You're telling me lol. That's actually one I've played myself. That game's crazy cause it's pretty unexpectantly good, but it also got a bunch of PSP stuff. It's got an official theme, some of the extra modes on PS2 were cut out and made into DLC, and then it also got a special console bundle in Europe. The game is good but I was surprised they pushed it so hard lmao
@@PSPManIn fact the PS2 version got released as a classic on the PS3, and the PSP version was released a year ago for PS4 and PS5 (and also got released on Vita), so they're technically more systems to play this version on than the main HD one!
Awesome video guys! The transitions between parts are fun. PSP really did have some nice hidden gems on it. I've been wondering about the Dungeon Siege game, nothing like the PC originals but still a neat one. Respect to the returning Sudoku game.
@@AntonioDanae Hey thanks, what post was it? I have a really hard time advertising my stuff over there as I usually get downvoted, reddit really hates self-promotion. also, as a heads up, if it's a pretty old thread I probably don't agree with whatever I was saying in there anymore. I was really bad about spreading misinformation back in the day and a lot of the stuff I said in the subreddit is incorrect
Rest in Peace Ready at Dawn; the studio that made Daxter and a bunch of other great stuff. They were constantly fighting to become the next Insomniac or Naughty Dog but they just never quite made it and they were shut down just last month.
@@novelezra Yeah I read about it when that happened. It's really sad because a lot of that studio were ex-Naughty Dog members but Sony never took them seriously.
@@PSPMan I actually disagree that Sony didn't take them seriously. Sony gave them the budget and responsibility to build a tech showpiece for the PS4 launch and they knocked it out of the park. The game just unfortunately failed to catch on at all (I loved it personally). After that, nothing really seemed to work out right. I obviously hate that they shut down, but what happened with Xbox and Arkane is absolutely disgraceful compared to this.
@novelezra I wasn't even thinking about that. honestly, I was referring to the fact that there was some weirdness going on when they first started developing Ghost of Sparta. apparently shortly before that they gave back the dev kits and cut all ties with the PSP and then got roped back in. It's talked about on their Wikipedia page but I poked around a little bit and was able to find sources for it
Twisted metal head on was awesome online. I actually never really played much of the campaign back in the day because I was always in a multiplayer lobby. Back then it seemed insane that a portable game could have online functionality at all.
Wow finally someone talking about Warriors of the Lost Empire. It’s a gem, too bad it didn’t get a sequel. They could have fixed the issues in the game and made it much better.
Definitely gonna get my hands on Mercury Meltdown. I've got some leftover recommendations though: Half-Minute Hero: A constantly humorous RPG in fast-forward. You have 30 seconds to grind up the EXP necessary to defeat each area's evil lord, before they cast a spell that destroys the world. As long as you have the money, you can keep paying the Time Goddess to rewind the clock and earn more EXP. Kurohyou (or "Yakuza/Like a Dragon: Black Panther): While it takes place in Kamurocho, this Yakuza spinoff duology follows a delinquent that learns what it means to have a reason for fighting. It's made by the Def Jam devs, and plays fairly similarly to those games. Rengoku-Tower of Purgatory: I haven't spent much time on this one, but it's a procedurally generated action game about modifying your robot body with various weapons and abilities.
Great video i can honestly watch anything about psp at nauseam its one of my favorite systems of all time i bought 3 this last year and gave one away modded one and kept one stock ive collected about 30 games but one of my favorite parts is collecting the movies/shows for some reason 😂😂 probably just me being 35 and loving anything physical media keep em coming 🫡
I’m very surprised at no mention from either of your videos of any of the Metal Gear games on PSP, Peace Walker specifically. Does that fall into the category of series you want to fully experience before you play their PSP entry or are you not interested in general?
It falls into the former, I didn't grow up with the series. I do own the collection volume 1 for Switch but haven't touched it yet, been messing with my Vita lately tbh. I also own Peacewalker and the 2 portable ops games, but haven't touched them. I also owned 1 and VR missions as PSOne Classics on PSP, and the HD collection that was on Vita. I have tried in the past but if I can be blunt: at the time I didn't get it. Kojima came off pretentious to me because I couldn't figure out the tone. I need to "get it" before I talk about most things, if that makes sense. I have a friend into MGS that's been explaining Kojima's style to me and I understand what he's going for better now. I'm probably ready to dive into the games soon.
The PS2 version of Head On messed up quite a few things. 1. For one the napalm became stupidly overpowered. 2. The final boss's godly 2 theme songs where replaced by the mini game music and the boss lost his one attack. 3. The music thing is that all levels have 2 or 3 songs and in the PSP version the song selection is random per level. The PS2 version seems to have added a sequential list, which is a problem since the levels end before the song can end. Take this one with a grain of salt, but I think one song might straight up be missing. Btw I have never encountered that audio glitch, were you playing a US Rom? I have the PAL version so maybe it's fixed in that version.
