A Look at All 23 PSP Launch Games

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  • On March 24th, 2005, North America saw the release of the Sony PSP, a handheld game system that blew its competitors out of the water in terms of graphical power and capabilities. As with its console big brother, the PS2, the PSP had a quite large lineup at launch, coming in at 23 games. In this video, we’ll take a look at all 23 of them and see if the system was worth picking up at launch.
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    Some notes:
    - When I mention the sound effects being better for the PS1 version of Ape Escape, I'm referring specifically to the sounds you hear in game, not the voice acting. I don't think voice acting is normally considered to be a sound effect, but some people seem to think that's what I was talking about.
    - I am aware that I mixed up the analog stick and d-pad animation during the Rengoku segment. I unfortunately didn't notice this until the day after I uploaded the video. I have a fixed version, but until UA-cam does the right thing and lets channels revise their videos without making a new upload, there's not much I can do.
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    2:00 - Ape Escape: On the Loose
    4:32 - ATV Off-Road Fury: Blazin’ Trails
    6:50 - Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
    9:30 - Dynasty Warriors
    12:20 - Lumines: Puzzle Fusion
    14:04 - Sports Game Bonanza (8 Games)
    21:47 - Metal Gear Ac!d
    24:07 - Need for Speed Underground Rivals
    25:26 - Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory
    27:05 - Ridge Racer
    29:13 - Smart Bomb
    30:50 - Spider-Man 2
    32:49 - Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 Remix
    34:56 - Twisted Metal: Head-On
    37:03 - Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
    38:54 - Wipeout Pure
    41:03 - Final Thoughts
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  • @LegendOfGames
    @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +15

    Hopefully this was worth the wait. I'll try to get next Launch Games episode out a little sooner, which means the next one will probably be a smaller launch. Still, let me know what consoles you'd be interested in seeing covered.

    • @ChrisLT
      @ChrisLT Рік тому +2

      Vita would be a nice follow up, that launch was pretty stacked before it just became my Spelunky machine.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +3

      @@ChrisLT I'd definitely be up to covering the Vita's lineup. I actually have a lot of those, so as long as they work on PSTV I might be able to capture most of the segments on real hardware for a change.

    • @wadelockard5592
      @wadelockard5592 Рік тому +3

      do the n64's launch titles. all 2 of em lol

    • @tihomirraychevski3711
      @tihomirraychevski3711 Рік тому

      0

    • @Kaceydotme
      @Kaceydotme Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames If you haven't figured this out yet, it's super easy to put CFW on PSTV and remove the game whitelist! You may have to do some fiddling to map games to a normal controller but thankfully there are tools to use the DualShock 4's touchpad as the Vita's rear pad. So you'll be able to play Uncharted.

  • @RemnantCult
    @RemnantCult Рік тому +50

    The PSP was probably the only time when the Game Boy and the DS had a worthy competitor. Very solid console.

    • @MicoDossun
      @MicoDossun Рік тому +11

      I knew people in middle school who had a PSP and did not even really use it for video games. DS can’t compete with that fact

    • @davetorres3906
      @davetorres3906 Рік тому +2

      It is far better than both imo

    • @LuccianoNova
      @LuccianoNova 3 місяці тому +1

      I had every handheld console ever made and i most def put the most hours on my psp. Nothing came close to the multiplayer experience.

  • @bigdumer8997
    @bigdumer8997 Рік тому +23

    I worked on two of these games: NFS Underground Rivals and MVP Baseball. I was part of a small division at EA called Fusion that was set up to do PSP games (we later did GBA, NDS and Wii games). It was a lot of fun working on launch PSP titles. NFS Underground Rivals was even better at one point but when Sony locked the CPU speed at 222 MHz from 333 MHz (to save on battery life - they later re-enabled 333 MHz when they upgraded the battery) we had to cut out a lot of physics objects. Honestly, I do not remember MVP Baseball being a lunch title but my memory is all a blur from then.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      That’s really cool you worked on those. Even with the lesser CPU speed, I thought the game was very impressive. You guys definitely did a good job on that one.
      If MVP wasn’t a launch game I’d believe you. I mention in the end of the video that there are a lot of inconsistencies across various sources about which games were in the launch, so that could be one I was wrong about.
      Anyway, thanks for the comment! I’m really glad to hear from someone who was a part of making these.

    • @thesolidsnek8096
      @thesolidsnek8096 Рік тому +2

      Wow thats really cool, what i am wondering is..how are you doing now? You still work in the same field or nah?

