I stumbled across this while looking through old PSP physical releases and ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole. In 2005, Sony released a version of the movie Stealth on UMD that also had a playable, exclusive version of WipEout Pure on the same disc, complete with a Stealth-themed track and a craft based on the film’s fighter jet.
I ended up writing a little piece about what was on the UMD, why Sony was experimenting with movie/game hybrids at the time, and what survives of this very strange release today. It is a super light little read, but when it comes to PSP’s these days, there’s woefully few of those!
Hopefully some in here find it amusing :)
Edges@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
$30 to watch a movie on your PSP. I can’t believe SONY thought UMD video was going to work
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m almost ashamed to admit that I just bought Hackers (1995) for $45.00 AUD a few days ago.
Almost, but not entirely.
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phar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But…why?
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That movie was such a product of the 90s. It was glorious. Also Angelina Jolie was a goddamn smoke show.
warmaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That movie is legendary! I freaking love it!
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
There was even movies on Game Boy Advance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance_Video Which is kind of dumb, compared to UMD. And if you think about it, we watch movies on mobile devices. The first iPhone came out years later, so we wasn’t used to smartphones yet.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Hilariously, the video cartridges are blocked from working on GameCube Game Boy Player. We can’t have you watching videos you paid for, on the TV!
snooggums@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
We have a lot more pixels today.