PSP new battery new games library

I’ve picked up a new battery for my PSP this week, and taking this opportunity to update the installed games

I’m looking for ones that are quick for pickup and play. I do have a fondness for beat ’em ups, [Street Fighter & Tekken], and shoot ’em ups [not so much bullet hell, more cute ’em up style]

So what gets a place on my SD card?

Fighting Games

• Street Fighter Alpha 3
  • no brainer, classic, although not keen on the d-pad controls, but I can get over it
• Tekken 6
  • I haven’t played much Tekken since Tag on the PS2, so this will be fun

Arcade Style

• Jetpack Joyride
  • I’m a fan of the OG, and xbox 360 version, of Jetpack, and this is just a quick fun incarnation
• Patapon 3
  • I remember spending a fortnight at Koh Samui Thailand, sat in the shade, playing the original Patapon, this version is meant to be an improvement, so looking forward to hitting the drums
• Pac-Man Championship Edition
  • It’s Pac-Man, always wanted to master the movement of the ghosts, this is my opportunity, and it’s a teeny ROM
• Sid Meier’s Pirates!
  • Best sailing sim, great time dump, and who doesn’t like capturing Spanish galleons, arggh!
• Parappa the Rapper
  • No secret that I’m a huge Parappa fan boy, this has to be installed
• Gitaroo Man Lives
  • No Um Lammy Jammer, but this guitar rhythm game is on par
• OutRun 2006 – Coast 2 Coast
  • Fun, easy pickup and play, with the classic Capcom tunes
• Wipeout Pure
  • As above, with star studded techno soundtrack
• Mega Man – Powered Up
  • Until the Game Boy I never had a Nintendo machine, so I have little experience of this title, or series. Know it’s highly regarded, so let’s give it a go
• Grand Theft Auto – Chinatown Wars
  • I’ve played through Liberty City, and Vice City Stories, and enjoyed the isometric view on the early ones. Let’s see how this works scaled to the small screen

Shoot ’em ups

• R-Type Command
  • OG favourite, love the boss battles, and level aesthetics
• Gravity Crash Portable
  • Is this a shooter, not sure, but I spend hours playing it! I spent lunch times as a child playing Thrust II on school BBC Micros, this is in my blood
• Detana!! TwinBee, aka Bells & Whistles
  • Cute ’em up action, this is what I play when I don’t have Super Fantasy Zone available
  • Name translates as It’s Here!! TwinBee
• Gradius Collection
  • Can’t play shoot ’em ups on a Sony console and leave out Gradius!
• Mini Squadron
  • So much fun, great pick up an play
• Neo Geo Heroes Ultimate Shooting
  • Picking this up from a recommendation

Other

• Blood Bowl
  • I really don’t mind this version, except I usually don’t have time to finish a match in a single sitting
• Half Minute Hero
  • Compelling, with a novel concept, great way to re-imagine RPG’s
• Manhunter 2
  • Never had opportunity to play this before, and I’ve never played a Rockstar game I didn’t enjoy

Should be enough to get me started, off to convert a few ISO’s to CSO’s, and then the real challenge of what to play first 🙂