@@JUANDAVIDCABEZASOCAMPO I own it! It's actually higher up in my potential PSPMan episodes list. I'm currently playing through Final Fantasy 4, but I might play that one next just for the hell of it.
I’m honestly surprised Sony or these other publishers don’t do a better job at getting these PSP games on modern systems. There’s so many I missed. Great vid! Love these collabs.
@@PSPManwhat do u think of switch 2 bro I love PSP n vita but I might get a switch 2 ..if Sony doesn't bring a new handheld... im mainly a handheld gamer
@@Gloryboyquan Switch was my main console before I got a Steam Deck, I have just a bit over 100 Switch physical games. I'm not sure how I feel about Switch 2. They haven't announced anything about it yet, But I've seen the backwards compatibility stuff that has been announced. I own the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom OLED Switch so I am absolutely not going to be trading that for a Switch 2. I'm probably going to get one at some point so I can keep up with new Marios and zeldas, but other than that I'm not too worried about it. My gaming backlog is so freaking massive at this point I could not buy games for the rest of my life and still be fine. I still have so much stuff on 3DS I've barely even touched, and my Steam library is even worse.
Another great video in the books. 📚
Yoooooo it's the dude himself!
@@FrameRater And another Discord call to not be hung up for a few months 🤣
@@Danominator the energy bill will be crazy
Awesome, just subbed to you both. Getting back into the PSP again so this was really cool. Thank you!
Oh man, MERCURY MELTDOWN. Spent hours on that one at my friend's house on the Wii. Glad to see it being mentioned again in any form.
Out of all games to cover I did NOT expect _Toy Story 3._
You're telling me lol. That's actually one I've played myself. That game's crazy cause it's pretty unexpectantly good, but it also got a bunch of PSP stuff. It's got an official theme, some of the extra modes on PS2 were cut out and made into DLC, and then it also got a special console bundle in Europe. The game is good but I was surprised they pushed it so hard lmao
@@PSPMan me too. You'd expect them to push the 360 and ps3 versions more
@@PSPManIn fact the PS2 version got released as a classic on the PS3, and the PSP version was released a year ago for PS4 and PS5 (and also got released on Vita), so they're technically more systems to play this version on than the main HD one!
Awesome video guys! The transitions between parts are fun.
PSP really did have some nice hidden gems on it.
I've been wondering about the Dungeon Siege game, nothing like the PC originals but still a neat one.
Respect to the returning Sudoku game.
Hey! i just found you in r/PSP in
a 5 year old post, and saw your channel :D so im here
@@AntonioDanae Hey thanks, what post was it? I have a really hard time advertising my stuff over there as I usually get downvoted, reddit really hates self-promotion.
also, as a heads up, if it's a pretty old thread I probably don't agree with whatever I was saying in there anymore. I was really bad about spreading misinformation back in the day and a lot of the stuff I said in the subreddit is incorrect
Rest in Peace Ready at Dawn; the studio that made Daxter and a bunch of other great stuff. They were constantly fighting to become the next Insomniac or Naughty Dog but they just never quite made it and they were shut down just last month.
@@novelezra Yeah I read about it when that happened. It's really sad because a lot of that studio were ex-Naughty Dog members but Sony never took them seriously.
@@PSPMan I actually disagree that Sony didn't take them seriously. Sony gave them the budget and responsibility to build a tech showpiece for the PS4 launch and they knocked it out of the park. The game just unfortunately failed to catch on at all (I loved it personally). After that, nothing really seemed to work out right. I obviously hate that they shut down, but what happened with Xbox and Arkane is absolutely disgraceful compared to this.
@novelezra I wasn't even thinking about that. honestly, I was referring to the fact that there was some weirdness going on when they first started developing Ghost of Sparta. apparently shortly before that they gave back the dev kits and cut all ties with the PSP and then got roped back in. It's talked about on their Wikipedia page but I poked around a little bit and was able to find sources for it
Twisted metal head on was awesome online. I actually never really played much of the campaign back in the day because I was always in a multiplayer lobby. Back then it seemed insane that a portable game could have online functionality at all.
Love these videos!
Wow finally someone talking about Warriors of the Lost Empire. It’s a gem, too bad it didn’t get a sequel. They could have fixed the issues in the game and made it much better.
From what I've read/seen online, Dissidia 012 seems the same situation that Castlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness are in.
@@Spacething7474 So it has Dissidia's story mode in it but it's been changed a bit?
@@PSPMan I guess.