  • @chemergency
    @chemergency Рік тому +13

    The PSP had a really underrated launch lineup, you were especially eating good if you liked racing or driving games of any kind. Lumines was a lot of fun and THUG2 Remix was an incredibly impressive port for so early in the system's life.

  • @JJLiew
    @JJLiew Рік тому +11

    Man Spider-Man 2 on the PSP was one of the first video games I've ever played; the green tutorial world sparked so many memories of me messing around with the web slinging, so much fun!

  • @Peremptor
    @Peremptor Рік тому +6

    Man that was a great launch lineup.

  • @bam3xs
    @bam3xs Рік тому +9

    We had one store selling Wipeout Pure for 20€, everywhere else it was 50€ just like all other new games. Even though I was never into racing games at all, I got it as my first game for my PSP. Maybe it was due to lack of alternatives but god damn, I played it so much and really loved it. The feeling of speed was just so damn good, especially on the higher difficulties. Visually it was just amazing, the soundtrack perfectly fitting. Still my favorite game to this day of the PSP era

    • @mikem.9197
      @mikem.9197 Рік тому +1

      And Wipeout Pure was the game to have for the first round of exploits on the system.

  • @yogibear2k220
    @yogibear2k220 Рік тому +3

    I must be some sort of maniac as I love stretching the screen out to widescreen, even if it was not supposed to be that way. Thanks for the video. It's amazing to see how many launch titles there were for the PSP. Even though I got rid of my PSP about 1 year ago, I still play my PSP games on my Vita, and prefer playing them this way.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      I was joking about the aspect ratio thing. I think you should play it the way you enjoy most 👍
      I agree about the Vita. It definitely improves the games in a lot of ways, especially stuff like Peace Walker that can benefit from the extra analog stick.

  • @Larry
    @Larry Рік тому +3

    There is a huge bug with the PS1 version of NBA JAM TE, they got the difficulty settings the wrong way around, so the easiest setting is actually the hardest, and vice versa.
    Also, the AI is super aggressive and constantly shoving you, it's pretty common to have a full 10 injury of your player by half-time.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      I didn’t know that. I think I played it on the normal difficulty, so I might not have seen it.

    • @Larry
      @Larry Рік тому +2

      @@LegendOfGames Ah, you dodged a bullet there then :P

  • @TheInfectiousCadaver
    @TheInfectiousCadaver Рік тому +6

    had way too much fun playing atv with my friends. they allowed us to bring our systems and what not to school during the last few days before summer. it was a blast.

  • @zakari_rai
    @zakari_rai Рік тому +6

    the fact that a number of racing games in the PSP such as Midnight Club, NFS, and Ridge Racer having real-time reflections for cars is impressive tbh

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      Yeah, I think the racing games from the launch might’ve been the best graphical showcases. It was definitely amazing seeing visuals like that on a handheld back then.

  • @CasperEgas
    @CasperEgas Рік тому +2

    I bought a psp at the European launch. Got Lumines, Ridge Racer, Wipeout Pure and Smart Bomb with it. Really like the first two, Smart Bomb was a bit so so and Wipeout was somewhere in-between.

  • @jonbourgoin182
    @jonbourgoin182 Рік тому +5

    You should do this Launch Games series for the Vita too! I'd be very interested in seeing that as I know next to nothing about it or its games.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      That’s one I’d actually really like to do. I have a good chunk of the Vita’s launch lineup, in fact, though they probably don’t all work on PSTV, which is the easiest way to capture them.

  • @gamesmovienation3516
    @gamesmovienation3516 Рік тому +14

    Dude the amount of quality and time you put into these videos is outstanding it really brings me back in time to the age of psp and we'll it's so nostalgic I wish I could go back in time all the memories I had with the psp was amazing. This video deserves nominations.

  • @fu102
    @fu102 Рік тому +4

    You were in Duality?! Wow, that's a pretty awesome feather in your cap. One of the greatest music videos ever imo. Jim Root is the man

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      I wasn't in it because a bit too young (only 12 at the time,) but I got to see a bunch of filming and meet the band. My mom was the location manager for the video.
      When I was in high school I worked on Slipknot's video for Psychosocial as a production assistant.

    • @fu102
      @fu102 Рік тому +2

      @@LegendOfGames being there is as good as being in it. PA for them too eh? I guess they really lean in to the Iowa representing, pretty nice.

