A Look at All 23 PSP Launch Games

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 KZbin 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

[@LegendOfGames]

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]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

@@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]

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

[@tihomirraychevski3711]

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[@Kaceydotme]

@@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]

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

[@MicoDossun]

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]

It is far better than both imo

[@LuccianoNova]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@chemergency]

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.

[@LegendOfGames]

Racing games definitely had it best.

[@Peremptor]

Man that was a great launch lineup.

[@JJLiew]

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!

[@zakari_rai]

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]

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.

[@yogibear2k220]

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]

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.

[@bam3xs]

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]

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

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

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.

[@Larry]

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]

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

[@Larry]

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

[@jonbourgoin182]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@PedroKing19]

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]

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]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

Thank you!

[@GateSide0]

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.

[@CasperEgas]

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.

[@DonCritic]

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!

[@LegendOfGames]

Glad you liked it!

[@zeroXshinobi]

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]

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.

[@HybridAngelZero]

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

[@carol.c.b]

Watching this brought back so many great memories.

[@frontiercat8568]

Just stumbled on this series, I like your videos.

[@LegendOfGames]

Glad you're liking them!

[@Original-Juice]

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.

[@papasmurf205]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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

[@dannymirjanovic8453]

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.

[@thaismagalhaes5928]

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

[@YOUlickLIDkid]

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.

[@LuccianoNova]

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

[@M87.683]

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]

I guess I should give the second one a try.

[@woofwoofdoggo]

Saving this one for a rainy day.

[@Miumiu0404]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

Thank you!

[@Miumiu0404]

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

[@brandteous4232]

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

[@grinbrothers]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@OneLovePsych]

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]

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

[@OneLovePsych]

@@LegendOfGames Good man 💯💯

[@820_anemone]

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*

[@wellyep790]

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

[@makeitthrough_]

He'll always be Frankie Stecchino to me

[@wellyep790]

@@makeitthrough_ Ooh good pull

[@mackenziek8383]

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]

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!

[@erich8716]

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]

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.

[@Ahkuha]

Good video this was cool

[@rockingamer100]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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]

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

[@carol.c.b]

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!

[@shaghilathar3588]

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

[@MooseKINGstudios]

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

[@PhinioxGlade]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@brunocar02]

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]

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]

best handheld ever made

[@TheFatSandwhich]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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.

[@djfifis835]

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]

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

[@wieldylattice3015]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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

[@TheBipolarx]

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

[@yourmutha9420]

That was a sick darth maul shirt

[@Thievishaura]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

Yep. Good to hear from a fellow Iowan 👍

[@cerealhit555]

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

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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.

[@rafffaaa6975]

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

[@AxionSurge]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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

[@dougneon9550]

24:32 yo is that a Dodge Neon?!

[@EdibleKnife]

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]

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

[@underscoresjurassiccatch7812]

27:05 I remember that one!

[@GothVII]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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]

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

[@GothVII]

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

[@NebLleb]

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]

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

[@NebLleb]

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

[@whatwhatyep]

@@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.

[@dani_p2200]

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

[@bmp3m]

24:02 why is caitlin jenner in metal gear 🤣

[@LegendOfGames]

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

[@KEWLAID81]

Twisted metal was my absolute favorite on the psp

[@wesleywyndam-pryce4081]

quality vid

[@860phantom7]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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.

[@suntannedduck2388]

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]

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.

[@mannuperez3926]

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]

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.

[@jonathannoble9465]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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.

[@DanielKoolboy]

🎉🎉🎉

[@jrlangdon89]

The psp is still amazing

[@albuquerque3495]

I’m watching this on my psp lol

[@LegendOfGames]

The correct way to watch it

[@ddramos956]

You gotta do all PS Vita launch games

[@LegendOfGames]

That’s definitely one I wanna do eventually.

[@ddramos956]

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

[@ThierryRocksTV]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@fauxsmiles4673]

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

[@LegendOfGames]

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

[@ToxicKlay]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@MrBenMcLean]

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]

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]

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

[@whatwhatyep]

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