What are your guys' favorite PSP games and why? We've all seen the Top 10 lists and those games are amazing, but are there any gems that specifically called out to you that didn't get much coverage? How did they make you feel and did you have any fond memories of playing the PSP when you were younger?

I dug out my old soft modded PSP GO (not pictured) from a drawer at my parent's house and immediately went on a definitely legal buying and installing spree and think I have a pretty good library of games, but wanted to kind of compare notes.

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[–] ratherrisky@lemmy.kiberness.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I didn't have one, but my friend did. We played a lot of Star Wars Battlefront II.

[–] hultage@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Emulating PSX games on it. It was a great emulation machine at that time.

Playing jRPGs. This was where the Trails in the Sky series first came out in English, years before the PC. I loved that game, still do. Spent hours playing this game under the blanket of my bed. Also Persona 3.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Phew...

Lumines/2 Every extend extra Disgaea Midnight Club Toca Burnout legends/ dominator Grand turismo Guilty gear Outrun

I'm sure there's a ton more but I wore mine OUT.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Sims 2, Twisted Metal: Head On, and Ape Escape Academy. I can still hear the music from those games and it always brings a smile to my face.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean…my nostalgia is for the Vita, since all was backwards compatible, but same thing.

I loved Uncharted Golden Abyss, and Tearaway. I heard the latter was ported, but there’s a number of device features they could never replicate.

[–] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Bumped for Vita love. Tearaway was FUCKING insane, the PS4 has the touchpad so it can get close but it's not as seamless as the Vita did it. Another game that fits this bill is Gravity Rush. That game is amazing.

I remember the Vita from my middle school days, I played Black Ops Declassified online all the time. Played first season of Walking Dead on there and just remembering crying at 5 in the morning after that ending. Also used it to watch all my nsfw shit until I got a phone. Good times

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I put hours and hours into Valkyria Chronicles 2. I know a lot of people don't like the entry, but I had a blast.

[–] hibbfd@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I played so much Metal Gear Acid. when you get your deck tweaked just right and start cranking out the perfect combos it was so satisfying

[–] Ferris 2 points 2 years ago

Edison Carter's Cheat Device for the GTA series https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/LCS_CheatDevice_PSP

ir blaster manipation in a shell (psp1000) https://www.psdevwiki.com/psp/index.php/IRShell

best console keyboard ive ever used https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/PSPIRC_PSP

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I remember playing FF Dissidia pvp with my friends after school or at lunch. Good times

[–] richyawyingtmv@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got one when I was 18, I think it was around the time it was first hacked using Liberty City Stories.

I used it almost purely as a retro gaming device...I don't think I owned a single psp game other than LCS!. The GBA emulator was stupidly good. I also used it to listen to web radio and watch TV (I remember I used to watch 24 on it at uni the day after it aired each week). The 4gb memory card cost me £150! Being able to play any PS1 game on it via cfw was also great.

It was a fantastic device, but in terms of actual games made for it, it didn't have much of an impression on me. The Vita did though - that introduced me to Dangaronpa, brought me back into Ys, etc....so many classics.

I need to get into PSP's library really, I have a steam deck which is perfect for it.

[–] solarzones@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront!!

[–] vrojak@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Ace Combat X, it was my first game of the series and got me hooked. It's too bad the branching story paths aren't really a thing in the other games except AC3 (the best entry in the series imo)
Nowadays my psp is sadly broken, the screen is showing it's individual pixel lines with some offset or something, but hey emulation is really easy

[–] AshTheGoblin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker is a masterpiece of a PSP game.

[–] FnordX@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The one that I played the most of was Baito Hell 2000 / Work Time Fun. A weird almost Warioware style game, but instead of microgames that you played for 2 seconds, it was a job. Some of them were boring as hell, like capping pens at a pen factory, or sorting male and female chicks, but there was just something about it, where you got into a rhythm and just went. I could go for hours, capping pens while watching something on the TV I didn't need to pay too much attention to, or retrieving golf balls, or some other weird mini game.

I still have my PSP, and I'll still pull it out from time to time, just to play this game.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hacking mine with Liberty City Stories

[–] Breros@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The games mentioned I used to play:

Let's Play Golf!
Dynasty Warriors
Blokus

[–] XLRV@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wipeout Pure and Wipeout Pulse, Dissidia, The GTA games, Pursuit Force,

The PSP got some really great games.

[–] saucyloggins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I haven’t seen anyone mention Metal Gear Acid yet. Not sure how it held up but it was pretty memorable for me.

[–] DingoStealingBaby@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

OG Puzzle Quest changed my entire world.

[–] Lombax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Patapon, LocoRoco, Crush, and all the NES/SNES/Genisis games.

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