    • @NebLleb
      @NebLleb Рік тому +1

      That bit of trivia convinced me to look up the Duality video... and DAMN! One of the best, most intense videos ever in all of metal.

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero Рік тому +4

    I love the PSP, it's such a funky, one of a kind handheld with a library that really did have something for just about everyone.
    I think, at least as far as I can see, might just be the best launch lineup for any PlayStation. Almost half of these are games I would probably still sit down and play today.
    Side note, but it is hilarious to that a decade, and to additional consoles from the brand's inception, no one can seem to agree on the confirm and cancel buttons xD
    Apparently, this carried over to the early PS3 even, I know that version of Sonic Unleashed still has ∆ as cancel.
    Kudos to Metal Gear for sticking to O confirm for so long

  • @PedroKing19
    @PedroKing19 Рік тому +7

    I was watching some of your older videos and I must say you've got way better at this in a very short amount of time! Keep it up!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      Thank you! I was a bit too worried about clearly enunciating words when I started, but I think when I started making shorts it helped me a lot in the delivery department.

  • @kylehappney4398
    @kylehappney4398 Рік тому +2

    its insane how much effort you put into the quality of these videos man. Got my sub

  • @GateSide0
    @GateSide0 Рік тому +1

    Just recently discovered your channel while I was hunting for some niche retro games to look at. Cool channel bro. I'm rooting for ya.

  • @zeroXshinobi
    @zeroXshinobi Рік тому +4

    Even if we’re talking launch window games, the psp was an incredible device to have. Awesome work dude. I really didn’t know spiderman 2 was more like the ps2 version of 1. Also completely forgot the psp was heavily marketed as a portable movie player.
    I really love ridge racer and twisted metal head on!!!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      Those are two of my favorites from the lineup as well. Both awesome games.
      Now that you’re mentioning the video functionality, I’m remembering that I actually watched quite a lot of movies and shows that I downloaded to the thing. Definitely made road trips go by faster.

  • @DonCritic
    @DonCritic Рік тому +6

    Fantastic video! Really enjoyed watching this after eating my Christmas dinner. The amount of detail you go into with each game is really fun! Merry Christmas dude!

  • @carol.c.b
    @carol.c.b Рік тому

    Watching this brought back so many great memories.

  • @dannymirjanovic8453
    @dannymirjanovic8453 Рік тому +1

    I got wipeout pure with my psp from my mom. I didn't really like it at first but I had that and spiderman 2 the actual movie that came with the system so I just kept playing it and now it's my favorite launch game on the system and one of my favorites in general.

  • @M87.683
    @M87.683 Рік тому +3

    Yooo I didn't know Rengoku was a launch title such a underrated gem it did get a sequel and it has better gameplay but I do still prefer the story of the first game

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      I guess I should give the second one a try.

  • @YOUlickLIDkid
    @YOUlickLIDkid Рік тому +1

    I remember buying 2 PSP's on launch day at midnight, I got nfs, twisted metal, ridge racer, ssx and midnight club 3, I'm sure the uk had a slightly different launch line up.

  • @Original-Juice
    @Original-Juice Рік тому

    I bought this at launch. I was out of town on a work trip for a whole week in the Bay Area, CA. I remember buying 3 or 4 games with it, Wipeout, Madden, Tiger Woods and something else. Was so perfect timing wise because of being in a Hotel, then of course coming home - the airport terminal and the long trip home to the east coast!!
    I fell in love with the PSP instantly. To this day I still think I enjoyed it more than the PS Vita.

  • @frontiercat8568
    @frontiercat8568 Рік тому +1

    Just stumbled on this series, I like your videos.

  • @woofwoofdoggo
    @woofwoofdoggo Рік тому

    Saving this one for a rainy day.

  • @thaismagalhaes5928
    @thaismagalhaes5928 Рік тому

    I still have mine up and working,it was my journey companion during my interchange.

  • @brandteous4232
    @brandteous4232 Рік тому +1

    Enjoy the Iowa touches, always put in Des Moines for NFS

  • @papasmurf205
    @papasmurf205 Рік тому +3

    Great videos man! You should have more views, keep up the good work.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! Luckily my views have had a huge jump in the past week or so.

