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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Cave Story and Dracula Chronicle X on the psp was pretty great!
PATA PATA PATA PON!
FEVERRRRR!!!
Play patafour! (I was once a major maintainer! It’s a bit abandoned now but if any souls wanna help it’s ripe for the taking)
I just got a new battery and screen for my Darth Vader PSP2000 just to play this but have been struggling because the audio is so terrible which makes it difficult to hear the beat over the other sound effects. I had to try three different pairs of modern headphones to find one that even worked and yet the audio is still so hard to hear. IIRC the original earbud that came with it was a mono piece (just one ear) so maybe I need to buy an amp or something. Or perhaps its the 30 years of hearing abuse I’ve subjected myself to in the interim that is the culprit.
Could be the perhaps part… or your audio jack is defective - the PSPs audio output is fine. Maybe try some cheap inears or Ports Pros if you can.
Loco Roco was nice and I don’t think its been mentioned.
@VerseAndVermin @PeculiarGoat Agreed! Forgot about that one.
I played Lumines so much I would see squares when I closed my eyes
We should call that something. “The Lumines effect”?
Every time I hear a song from that game, the world starts looking like Minecraft.
Brave Story is a great RPG that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome and that I’ve enjoyed a lot. The enemy design was what really got me into it at the time, but the fun story and quality of life features kept me going
LocoRoco, Patapon, the God of War priquel and Crisis Core
And also Armored Core Formula Front, it’s such a weird game in the series.
Oh, and Carnage Heart EXA. I’ve never managed to actually get far, but it’s the most unique mecha game there is. You program your mecha from scratch using logic blocks, and you can make it fully autonomous, fully manual (but you have to program each button press), or a combination of two. It takes as many hours to learn as an Armored Core game would take to complete.
Nobody mentioned Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. That’s pretty much kh1/2 off ps2 except on a handheld. Super cool and replayable game.
- Field Commander
- Gran Turismo
- Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars (the best GTA)
- Hellboy The Science of Evil
- Jackass The Game
- Killzone Liberation
- Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops & Peace Walker
- Midnight Club LA Remix
- Motorstorm Arctic Edge
- Socom Fireteam Bravo 1-3
- Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron
- Twisted Metal Head On
- Untold Legends Brotherhood of the Blade
- Worms Open Warfare 2
- Ys Seven
Jeanne D’Arc
A fantastic RPG.
It was indeed
Did they ever manage to port Jeanne D’Arc to any other platforms? It would be a shame if they didn’t it was an excellent game.
As far as I know it’s either PSP or you play it on an emulator.
Figured as much, thanks. My PSP is a release model and is iffy. I’ll probably try and track down an iso file some day since I don’t think there is a viable way to play the PSP physical media any other way.
Surprised so few people mentioned it. It’s one of the best tatical RPGs I ever played.
There are plenty of good titles already mentioned here so I’ll go with something less popular.
- PangYa: Fantasy Golf - it’s a golf game, as you can guess from the title. It has simple but really fun gameplay with customisable characters (outfits and equipment, the latter affects character stats). It also has a story mode to get you started.
- Puzzle Quest - RPG with match 3 gameplay for combat. Really addictive in a “just one more quest” kind of way.
- Ridge Racer 2 - it’s Ridge Racer. Riiiiiidge Racer! Tons of content, bunch of modes, fun to control - it’s great! Might be my favourite handheld racing game (and definitely one I spent the most time with). It’s pretty much a celebration of the franchise until that point, especially the classic era.
Puzzle Quest! Man, I was way too addicted to that game!
It’s so easy to just keep going. It’s great!
+1 for Pangya!
What a fun and silly story this has! I have spent countless hours playing this! Overall my favorite game on the PSP.
Honestly the only real negative is the gotcha system for getting most of the accessories.
It’s been so long since I played this game I genuinely forgot about the gacha store. Shows how much I interacted with it (maybe I was just lucky enough to get by with what I got). At least most other things can be bought normally.
Golf game with a story mode? That sounds interesting!
It’s a silly and light hearted romp about a golf tournament, with a cast of weirdos as your rivals. It’s pretty fun as long as you don’t mind anime aesthetic and tropes (it’s not egregious or anything, I just know some people are allergic to anything anime adjacent).
Patapon 2
There’s a disturbing lack of Phantasy Star Portable 1 & 2 in this thread.
Also want to second Rock Band Unplugged because it has similar gameplay to the ps2 game Amplitude.
I still have my PSP on my desk, on who knows how many battery replacements. I come back for:
- Burnout Legends
- Locoroco
- Lumines & Lumines II
- N+
- Echochrome
- Guilty Gear XX
My favorite is when I go pspspspspsp to my dog and he comes over for cuddles.
No but really, if we’re talking full exclusives, Ridge Racers 2 is pretty much all the good stuff about the old RR series but with better graphics and most of the content from all games. If we’re talking non exclusives (sometimes the best version though), Final Fantasy IV, Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics WoTL, and Tactics Ogre, Let US Cling Together are pretty top tier
Don’t think I’ve played a Ridge Racer game since the original and I can remember barely remember it. A lot of people are recommending RR2 so I’ll give it a shot!
wipEout, Jeanne d’arc, Battlefront, locorocco, peace walker, Ys seven, Mega Man Powered Up, Gran Turismo, Dissida, Final Fantasy Tactics, Ghosts of Sparta
