Essential PSP games for your PS Vita!

[@LucianTheWorldGamer]

There are so many PSP games that would have benefit from a second analogue stick. Thanks VITA!!

[@2old4gaming]

Totally agree Lucian. The MGS games are the main ones that come to mind but any 3D game with a camera control would be better on vita

[@doafan455]

Indeed, just like The 3rd Birthday 😭

[@Sim0ctane]

I remembered being part of a survey before the PsVita exist and they asked what the things I wanted and I clicked dual joystick indeed!

[@nepaliprayasgurung2594]

@@doafan455 And Tomb Raider Legend and Anniversary, Tony Hawk Underground 2 remix and Project 8 and the list of games that would benefit from analog stick to look around. The list is way too long!

[@doafan455]

@@nepaliprayasgurung2594 sorry man, didn't played any of those

[@mau4604]

Daxter anyone? One of the best, fully packed platformers on the PSP. Not only that, but with the Vita’s second analog stick, it makes the game feel like a first-party game for the Vita and it plays so smoothly.

[@2old4gaming]

Nice. I haven’t played it but I bought it physically years ago but I haven’t tried it yet

[@mau4604]

2 old 4 gaming I highly recommend it!

[@Watamel0n]

Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Type 0, Disgaea 1 and 2 :)

[@gh0stdem0n666]

Need for speed Carbon Syphon filter: Logan's shadow Corpse party Final fantasy 7 Crisis Core Infected Monster hunter freedom unite God eater

[@elFUAAH]

Syphon filter dark mirror was dope I remember playing it more than Logan shadow

[@1anre]

Syphon Filter!!!

[@dreamerabe]

@@1anre Hope Sony Bend is working on a sequel or remake right now. Series has been dormant way too long.

[@kristopheralonge2813]

Crisis Core isn't on PSN.

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Infected is so slept on! Literally never see anyone talk about it. Its one of the hidden gems, of PSP hidden gems.

[@robjones721]

You always time your videos well. 15 mins left of my dinner break here we go! I’ve been playing my PSP more at the min on Crisis Core. What a game! Shame it wasn’t able to come to Vita!

[@2old4gaming]

I love Crisis Core too Rob. It still such an excellent game. It should have been on Vita. Maybe after FF7R, Square Enix will remake it

[@robjones721]

@@2old4gaming we can only but hope. I know the Mobile game Ever Crisis is coming so maybe an iteration of that will come to PS4? And stream it to Vita?

[@SuperGewal]

Unofficially there is an option to play every PSP game on the Vita... My PSP is sadly broken since years but I do play games I bought on it like Crisis Core or Tekken DR on my Vita thanks to it 🤷🏻

[@rob_2306]

This list is AMAZING. This reminds me how good the PSP was. It was really just let down by the noisy UMD drive and the lack of a second analogue stick. I had a number of these physically which i have since sold - but i definitely need to look at picking some of these up

[@cheekydaze6018]

In hindsight the UMD drive is what makes these games so amazing even today. The amount of content they were allowed to put in each game plus stuff like full voice acting is what I will always appreciate.

[@Anonymous_user_1720]

I still remember I used to showoff with my psp in school😅

[@2old4gaming]

I did the same! My cousin and 2 friends that weren’t even into games bought PSP’s because they thought it was so dam cool

[@Anonymous_user_1720]

@@2old4gaming my friends just wanted to play gta on it 😅

[@shutter-chan]

My high school days basically lmao

[@corpse1201]

I remember getting my psp day 1. My older brother picked it up for me when he got off work. Everyone else thought it would flop. They all wanted cell phone. No psp was what I wanted. Luckily others followed and I found a community to game with in class

[@Anonymous_user_1720]

@@corpse1201 those were golden days of childhood

[@m.yousafwarsi1780]

The Vita has a Excellent Library of games.It was Truly way ahead of it's time.Sony should make another handheld and this time should use sd memory cards.

[@2old4gaming]

I agree. The Vita is so brilliant. It would have done much better without the silly proprietary memory card

[@VictorGonzalez-vj6jy]

It’s a shame they made an official statement that they will never work on a handheld again

[@2old4gaming]

Yeah it is. I hope that turns out to not be true

[@KabukiKid]

@@2old4gaming And if Sony had to INSIST on using proprietary cards, they could have AT LEAST MADE THEM AFFORDABLE! Ugh! I still say this was a big (maybe biggest) part of the Vita's failure. I was one of the loons who bought a Vita at launch and dropped another $100 for a 32GB card. Not everyone is as crazy as me, though. lol Or has the extra money to spend.

[@1anre]

@@VictorGonzalez-vj6jy Weren’t rumors of a PsVita2 just dropped about a month before?

