mode, time attack, survival, etc. You can also customize your character to how you see fit (you gotta buy stuff with money you earn from winning fights).

I took a few screenshots, they do no justice to how good the game really looks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap000.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/8.jpg

If you like fighters, definately go out and get this game when it comes out here on the 25th. Or if you dont wanna wait, import it from japan (has full english menus, audio is in english and english native characters speak english).


This games hella fun, i just got done playin it. Werent they thinkin of cancellin tha online? does it lag? i didnt try it yet

[Bezerker]

Woot, dig my new background pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/xpokeofdoomx/snap000-2.jpg

So, what do u all use for your background?

[Sendo Takeshi]

T5 DR looks good on the PSP, but the d-pad is too stiff to hit the diagonals. It has to be really flat in order for you to hit the diagonals.

Curse you Namco for listening to Sony. *prays for DR PS2 release*


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/DrMicroScopic/amzsm_529_1024.jpg



Thats on my PSP background.

[SUPE12MAN23]

Too bad tekken dr isnt online, jus got done playin it

[regus 5000]

............ how disapointing.......................the new game that famitsu announced was monsterr hunter 2
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Monster-Hunter-Freedom-2-Is-Coming-/pg/49/aid/58585
i was realy hoping it would be a kingdom hearts or final fantasy game........................o h well/ cant win them all

[u_nick]

i never played the first moster hunter - what type of game is it?

[Bezerker]

Jeez, Devhook just keep pumping out the releases. The new Devhook .44 now includes full 2.71 emulation. Ladies and Gentlemen (with anything between 1.51-2.60) start your downgrading!

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Devhook-Updated-to-v0-44-2-71-Firmware-Emulation-/pg/49/aid/58716

[regus 5000]

in a way i miss being able to play homebrew games but its not all that great and puts the life of my psp on the line

[Bezerker]

I could really care less about homebrew games, for me its all about the ISO loaders, and maybe some of the novelty homebrew (mosquito repelant, wifi movie streaming, TV remote control, etc).

I'm selling off my 2.71 PSP today. I really have no use for it now that 1.5 can emulate 2.71. Ill probably wait to see what happens with the official ps1 emulator, and other firmware upgrades before i decide to rebuy (and ill most likely buy one of the ceramic white ones instead).

[regus 5000]

more good news for people that want homebrews but have an unlucky number. some devs have managed a hello world app on firmwares 2.01-.8

[Matsu'o Tsurayaba]

Ive heard about the Tekken: Dark Reserection for the psp.But a game of that complexity on a hand held?Ill still be cautious,is it really worth it to buy a psp?

[Jae Hoon]

50 cent shot in the face edition came out today.

[Bezerker]

Dont forget about Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins.

[earsofdoom]

50 cent shot in the face edition came out today.

And im glad to see it is failing miserably. (at least when it come's to review site's... im sure a bunch of middle class white kid's are gonna buy it out)

[SousukeSagara]

i cant wait for MGS: Portable ops :D finaly, another reason to get a PSP!

[guyverfanboy]

I can't wait for Grand Theft Auto: VIce City Stories. :)

[ryushe]

I wonder if theres ever going to be a GTA: San Andreas Stories or is that game to big for the PSP.

[guyverfanboy]

I wonder if theres ever going to be a GTA: San Andreas Stories or is that game to big for the PSP.

Eventually after Vice City Stories I assume...

[u_nick]

Loco Roco hits US stores next week! YAY!

[Hara!]

Anyone else have Monster Hunter 2?

[ryushe]

^ one of the few great PSP game's I have.

[Thousand Eyes]

God, 'Tenchu: Shadow Assassins' for PSP is coming out tomorrow. I've been waiting so long for it and here it finally is. I can't wait to get it. I've been a hardcore fan of that series for so long. And really, it's the only other stealth game for PSP that I can think of besides Syphon Filter and Metal Gear Solid. ^_____________^

[Gibb]

God, 'Tenchu: Shadow Assassins' for PSP is coming out tomorrow. I've been waiting so long for it and here it finally is. I can't wait to get it. I've been a hardcore fan of that series for so long. And really, it's the only other stealth game for PSP that I can think of besides Syphon Filter and Metal Gear Solid. ^_____________^

I'm curious about it, but at the same time I'm worried the lack of a 2nd analog stick will kill the game. The camera controls were never very good in the games, and I can only imagine them being worse on the PSP. I think I'll get the Wii version eventually, when it drops to $30 or so.

As for PSP games I'm looking forward to, I'm going to import Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 (http://www.otakuwiki.com/index.php/Zettai_Zetsumei_Toshi_3) (Disaster Report 3) next month, and I'm really tempted to import Toradora! Portable as well. Toradora is more of a visual novel with some mini-games, so I'm not as tempted to drop the money on it, but Disaster Report 3 is great (played the demo a few times already).

[Solid_Snake]

I hear the draw distances for the Tenchu PSP game are horrendous.

[Thousand Eyes]

I'm curious about it, but at the same time I'm worried the lack of a 2nd analog stick will kill the game. The camera controls were never very good in the games, and I can only imagine them being worse on the PSP. I think I'll get the Wii version eventually, when it drops to $30 or so.