  • @Miumiu0404
    @Miumiu0404 Рік тому

    I love your videos. You have a very soft voice. Perfect as a background noise when I'm reading or working at home ❤️

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @Miumiu0404
      @Miumiu0404 Рік тому

      @@LegendOfGames you're welcome. Looking forward for the gba and ds episodes ❤️

  • @Ahkuha
    @Ahkuha Рік тому

    Good video this was cool

  • @LuccianoNova
    @LuccianoNova 3 місяці тому

    You have the same narrative as madseasonshow and its wholesome and makes me happy

  • @grinbrothers
    @grinbrothers Рік тому +4

    You've been working on this PSP video for quite and I've been looking forward to it for quite a while; wonderful to finally watch it. Also, Happy Boxing Day once again!
    0:07 - Until the N-Gage arrived with it's handheld port of Tomb Raider... actually, there probably was the odd 3D game on the GBA before he N-Gage even released. Oh wait; you actually do end up mentioning the N-Gage at 0:26. I was not expecting that.
    2:06 - I didn't get the PSP on launch, but funny enough, Ape Escape was one of three games I got when I received one for my Birthday. I'd enjoyed playing the PlayStation game via demos but the PSP was the first time I got to properly play this intriguing game.
    7:32 - There was a Darkstalkers game on the PSP at launch? I always thought that happened later down the line. Also, I'll admit, I'm the maniac who likes to stretch out his games to fill the screen. I guess I just dislike the empty black bars, be they at the sides or for the cinematic look where they are at the top and bottom.
    9:57 - I am surprised they didn't give a subtitle for this game, to avoid potential confusion with the original Dynasty Warriors, which was completely different in genre. I suppose by this point already people had forgotten about that original PlayStation Warriors game.
    19:10 - Gosh, there certainly were a lot of sports games on the PSP. Did it really need two Baseball games on the same day? At least the Street games seem to differ in tone and style to their more traditional counterpart. It's funny you bring up the "not knowing sports" thing when talking about American Football, because as a Brit, I've also got no clue about all those odd formations and squiggly lines.
    22:17 - Metal Gear Acid and Lumines seem to be the PSP launch games I hear talked about the most; the former perhaps because of the absurdity of it... which seems kind of normal for Kojima. I do like my card games so I've a strange curiosity about Metal Gear Acid. Glad to hear it holds up. I imagine if my PSP memory card had any space left in it, there would be a handful of PSP games I'd go back and try.
    28:03 - The lighting of the Need for Speed certainly gives it an impressive visual quality and it's interesting that despite the greater graphical power that the PSP Ridge Racer has, style and colour choice helps give the PlayStation original the better overall look.
    37:11 - I've never heard of this (Untold Legends) series before, though it does rather look like my cup of tea. I do find it strange that a top-down game like this even needs control of the camera; feels like it just needs better placement rather than having the player worry about controlling it themselves.
    41:32 - Love the cancel button tally. Fantastic coverage of all these PSP games by the way. As for launch games recommendation, well naturally as a Wii fan I'd suggest the Nintendo Wii. You did bring up both the Game Gear and the N-Gage at the start of this video, though they might be harder systems to acquire the games for.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Those are all good recommendations. I just looked up the Wii's launch and it was 26 games. I might hold off on doing another one of that size for a while. N-Gage only had seven, though, so that's definitely doable and would be interesting for me to look into since I don't know a whole lot about the system's games. Game Gear also had a pretty small lineup.

    • @grinbrothers
      @grinbrothers Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames Oh yeah, the Wii launch had quite a few games but I feel they are easier to acquire. Wii sold lots so there's more copy of the games and I don't recall any of them being too expensive at the time of collecting them (the mid-to-later year releases are where it seems to get more expensive).
      In terms of covering the games once acquired, the N-Gage and Game Gear's would take less time.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      @@grinbrothers yeah, Wii games don’t seem to be too expensive for the most part. I usually play most of the games on here via emulation, though I have been trying to get boxed copies of all of the Sega CD launch games for that episode. I actually have all of the US N64 launch games since there were only two.

  • @carol.c.b
    @carol.c.b Рік тому

    I really enjoyed watching this video. If your Mom ever told you that you were wasting time playing video games, she just might have been wrong.
    Well done!

  • @820_anemone
    @820_anemone Рік тому

    My eyes seriously lit up when I saw that metal gear acid has a card system like that, I'm legitimately buying this game *IMMEDIATELY*

  • @erich8716
    @erich8716 Рік тому +1

    I begged my Dad for a PSP on release and he broke down and bought me one with Wipeout Pure, was an amazing game and made all my friends jealous. I used the psp for everything, tv shows, movies, little downloadable minigames; it was so far ahead of its time.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      Sounds like we had a similar experience. I was pretty obsessed with the thing until I got it in the fall of ‘05, and had this PSM-related PSP launch guide that I must’ve read every day until then. I definitely used all of its functions.
      That was cool of your dad to get it for you.

