What are your favourite PSP games?

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My wife just surprised me with a new PSP battery after listening to me moan about not having one ever since reading PerfectDark’s most recent PSP article. After messing around with broken USB cables and jumping through hoops to un-spoof my old prome-2 firmware version for too long last night, I finally got ARK4 running and had a blast playing Wipeout Pure.

My favourite PSP game back in the day was probably Monster Hunter Freedom Unite… so many late nights spent playing that with friends in my freezing flat. There was something special about LAN parties with handheld games. I remember putting serious hours into Peace Walker and Dissidia too.

Now I want some game recommendations… tell me which games you loved on the PSP! I might even have a look around for some UMDs!

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Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Crisis Core Dissidia Locoroco Lumines

And the vast catalog of PS1 games you could download from the PSN store.

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- PaulWrites@mastodon.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  @Omegamanthethird @PeculiarGoat That was a nice perk.
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4grams@awful.systems ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Lumines! All of them. I might go home and see if my PSP or Vita still hold a charge (and I can find the games).

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goombakid@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I really loved playing the racing games on it. -Ridge Racers -Gran Turismo -Street Supremacy (Tokyo Xtreme Racers) -Initial D: Street Stage

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Big_Boss_77@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions

Arguably the best way to experience the game.

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n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Thexdar. I thought it was even better than the DOS version.

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ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I just miss game sharing. Multiplayer games across 2 PSP’s with only one copy of the game was so peak. Tekken specifically I guess to answer the question

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t think I ever tried game-sharing… really cool idea for a handheld feature though!
  
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mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I got a PSP exclusively to play Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Would not recommend lol

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- ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh man, I quite remember enjoying Birth By Sleep, but it seems I’m in the minority.
  
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  - afaix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I loved it, got the translated Final Mix version to play it again
    
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bizzle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I got Wipeout Pure so I could do the browser exploit wayyyy back in the day. I ended up really enjoying the game too!

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- lps2@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Wipeout Pulse is great as well! I also loved DJ Portable Max (there’s 3 of them)
  
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the16bitgamer@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe & Everyday Shooter are amazing games from small indie studios.

LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank and Daxter are some must plays from Sony.

GTA Vice City Stories, MGS Peace Walker, Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron are fun games from third parties.

Honourable mention for The Sims 2, not for being good. But for being interesting

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- zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  I didn’t realize they ported Everyday Shooter to the PSP. I loved that game on the PS3. They released a PC port, but it sucks because you can’t aim as well for some reason.
  
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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It seems crazy to me that The Sims 2 is on a handheld… but it looks like the PSP version is a bit different to the original?
  
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  - the16bitgamer@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It’s like a point and click adventure game. With sims characters, vampires, ailens, and a cow worshipping cult
    
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spicytuna62@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Aw man, this reminds me that I have a busted PSP I need to fix. I’ve been wanting a pocket emulator for some time, and I used to have a PSP ages ago that I’d jailbroken to play SNES games lol

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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Alas, PSP plays SNES games pretty poorly, need a lot of frameskip. GB/NES games work great. Not so much GBA. Even the Vita struggles with GBA, to my dismay!
  
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  - zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    I never had issues with SNES game performance. I bet some emulators did better than others, or maybe some games used features that didn’t emulate efficiently like mode 7 graphics or star fox with its 3d chip.
    
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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s definitely worth fixing up!
  
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SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you’re into racing games, you could try ‘Colin McRae Rally 2005’ — it’s quite good and even requires a bit of knowledge about racing setups.

‘Race Driver 2006’ is also alright, it’s an expanded port of ‘TOCA Race Driver 2’ with lots of content and okay physics.

There’s ‘Twisted Metal: Head-On’, which is reportedly pretty good and in the vein of the first two games in the series (which had a different feel from 3-4 and probably ‘Black’ too).

If you’re into making music, check out LittleGPTracker: it’s a tracker-style app that works on PSP among other platforms and allegedly can load samples, as a tracker should. Inspired by the famous LSDJ for the Gameboy.

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Oh hell yeah I hadn’t even considered running a tracker on PSP. I’m a big fan of LSDj and Dirtywave!
  
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  - SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Forgot to mention: ‘Sid Meyer’s Pirates!’ is reportedly good on PSP, and it’s in my queue as a classic economic sim.
    
    ‘Pilot Academy’ is a remarkably difficult flight sim. Try also ‘R/C Stunt Copter’ on PS1 for extra credit.
    
    There are several ‘Airport Hero’ games, from the ‘Air Traffic Controller’ series, aptly named for being simulators of ATC.
    
    I’ve also heard good things about ‘428: Shibuya Scramble’, which is a detective visual novel adventure.
    
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  - SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Then you’re probably all set with Dirtywave, but you could also be interested in looking at SunVox for Android. It’s a combination of a modular synth, tracker and sequencer. Has a rather peculiar interface, and has been around on portable platforms like PalmOS for twenty years.
    
    I’m not sure that the app can currently be bought, since the author is in Russia and will certainly not receive the money (not right away, at least), but afaik one can pay him directly and he’ll arrange the apk.
    
    For my taste, SunVox is too much in beep-boop territory, so I prefer desktop trackers with some gnarly samples and effects, but the app is definitely good.
    
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Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
God of War: Chains of Olympus. I got pretty good at the sex minigame.

ModNation Racing is basically Sony’s version of Mario Kart and I remember it being pretty fun. The characters and cars are customizable.

