You can essentially use it for anything someone writes a program for. For me though, being able to have my games on micro SD instead of carrying a bundle of UMDs is the biggest benefit.
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Back in 2004-7 PSP was barebones. No browser, no PS1 emu, no comic readers, etc. Even the video player was locked at 320x240. PSP was also underclocked below the CPUās full speed of 333MHz (for battery conservation), which meant games like Wipeout didnāt run as well as it could have. Hacking unlocked all the crap Sony took years to include officially. Once you used PSP for all it was worth, it was almost like a handheld computerā¦ kind of like the cellphones everyone has today. Other than emulators and other piracy, and homebrewād games and ripping UMDs/PS1 CDs, I think hackingās outlived its purpose.
I picked up PSVita and a memory card for downloadinā. If you got any questions post them here, Iāll answer them later.
I fucking hate you right now.
If you have a PS3, what kind of connectivity can be used between the PS3 and Vita?
I have a PS3 but itās half a world away.
The kicker is, only JP PSN is available for Vita at the moment-- you canāt do anything that isnāt JP PSN related. I wanted to play some PSP games that I bought from the US store but of course the store is offline, and just copying the game through Media Go doesnāt work. Shit!
āLet us cling togetherā???
I swear thatās a song by Queenā¦ I could be wrong, but yeahā¦
Also Metal Gear Acid 2ā¦ get datā¦ nowā¦
This game is too gdlkā¦ probably one of my favoritesā¦ feels like a fully fleshed out gameā¦
EDIT: Yeahā¦ thatās definitely a song by queenā¦
DOUBLE EDIT: PSP minis seem to be mostly shovelware except for a couple of old-ass DOS RTS games that had the 50 page manuals, and Tetrisā¦
I got a hold of 156 of these games, 100 of them were super booty, just finished trying out a couple more and they are not good enough to be worth keepingā¦
Iāll keep going through them and see can I compile a list of oneās worth playingā¦ Iām probably gonna slim that shit down to Top fucking 10 lolā¦
My major bone of contention with the psp was that dust/lint could easily infiltrate the system via the for-some-damn-reason UNCOVERED speaker holes (really, Sony? You couldnāt just put a really fine wire micro-mesh on there, like what you see on earbuds when you remove the rubber bud?) and end up on the screen behind the faceplate. Does it look like this might have the same problem later? Oh, and is there a heat increase when itās running?
Vita has a solid build quality, much better than PSP or DS. I havenāt opened it or anything, so Iām not sure if the screen has better dust protection than PSP, but thereās still a lot of open ports for dust to creep into. The doors for the game card/expansion port arenāt any different than PSPās memory stick door.
The menu is pissing me off. Itās too slow and āanimated.ā And it plays this annoying Cliff Martinez-wannabe background music. As far as I know you canāt change the music, you can just mute every sound the system makes. I hope the rumored XMB theme is true. And damn these buttons are tiny. Otherwise not bad.
Will probably have crazy custom themes like the PSP ended up having.
Alright Top 3 PSP Minis List- because out of 156/160 or so I could only find 3 that werenāt boring games, flash games, shovelware, or just complete assā¦ the DOS 98 PC ports were done well, but I donāt remember enjoying them very muchā¦ if you like micromanagement you could grab Egypt- Engineering an Empireā¦ Iām sure alot of folks have played it once before I would hopeā¦ but no in depth tutorial comes with itā¦ just pointersā¦
A Spaceshooter for 2 Bucks
While the title might not sound very appealing and it sounds like some easy mode ass American shooter, it is anything but thatā¦
The storyline/protagonist seems inspired by Megas XLRā¦ playing with a badass Fat Guy that likes to kill aliens for no reason is always a fun timeā¦
But the game, especially the beginning is pretty fucking relentlessā¦
BreakQuest
Fuck another brick-breaking game right? Well, Yesā¦ yet not really? It doesnāt feel half assed and has neat stages, cool power-ups, ability to shoot up a double ball whenever you feel like it(however this double ball can function as an extra life) for each ship you get two balls, and while shooting two of them off could make the level go by faster, you effectively cut the amount of possible balls in halfā¦ you can change the trajectory of the ball downward while itās in the air, itās pretty fucking coolā¦ some of the powerups allow you to shoot lasers and misslesā¦ however youāll need it all to winā¦ hard to put down, but also hard to beatā¦
Tetris
Youāre probably thinking, āWhat is this nigga putting Tetris by EA Sports down for?ā Well while itās still Tetris, there are tons of variations offered and tons of incentives thrown in the game to improve youā¦ The goal of this game is simple: mold a player into a Tetris Grandmasterā¦ they have unlockable videos from Tetris Grandmasters to give you a couple of strats to steal, to 100% the game, you must complete challenges, and these challenges are staples in any good Tetris players gameā¦ very well-done by EA sports bravoā¦
What about Pac-Man CE? I havenāt tried that yet.