  • @wellyep790
    @wellyep790 Рік тому +1

    Seeing Ethan Suplee in a gameboy ad is just wild. That's just Randy to me!

    • @makeitthrough_
      @makeitthrough_ Рік тому +1

      He'll always be Frankie Stecchino to me

    • @wellyep790
      @wellyep790 Рік тому

      @@makeitthrough_ Ooh good pull

  • @OneLovePsych
    @OneLovePsych Рік тому +1

    Tiger Woods PGA Tour on PSP is one of my most nostalgic games of all-time. I only had money for the PSP and one game, and I played the shit out of it!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      I actually did enjoy that game. I tend to find golf games pretty chill and relaxing.

    • @OneLovePsych
      @OneLovePsych Рік тому

      @@LegendOfGames Good man 💯💯

  • @mackenziek8383
    @mackenziek8383 Рік тому

    An extra in a music video for one of the biggest nu-metal songs of the generation and now covering video games with the vibe of Jon Wilson. A legend!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      I guess I should’ve worded that a bit differently, since when I said “I was present at the filming of,” I just meant I was there while it was being filmed. I was a bit too young to be in it at the time (only 12.)
      Thanks, though!

  • @rockingamer100
    @rockingamer100 Рік тому

    So cool that you were in Duality video!!!! It's always been one of my fav videos of slipknot's

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      I wasn’t in it since I was a bit too young, but I did get to see the filming and meet the band.

    • @rockingamer100
      @rockingamer100 Рік тому

      ​@@LegendOfGames ah I see still cool AF though!

  • @shaghilathar3588
    @shaghilathar3588 Рік тому

    Rengoku was the first game i ever played. To be honest I could max out the character limit here talking about it but its one of those games thay either interests you or it doesnt. No in between but im happy you gave it a try. Always happy to see more rengoku coverage.
    If you wanted better gameplay the sequel is objectively better but in my opinion the story, aesthetic and music in the first game is something ive never seen in any game before or since

  • @TheFatSandwhich
    @TheFatSandwhich Рік тому

    4:32 that's the music from Twisted Metal 2: World Tour on the LA map?? hahah awesome

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Yep. I actually couldn’t use any of the music from Off-Road Fury since it’s all licensed, but I thought that one kinda fit.

  • @MooseKINGstudios
    @MooseKINGstudios Рік тому

    Ape Escape OTL is my in my top 3 games of all time.

  • @brunocar02
    @brunocar02 Рік тому

    Great vid! 2 notes about games you mentioned: Dynasty Warriors's name is misleading, its actually made out of assets from Dynasty Warriors 4, and its sequel, Vol. 2, does the same thing to Dynasty Warriors 5; you mention how Untold Legends feels similar to 2 games, im happy to tell you there is a reason for it: the snowblind engine, the engine powering all 3 of them, also used in that weird PS2 fallout game and the alien syndrome reboot.
    EDIT: it might be interesting to make a video of "sequels to launch titles" as on PSP there is a staggering amount of them, even leaving sports games aside you still have plenty.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      That definitely explains why those games look and feel so similar.
      That’s an interesting idea. There are a lot of games in this lineup that had followups. I guess the same could work for the PS2 and PS1 launch as well.

  • @ghost909090
    @ghost909090 Рік тому +1

    best handheld ever made

  • @PhinioxGlade
    @PhinioxGlade Рік тому +2

    Metal Gear Solid got a NGage version. Played like the ps1 version but is completely original. not sure if it was released prior to psp

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Looks like that one came out in 2008, so a bit after the PSP’s launch. I have vague memories of hearing about that one way back when. I’d definitely like to give it a try.

    • @caferockgarito3310
      @caferockgarito3310 Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames if you ever get into ngage, try pathway to glory from red lynx, exclusive title. However good luck making the emulator work, I tried for hours and found no way to get it to work (with that title, really didn't cared much about the others, but I would have definitely tried more games if I were able to get it working)

  • @AUM_-po9sc
    @AUM_-po9sc Рік тому +1

    Oh, hey, I had the Untold Legends game.
    I think I traded something for that disc.