Unless it's for the eagle eye technique, there never has been a usage for the second analog stick for Tenchu, or at least from my playing experience. I own the first PS-1 Tenchu games and WoH and Fatal Shadows for PS2. The controls for the earlier games were hard, because they used the d-pad, but the camera angles vastly improved on the latter two. Either that or I've never had problems with them. So, I guess it depends on the player and what the player is trying to do. I personally believe it's a better port for the PSP, because of the controls. From reviews and comments, I heard that the absence of the grappling hook as well as one-on-one combat has made it more difficult or hard to swallow. But, with all of the new and creative stealth kill methods added and a good story, I'm only thirsty.

You can also pick up the used Wii version for just around $9 at some GameStops.


I hear the draw distances for the Tenchu PSP game are horrendous.

That's for "Tenchu: Time of the Assassins" which was the first Tenchu game released for PSP. It's only available in Europe and Japan. The draw distance in that game is ridiculously short and the area is surrounded by fog. It's sort of like "Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins."

[Spike]

I'm thinking of picking up a PSP but wondering if its worth it please give me the pro and cons of having a PSP and also list some nice games to go with it. Thank you in advance.

[Siendra]

FFVII Crisis Core
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
Jeanne D'arc
Daxter
FFT War of the Lions
God of War

There's actually a lot of good PSP games.

[Hara!]

http://anchan.an.ohost.de/goodpspgames2.jpg

That list.

[Thousand Eyes]

I'm thinking of picking up a PSP but wondering if its worth it please give me the pro and cons of having a PSP and also list some nice games to go with it. Thank you in advance.

It depends on what kind of games you like. There are a lot out there, but I personally never liked any that everyone seems to consistently list in their choices. The PSP is worth getting if you enjoy portability capabilities/features such as music, videos, photos, internet and video games all in one. The later models also come with Skype and the 3000 comes with a very high quality screen and built-in microphone. The cons are very few. The battery life goes for about 4-5 hours tops, I think. And, the screen needs protection 'cause it can get scratched easily and whatnot. Those are the only bad things I've noticed. Oh yeah, flash support sucks, so if you're one of those people that enjoy playing flash games, then they run really slow on the PSP.

These are some of the games that I enjoy, but you might not.

1. Infected (Third Person Shooter/Zombies)
2. Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Stealth/Ninja)
3. Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (Action Adventure)
4. Sega Genesis Collection (Collection of 28 Sega Genesis Games including Phantasy Star II, III and IV)
5. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Stealth)

[Spike]

Well I plan on getting it just for games and to sit down in my comfy chair at home and play. I used to do it for my Gameboy Color till a "friend" stole it. He really isn't my friend anymore but anyways that's what I plan on doing with it.

[Thousand Eyes]

If you only want to play games, then the Nintendo DS is ideal for that. Unless, of course, the games for Nintendo DS aren't to your liking and you care about better graphics and quality found in games like God of War. It's your pick really. The one thing good about the DS is that it has backward compatibility with GameBoy Advance games. So, there's a wider selection of games and they're cheaper. Also, the DS seems to have more kiddy titles, so if you want more mature titles and intense gameplay, PSP is better for that.

Wide assortment of games and not much care for graphics or intense games? Nintendo DS.

Narrow assortment of games and care for graphics and intense games? PSP.

[Spike]

Well old gameboy games are expensive at EB games and that is the only place where I live that sells them and I don't have any interest in the games that come out on the DS. PSP on the other hand I have a ton of games that I'm interested in playing. If you can list DS games that ARE GOOD not some crappy quality games that I keep seeing on the shelves then maybe I will purchase a DS but until you list them the PSP seems to have my interest.

[cris]

PSP games are more fun majority wise than NDS imo. NDS is too much like Wii, in terms of game quality, imo.

[Spike]

PSP games are more fun majority wise than NDS imo. NDS is too much like Wii, in terms of game quality, imo.
If that's true well then the PSP is the obvious choice really but I will let thousand eyes post and see what he/she says.

[Thousand Eyes]

If you have games that you want to play for PSP, then I don't see any further need to wait. The majority of Nintendo DS' good games are RPGs and puzzles. I don't know what kind of games you like, but if you're looking for better graphic quality and mature themes, then the PSP is your bet. If you only have EB Games available, then it's a mixed chance that you'll find what you're looking for. Do you already have a list of PSP games that you want to get and know that they're available?

Also, if game prices are an issue, why not just find the used ones?

[Siendra]

PSP games are more fun majority wise than NDS imo. NDS is too much like Wii, in terms of game quality, imo.

The PSP and NDS are kin of like the N64 and PSX in reverse for me. The DS by a huge margin has more games that I'll play, but the PSP games I'll play are so much better its smaller library balances out.

[ryushe]

The PSP and NDS are kin of like the N64 and PSX in reverse for me. The DS by a huge margin has more games that I'll play, but the PSP games I'll play are so much better its smaller library balances out.Yeah, that's true.

If the PSP would release more games like Syphon Filter and Crisis Core, the DS wouldn't have a hope of a chance.