LittleBigPlanet was pretty reduced in size for the PSP version, but I still had a great time with it.

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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Monster Hunter 3rd with English patch is incredible! I got all my friends’ PSPs modded when the fan translation came out and we all played together, it was mindblowing!

Otherwise DJ Max Portable is 99% of my PSP and Vita time. DJMP2 is the best of them.

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tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah, for me it’s The 3rd Birthday, Jeanne D’Arc, Lumines, and Tactics Ogre. All of them are straight bangers.

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whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Crush and ff tactics remake stood out to me but there were a bunch of great games on there wipeout, monster hunter, persona 3, etc. Crush is a 2d/3d puzzler with a really interesting soundtrack and ff tactics the story and characters and soundtrack hold up well.

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idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I think every single favorite of mine is listed already so I will list the niche one I don’t see:

Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus

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cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
People have mentioned a lot of good ones, so I’ll just mention ones I haven’t seen.

Wipeout Pulse is also really fun and should be checked out

Rock band Unplugged

Mercury meltdown

Blast Off

Disgaea (if you have a hundred hours to spare grinding)

Everybody’s Golf 2

Hot shots tennis

Grand theft auto China town Wars

Mega man powered Up

Pixel junk monsters deluxe

Patapon

Space invaders extreme

Tony Hawks underground 2 remix

Half minute hero (I never played this but it’s on my list as the next one I want to play)
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- zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  The port of Disgaea 2 is also excellent and has added content like D1 did.
  
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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I think I’ll beat everything in Wipeout Pure pretty quick so could jump straight into Pulse… do you know if much changes between the two games?
  
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  - cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I think most online say Pure is better. I liked Pulse more and played a lot more of this. They’re very similar and if you like they’re Wipeout formula then you won’t be disappointed either way. They do feel a bit different and I forget the specifics. I think Pure had a “drift” type feel to the driving that Pulse didn’t.
    
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Widdershins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Work Time Fun

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snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The only game I remember was the FF7 one. I’m such a nerd for the story, I can’t even remember if it was good or not. I do remember that by the end I was so OP that the game had to force the ending cut scene of the main character being all beat up, even though I was still full health, or near enough.

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- chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Crisis Core is the only time I cried over a video game. Such a great game
  
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  - snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Damn, I should play it again. I barely remember it.
    
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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Crisis Core or something? I’m on a bit of a Final Fantasy buzz at the moment so this could be worth checking out!
  
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  - snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Crisis Core
    
    Yeeahh that was the one!
    
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tobz619@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
tomb raider legend has an awful framerate but then puzzles are fun, patapon is addictive, crisis core ff7 is a gem! ridge racer is also a fave

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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Death Jr. 1&2

Work Time Fun

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LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Space Invaders Pocket! One of the more complete Space Invaders collections.

…Also Space Invaders Extreme, although the DS version is preferable.

There’s a really nice port of Dariusburst, too. And N+ is always a good time on any system.

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shiroininja@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Untold legends: brotherhood of the blade…. And the unfinished elder scrolls oblivion

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PaulWrites@mastodon.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
@PeculiarGoat Lumines was one of my faves,even though I got it as a pack-in.
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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Lumines is getting so many mentions… sounds like a must-play!
  
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  - PaulWrites@mastodon.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    @PeculiarGoat It’s a Tetris-style puzzler that does a great job highlighting the PSP’s strengths! Sony was smart to include it.
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tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Probably Lumines. Nothing amazing from a gameplay standpoint — lots of falling block games out there — but the music makes it a fun experience.

That being said, you can get it on Steam now, so don’t need a PSP.

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Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Gottlieb Pinball Classics was fantastic on the PSP. I quite enjoyed the Burnout games on it too.

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daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Silent Hill Origins and Shattered Memories

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I recall being disappointed with Shattered Memories when it came out because it was different to the usual Silent Hill formula… though I can’t remember what the gameplay was like now. The psychological test gimmick was a really cool idea though!
  
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  - daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’d say if you go into it expecting an SH1 remake you will be disappointed. If you just want a cool and somewhat relaxing psychological horror game than it won’t disappoint. It’s a very unique game.
    
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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 are PSP exclusives, if you liked the first one on PC or PS3.

There’s a couple decent Jak & Daxter exclusives, too.

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I played VC2! Not sure if I ever finished it though… I should give it another go!
  
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  - ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    From what I recall the 2nd game is regarded by some as the weakest in the series, while the 3rd is considered quite good, so if you don’t click with the 2nd’s school theme and anime tropes, you may want to skip to the 3rd one.
    
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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Not sure why everyone skips a generation back to the PSP when the Vita was backwards compatible.

Uncharted Golden Abyss was a pretty decent Uncharted game, and even offered motion controls in some useful ways.

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I never owned a Vita unfortunately. I suppose I could emulate it on the Steamdeck though!
  
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  - SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Vita doesn’t have too many good original games, though it works well as an emulator of PS1/PSP/SNES etc. that also has a few bangers. I’m currently playing through the remake of original XCOM, which is great except the interface was obviously made for the faster PS3.
    
    There’s a shitload of visual novels for some reason, though.
    
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JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you like music games, those DJ Max titles are awesome. And the PSP version of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is one of the best puzzle games ever made

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- PeculiarGoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Is DJ Max a similar sort of game to Guitar Hero?
  
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  - JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeah
    
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