  • @djfifis835
    @djfifis835 23 дні тому

    Psp was the first time since a gamegear that I actually enjoyed a handheld
    I liked the gba and learned to appreciate the DS, but I need the feel of a true console in my hands.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  23 дні тому +1

      I know what you mean. At the time it felt like holding a mini-PS2, but with even more features.

  • @Thievishaura
    @Thievishaura Рік тому +1

    Your hometown is Des Moines? I live an hour away in Iowa. That's pretty neat.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Yep. Good to hear from a fellow Iowan 👍

  • @rafffaaa6975
    @rafffaaa6975 Рік тому

    When i was a kid i had that ridge racer game(or was the 2, i cant remember), but i sold it with a bunch of other games, i regret utill this day

  • @yourmutha9420
    @yourmutha9420 Рік тому

    That was a sick darth maul shirt

  • @wieldylattice3015
    @wieldylattice3015 Рік тому +1

    40:46 no you aren’t wrong about the original WipEout. The second game was the first good WipEout game

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      That’s good to hear. I was worried I might’ve been shrugging off a game that’s actually good.

  • @underscoresjurassiccatch7812

    27:05 I remember that one!

  • @TheBipolarx
    @TheBipolarx Рік тому +1

    Acid was fine in the later half game. Just had to get going.

  • @wesleywyndam-pryce4081
    @wesleywyndam-pryce4081 Рік тому

    quality vid

  • @dougneon9550
    @dougneon9550 Рік тому

    24:32 yo is that a Dodge Neon?!

  • @KEWLAID81
    @KEWLAID81 Рік тому

    Twisted metal was my absolute favorite on the psp

  • @maverickhuntermeta4954
    @maverickhuntermeta4954 4 місяці тому

    I got my psp around 2007 along with a copy of GTA: Liberty City Stories as my first game.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  4 місяці тому +1

      That would’ve been a good one to start with. It was really amazing playing a game like that on a handheld back when it was released.

  • @cerealhit555
    @cerealhit555 10 місяців тому

    Metal gear acid was incredibely good once you got used to it. Oh man the nostalgia

  • @dani_p2200
    @dani_p2200 Рік тому

    Ridge Racer is on ps4 right now, on ps+premium, is the psp version but with more pixels and better framerate

  • @AxionSurge
    @AxionSurge Рік тому

    You were in the duality video?
    OMG.
    I'm Jealous!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      I wasn’t in it since I was a bit too young, but I got to watch the filming and meet the band.

  • @GothVII
    @GothVII Рік тому

    Hey what is the song used in the Darkstalkerd part? Looked everywhere for it but couldn’t find :(

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      That’s just a song from the Darkstalkers soundtrack. I’m not sure of the specific name, though. In the soundtrack I downloaded, it's the 60th track and is just titled "Vs_11"

    • @GothVII
      @GothVII Рік тому

      @@LegendOfGames That's a very good lead already! Thanks!!

    • @GothVII
      @GothVII Рік тому +1

      Out of curiosity for whoever wants it: It's from DS 3, track name is Forever Torment

  • @EdibleKnife
    @EdibleKnife Рік тому

    i fucking LOVED Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory, bought it off a whim and it became my instant favorite next to Untold Legends (which the music temporarily drove me insane at one point fun fact)

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      I can understand how that game’s music could do that.

  • @NebLleb
    @NebLleb Рік тому +2

    Of the lot, WipEout Pure is the one I'm interested in playing through emulation.
    As for others, Spider-Man 2 is an inferior port, Ridge Racer seems fine, Smart Bomb is an undesirable way for Core to end their tenure on, and Metal Gear AC!D is an interesting experiment, but as you pointed out, it would ultimately be rendered irrelevant in 2006/2007 with Solid: Portable Ops, which I'm more interested in and was actually the canon sequel to the events of Solid 3 until it was retconned by Kojima in favour of a broadstrokes follow-up titled Peace Walker. *CALLING TO THE NIIIIIIIGHT~*

    • @whatwhatyep
      @whatwhatyep Рік тому

      I got Wipeout pure sealed for £3. Why would you emulate it?

    • @NebLleb
      @NebLleb Рік тому +1

      @@whatwhatyep The ability to play at higher resolutions is a compelling argument.

    • @whatwhatyep
      @whatwhatyep Рік тому +1

      @@NebLleb I suppose. I still use my Psp as a handheld. Literally just started a new game off SSX on tour this morning. I have thought about installing an emulator to try games out of my price range but I have more games than lifetime already so never got around to it.