Obviously if youāve played Pac-Man DX then this will obviously pale in comparisonā¦
CE wasnāt that great to me, wasnāt experimental enough, itās not bad, itās decent, but not really worth mention imoā¦
Itās not really worth a monetary investment imoā¦ Iād recommend the Namco PSP collection just for Pacman, Mrs. Pacman, Galaga, and Digdugā¦ āHey itās another Namco collection wtf asshole?āā¦ You have the opportunity to finish these games, due to an autosave feature you can cut on, so you can continue from whatever level you lost onā¦ also whatever levels youāve beaten, you get the option to level select, so play/start on whatever level youād likeā¦ Rest of the game is asscheeks, but I think just because of this it may be worth itā¦
But look dude, that BreakQuest has a fucking Space Invaders level broā¦ you can change ships(differently angled paddles), launch double balls on a whim, stupid fun powerups, fun levels, seriously if youāre not playing this, I donāt know wtf you are doing with your lifeā¦ arcade mode that will set different parameters to make your life difficult on unlocked stagesā¦ seriously man, seriouslyā¦ some powerups allow you to shoot the block with lasersā¦
I didnāt even know a Brick Breaking game could be done this wellā¦ everyone edition Iāve ever played has been assā¦ I was crazy skeptical about it until I played itā¦
The first level is an optical illusion(these lines are all parallel)ā¦
But quick warning, itās hardā¦ when they give you massive powerups like that, they have to make your life a living hellā¦ stages are fucking cool, but each one has a quirk that makes it hardā¦ lots of levels, all of em sweetā¦
I really never liked Tetris until I played that EA one, shit turned me into a Tetris fanaticā¦ controls are so smooth, pad sensitivity is just fucking right(it is ALWAYS your fault when you fuck up), everything works as it should, different modes, unlockables that encourage you to complete certain challenges, acheivementsā¦
Nigga I went from not knowing the fucking rules to Tetris, to dropping 45 tetrominos per minute nigga(yeah they put stuff like that on the side to let you know youāre progressing in skill), the acheivements arenāt just a pat on the back for doing ridiculous shit, they are for things you should have in your repertoire, they let you know that you are getting betterā¦
However any version of Tetris(well maybe except one of those TGM arcade machines) will pale in comparisonā¦
A Spaceshooter for Two Bucks boss so hard that shit cray, itās difficult, itās fun, and itās funny as fuckā¦
Only complaint I have is that the hitbox on the ship is kinda large for all the bullets you have flying at youā¦ Iām not sure is that a legitimate complaint or not but whateverā¦
Also, when you fly iirc and try to move in the opposite direction, the shit has to stop momentum(itās probably .1ms lag time or so, but small things will make all the difference) in direction you were going in, to go in another directionā¦ probably an intended mechanicā¦
I might want to play this on easyā¦
Obviously though, BreakQuest is one of my favoritesā¦ reviewers do not give these indie developers fair shots because they donāt have deep pocketsā¦ niggas giving this game 5.5ās and shitā¦
Oh yeah I forgot about DX. So Thexder wasnāt shit either?
Thanks for the writeup. Truth of the matter is, Iām broke (in budget terms anyway) and Iām looking for some bargain bin gaming until payday. I saw āTetrisā and āEAā together and wrote it off, but Iāll check it out if itās TGM-ish.
no link but the Playstation FB page just announced the AT&T plans for the Vita. $15 for 250MB and $25 for 2GB no contracts. I kind of wish I reserved a 3G instead of the Wifi. lol
Preordered a Vita. Gonna preorder a 32gb card next check.
Did anyone figure out if PS1 games will work on the NA Vita at launch, or will that have to be worked on like JPNās Vita?
Iām sure there is still time to swap pre-orders.
Iāve been having this problem with all Aksys psp fighters: Supers come out fine, but quarter-circle motions to the left do not. Itās neither me nor the d-pad. I think this is a result of poor programming or something. I went into training and turned on the display input optionā¦it shows Iām doing moves correctly in BB CS2ā¦but all I get is a standard attack 3 times out of 5. Iām not a noob to fighters (20+ years) and have no problem with even the hardest inputs (wellā¦aggressors of dark kombat sucks anyway so Iām not counting that). Has anyone noticed this, or are there no psp owners here who play aksys fighters? I exit the game and play some emulated kof98/2k2 and everything comes out perfect. wtf, aksys?
Wasnāt there someone here who said ā3G is too slow for gaming, so itās probably for internet, not online matchesā? Until/unless that changes/changed, thereās no need for a 3g model.