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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    7 hours ago

    I always had a great time with Field Commander. Before my PSP broke it was basically the only game I played.

    SW:BF2 was also really nice because the autoaim made it a really nice power fantasy.

    Now I want to play it again. Anyone know a good PSP emulator?

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    11 hours ago

    Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilmaniis a really good rogue like, that actually plays like rouge (the original game), but has a lot of nice gameplay additions, a crazy anime story, permanent upgrades and enough depth to stay interesting

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      Awesome, I was also going to say Z.H.P. They did end up making a PC port finally which is on Steam which is pretty solid.

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    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

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    11 hours ago

    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.

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    12 hours ago

    Well, there’s no competition. It’s Danganronpa.

    Oh and the Parodius collection is also great.

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    12 hours ago
    • Fifa Streets
    • Sims 2: I really liked the story mode of it where you had to solve different quests to ger your car back
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    11 hours ago

    No one ever talks about it, but Ratatouille game on psp was really fun, seemed superior to the home console versions in terms of fun

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    I’m not going to lie even when it was brand new I thought the PSP’s graphics were lame for 3D games and never wanted one. But it might have been the prevalent art style.

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    • 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
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    13 hours ago

    Rengoku 2, I wish there was a modern game that could expand on the gameplay of it.

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    I’ll probably get some hate from the pure JRPG community for this comment (and I don’t disagree either)…

    I loved Lunar: Silver Star Harmony when it came out. I didn’t play the originals, I’d just moved to the states and was living on a couch at my mom’s place and honestly things weren’t great for me… but I did bring my PSP with me and picked up Lunar.

    I fell in love with that game, the music, anime cutscenes and I also really liked the art style (the comment that will piss off a lot of ppl) because I didn’t have the nostalgia. I was able to put my headphones on and escape for a bit!

    I recently got the Lunar Remastered Collection on Steam and it didn’t hit the same way as it did on the PSP. That game got me through some tough times!

    Oh and GTA: Chinatown Wars is phenomenal!