  • @bmp3m
    @bmp3m 3 місяці тому +1

    24:02 why is caitlin jenner in metal gear 🤣

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  3 місяці тому

      lol I never even noticed that. I guess this is the namesake for the card they had equipped:
      metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Jenner

  • @suntannedduck2388
    @suntannedduck2388 Рік тому +1

    Oh so Coded Arms must have come later huh fair enough then launch year then just not launch day or week or so. Either way interesting look at the launch titles. :) Didn't think Mercury was a launch game either. But still a good puzzle game. 2005 games are confusing me for other regions I guess. Great pick up on buttons though Square, Triangle and Circle can be changed by many and it can be confusing but for some series it's so suited/normal so isn't too bad. Otherwise interesting MGA was the tactics game at launch for that region at least.
    Hmm suggestions I could go super niche emulatable or not hmm. Best not. Whatever works of major consoles.
    Smart Bomb I didn't realise was a launch title. It's creative but I agree hard and I had similar issues great idea hard to play.
    Honestly though Ridge Racer (I own Racers 2/PSP entry 2 not the launch title entry but still it's probably just as good even if differences between the two) I find more interesting than Lumines. Even WipWout Pure which is a fairly handheld in mind structure and threw me off made sense besides Pulse being the more console like game experience.
    The other games shown seem alright for what they tried to do even if rough but not all launch titles are great anyways they do a fine job for early hardware trialing before getting used to it later.
    Lumines is a fine Tetris/falling block puzzle game and I own it but eh. I own it for the sake of 'I try it out a few times and pass compared to literally all other better puzzle games on PSP being so much more involved and exciting'.
    Lumines to me is literally the safest game out of all launch titles and even for puzzle games it's safe and snoreworthy. I don't think the music is good (I am very picky with music in games rhythm or otherwise. If I can tolerate it in rhythm games then I will but otherwise I don't like many music choices in games anyway). Ridge Racer or WipEout games to me have more exciting music because that era had really good music (racing games or certain others just had better licensed or original in the menus options besides other games being exceptions of good original music) but most others sure fit the environments so I let them pass but for licensed or original I don't care for licensed at all and if the menu music isn't good in a game with mostly licenses hen to me it doesn't count as worthy.
    I hate the boring music choices usually. Lumines are usually in order repeated (if possible to change I don't remember) and it's just generic singing and sound design sounds. Not even enjoyable. I guess they fit the vibe but I don't get into them I mostly want to play with the music off. I don't really get the vibe of it and the puzzles compared to others though maybe later entries it's more clear but for me I didn't get it as much.
    The puzzle mode is awkward in that mode I had to guess the first puzzle and surprised I even beat it I get the goal the execution is confusing to pull off at all, the timed sessions make sense for handheld play, the themes and visuals look good but it isn't hard for puzzle games to look good.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      Out of the games I listed at the end, I would say I prefer Wipeout, Ridge Racer and Twisted Metal over Lumines. Personally, I really like the whole vibe of Lumines, though, and think the soundtrack is great as well. But I also do prefer the soundtracks from Wipeout and Ridge Racer.
      I also didn’t understand the puzzle mode in Lumines, but since that’s not the main draw of the game it didn’t really subtract much from my overall enjoyment.

  • @DanielKoolboy
    @DanielKoolboy 10 місяців тому

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @jonathannoble9465
    @jonathannoble9465 Рік тому

    I was so pissed about Metal Gear Ac!d
    Please do a Dreamcast launch video next! Most solid launch ever!

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      Haha I can understand. I wasn’t thrilled when I finally learned how Acid would play way back when. Though, I actually did enjoy it once I got the game.
      I’d be up to covering the Dreamcast. It’s definitely a great launch lineup.

  • @860phantom7
    @860phantom7 Рік тому

    My sister Tanner got me my psp. It was awesome. It came with GTA liberty city stories.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      That was cool of her. I got that game too the day it came out. I still remember thinking how playing something like that on a handheld was amazing.

  • @mannuperez3926
    @mannuperez3926 Рік тому

    What spikes voice is better in the psp version of ape escape and I hate the original controller scheme. But we can be cool because you know what an awesome game is :)

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      The thing I said about the sound effects being better was referring to the actual sounds that you hear when the apes are caught and when you teleport away and all that stuff. Spike’s voice definitely sounds more fitting and kid-like in the PSP version.