Definitely gonna get my hands on Mercury Meltdown. I've got some leftover recommendations though:
Half-Minute Hero: A constantly humorous RPG in fast-forward. You have 30 seconds to grind up the EXP necessary to defeat each area's evil lord, before they cast a spell that destroys the world. As long as you have the money, you can keep paying the Time Goddess to rewind the clock and earn more EXP.
Kurohyou (or "Yakuza/Like a Dragon: Black Panther): While it takes place in Kamurocho, this Yakuza spinoff duology follows a delinquent that learns what it means to have a reason for fighting. It's made by the Def Jam devs, and plays fairly similarly to those games.
Rengoku-Tower of Purgatory: I haven't spent much time on this one, but it's a procedurally generated action game about modifying your robot body with various weapons and abilities.
I own Rengoku! Looks pretty cool but haven't played it yet unfortunately.
Great video i can honestly watch anything about psp at nauseam its one of my favorite systems of all time i bought 3 this last year and gave one away modded one and kept one stock ive collected about 30 games but one of my favorite parts is collecting the movies/shows for some reason 😂😂 probably just me being 35 and loving anything physical media keep em coming 🫡
THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
I’m very surprised at no mention from either of your videos of any of the Metal Gear games on PSP, Peace Walker specifically. Does that fall into the category of series you want to fully experience before you play their PSP entry or are you not interested in general?
It falls into the former, I didn't grow up with the series.
I do own the collection volume 1 for Switch but haven't touched it yet, been messing with my Vita lately tbh. I also own Peacewalker and the 2 portable ops games, but haven't touched them.
I also owned 1 and VR missions as PSOne Classics on PSP, and the HD collection that was on Vita. I have tried in the past but if I can be blunt: at the time I didn't get it. Kojima came off pretentious to me because I couldn't figure out the tone.
I need to "get it" before I talk about most things, if that makes sense. I have a friend into MGS that's been explaining Kojima's style to me and I understand what he's going for better now. I'm probably ready to dive into the games soon.
Yeah, I can’t play the Dungeon Siege PSP game too, because the camera was too close, it felt claustrophobic.
GTA Chinatown Wars 🐐
I wanna play that one so bad
The PS2 version of Head On messed up quite a few things.
1. For one the napalm became stupidly overpowered.
2. The final boss's godly 2 theme songs where replaced by the mini game music and the boss lost his one attack.
3. The music thing is that all levels have 2 or 3 songs and in the PSP version the song selection is random per level. The PS2 version seems to have added a sequential list, which is a problem since the levels end before the song can end. Take this one with a grain of salt, but I think one song might straight up be missing.
Btw I have never encountered that audio glitch, were you playing a US Rom? I have the PAL version so maybe it's fixed in that version.
@@thebrodator Yes I do have the US release and I did not check any other version. Thank you for letting me know, I will make a note of that.
@@PSPMan btw if you play the Europe version, check out the Paris level. You might see a small difference between the US version of the level.
Undead Knights
White Knight Chronicles
Valhalla Knights 1 & 2 Battle Stance
You should play Key of Heaven (kingdom of paradise) is a very underrated game
@@JUANDAVIDCABEZASOCAMPO I own it! It's actually higher up in my potential PSPMan episodes list. I'm currently playing through Final Fantasy 4, but I might play that one next just for the hell of it.
where is boxers road 2?
Could you make a video about your time playing persona 3 portable?
@@stabletools2004 I will eventually, it's just one of those things that I have to make sure I get right. I'm nowhere near ready to cover that yet
I’m honestly surprised Sony or these other publishers don’t do a better job at getting these PSP games on modern systems. There’s so many I missed. Great vid! Love these collabs.
@@WITAWITAVG Carol Vorderman's Sudoku deserves a Steam release damn it!
@@PSPManwhat do u think of switch 2 bro I love PSP n vita but I might get a switch 2 ..if Sony doesn't bring a new handheld... im mainly a handheld gamer
@@Gloryboyquan Switch was my main console before I got a Steam Deck, I have just a bit over 100 Switch physical games.
I'm not sure how I feel about Switch 2. They haven't announced anything about it yet, But I've seen the backwards compatibility stuff that has been announced. I own the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom OLED Switch so I am absolutely not going to be trading that for a Switch 2. I'm probably going to get one at some point so I can keep up with new Marios and zeldas, but other than that I'm not too worried about it. My gaming backlog is so freaking massive at this point I could not buy games for the rest of my life and still be fine. I still have so much stuff on 3DS I've barely even touched, and my Steam library is even worse.
I have daxter on my PS vita and PS5
yeah framerater and pspman
What if I make a channel that’s dedicated to the PSVita and its games, and name it PSVita woman hehehe.
Take my word for it 012 is the better version hands down