  • @jrlangdon89
    @jrlangdon89 Рік тому

    The psp is still amazing

  • @ThierryRocksTV
    @ThierryRocksTV Рік тому

    PS3 would be interesting since it was such a divisive release in 2006

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      The PS3 is definitely one I want to do. It was actually the first console I ever got at launch. I can’t believe how much I spent on that.

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames I've never gotten a console on launch too poor for that lol. And funny how $599 was insane in '06 but the PS5 was impossible to get in 2020, so gamers paid in the thousands 😂😂
      Also as a PlayStation guy, I can admit that both the Xbox and Xbox 360 had amazing launch titles! The 360's peak was definitely early on whilst the PS3 got much better gradually, focusing on exclusive games rather than Microsoft's shift to the Kinect.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      @@ThierryRocksTV I agree about the whole 360 vs PS3 thing. I was too big of a fanboy to realize it at the time, but the 360 was definitely the best system for good chunk of that generation.

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames Same I've grown up since my fanboyism days. I ended up purchasing some of the Xbox consoles later down the line for the games I missed out on like Halo and Crackdown. The PS3 and Xbox 360 were definitely even by the end of the generation, with the PS3 selling only slightly more units. Their pros and cons were fairly equal too and the PS3 started fairly rough but got better whilst the 360 peaked in the late 2000's only to get less interesting games.

  • @ddramos956
    @ddramos956 Рік тому

    You gotta do all PS Vita launch games

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      That’s definitely one I wanna do eventually.

    • @ddramos956
      @ddramos956 Рік тому +1

      @@LegendOfGames when I bought mine, it came with the black ops game included

  • @albuquerque3495
    @albuquerque3495 8 місяців тому

    I’m watching this on my psp lol

  • @fauxsmiles4673
    @fauxsmiles4673 Рік тому

    Imo I'll take the dpad over that stick that's not a stick any day

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      Good point. For capturing purposes, I was playing these on PSTV and through emulation, which give you more comfortable analog stick options.

  • @ToxicKlay
    @ToxicKlay Рік тому +1

    sorry but I have to agree with the sentiment of the sports comment. if you can figure out what combos do in Dynasty Warriors, or optimize your strategy in Lumines.....it's REALLY not that difficult to gain a basic understanding of how an NFL game works and I'm tired of people pretending it requires some Herculean level of effort to wrap your brain around.
    I don't have to be a martial artist or even a casual MMA fan to understand how Tekken or Mortal Kombat works, neither does someone necessarily need to be a football watcher to be able to play the video game

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      I was saying I don't understand what the symbols shown on screen mean. I actually had a friend explain it to me after seeing the video, but I thought they're specific players that are supposed to do something based on the shape (I didn't realize they're actually just the PlayStation buttons and pressing the button throws to them. I thought it was a football-related thing.) I can understand the basic gameplay, but it's those plays you choose between each round that really confuse me, even after knowing what triangle and square mean.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +2

      Do you get what I'm saying? Those are things that make sense to people who watch football, but otherwise they're just a bunch of shapes running around in various directions, and effectively choosing one doesn't seem exactly easy for someone who doesn't know what's going on. It's not about a "basic understanding," as that's not the problem. It's about actually getting a grasp of what's going on and making the right decision.
      I think it’s less like the fighting game analogy you were bringing up and more along the lines of asking someone who’s unfamiliar with RPGs to play Final Fantasy Tactics. They’ll likely be just as confused with the systems and do just as bad as I did the first time I played the game when I was 11.

  • @ChristopherMcLarenExperience

    That Dynasty warriors game is the second worst game I've ever played after Cars for DS.

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому

      Was it the loading times? Since I didn’t have access to that one on original hardware, I guess I didn’t quite get the real PSP experience.

    • @RaifSeverence
      @RaifSeverence Рік тому

      Then you haven't played enough games if that's the 2nd worse.

  • @MrBenMcLean
    @MrBenMcLean Рік тому

    Next time, please provide a time code to skip to for folks like me who really, passionately hate sports games and don't want to see them haha

    • @LegendOfGames
      @LegendOfGames  Рік тому +1

      There is a time code and chapters. I just checked and they show up for me. Are you watching it on something that’s out of date, maybe?

  • @ILLRICARDO
    @ILLRICARDO Рік тому

    Any console apart from microsoft.i don't like em since they took sega's place in the console industry.

    • @whatwhatyep
      @whatwhatyep Рік тому

      They also did more to keep Sega legacy going than any other console. Sega were already dead in the water before the xbox launch.