[@artbwoydarien3040]

Dracula x was one of my first PSP games, and boy it was BRUTAL! Didn't know about some of these titles though, so thanks for the upload. 👍

[@2old4gaming]

No problem man. Yeah Dracula X was really tough in places. I remember there was a clock tower area that was really annoying because of the enemies flying all over the screen!

[@artbwoydarien3040]

If I am remembering it correctly, I think that clock tower level had flying medusa heads all over the place. It was a veritable nightmare. 😂

[@2old4gaming]

Yup. I remember playing it sitting on the train to work and having to hold myself back from swearing!

[@Xemi84]

I'm playing Valkyrie Profile, a PS1 port. It's amazing and beautiful

[@Lensver03]

Resistance: Retribution is one my favorite PSP game on the Vita.

[@Watamel0n]

Did you play Burning Skies on the Vita? How does it compare to Retribution? Resistance 1 was one of my favorite co op game on the ps3, but I never touched the handheld versions :D I think it is time to play these games finally.

[@Lensver03]

@@Watamel0n I tried the demo, but after Retribution it was a disappointment. Retribution is a third person shooter where I can use the cover system. Burning Sky is a FPS. (A weak one too.) If you like FPS games then play Killzone Mercenary.

[@KabukiKid]

Same... loved Resistance: Retribution on the Vita... the superior way to play it.

[@ba3ism]

Burning skies is too simplistic and generic, it's an easy plat tho. You just need to boost one online match. Resistance retribution is one of the best games I've ver played period. I remember how I used to "infect" my psp by connecting it via USB to my PS3 in the resistance 2 menu,, it was so cool, you had different abilities and were able to play the game with a dualshock 3. I must of beat the game like 10 times by now lol! And multiplayer was also awesome. I was actually able to play online on my vita once I sold my psp. Honestly I'd get a psp again for this game alone.

[@elFUAAH]

Have you tried the syphon filter series for the psp? Its made by the same developer, Bend Studios. They pretty much reused everything from those games to make resistance.

[@KabukiKid]

PSP games I would recommend for the Vita that weren't mentioned (I'm in North America, btw): Daxter, Echochrome, Jeanne d'Arc, Killzone: Liberation, Me & My Katamari, Metal Slug Anthology, Metal Slug XX, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, The Red Star, Shock Troopers, Split/Second, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed PSP, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins, and Valkyria Chronicles II. Also, the following ones work on the Vita, but have to be downloaded to the PS3 and transfered to the Vita to work: Burnout Legends, Sega Genesis Collection, and Tomb Raider Anniversary. You have to do this with the two Capcom collections too, which were mentioned in the video and I also fully recommend. I hope all of these are still in the digital store... I bought some of them a while back, so I am not 100% sure about all of them being still available with all of the delisting of games that has happened over the years. Unfortunately, the store isn't loading for me on the Vita this moment. I wonder if this is a global issue? Anyone else experiencing issues? *EDIT:* Ah! I think the issue is with the PSN; hopefully it will be back up soon.

[@RE4-Station]

I just got Star Wars the Force Unleashed on the PSP and it looks so good on the Oled Vita, I played thru the first mission and while loading can be kind of long between levels it's such a good game so far, I definitely recommend!

[@troystrain2436]

The only game I would add to this list is Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. Great picks! I'll have to check some of these out

[@jacksparrow4111]

Good selection! I would also include "Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins", and "Ridge Racer 2" and then Luminees, Mega man Powered up, Megaman X and Hammerin Harry.

[@KabukiKid]

I can definitely also stand up for Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins... great (and frustrating) game. ;-)

[@4real683]

I love/hate Ghost 'n Goblins as well.. I feel like I'm gonna break the device at some point..

[@bigt4135]

Great list. My vita manuals shipped. I can wait to get them. Thanks

[@2old4gaming]

Hope you like them man

[@Rpm2878]

Their initial announcement made it clear that the PSP was still capable of buying dlc, from within a game, and that was the remaining functionality they were and still are removing. The PSP store was removed years ago. The remaining PSP games are on the PS3 and Vita stores.

[@emiliomtz.9924]

Thanks man, so many games to buy before July omg

[@JuanRoosterbeard]

my essentials: ultimate ghosts and goblins, gradius collection, the red star, megaman maverick hunter, twin bee portable, megaman powered up, parodius portable.-

[@2old4gaming]

Good picks. I haven’t played all of them. I’ll look them up

[@KabukiKid]

@@2old4gaming Definitely look at The Red Star... that one is a blast. Underrated gem.

[@EvilPikachu]

People need to be aware that there's a Firefox plugin going around that allows you to access the old PS web store. Meaning a lot of these games that have vanished from our Vita storefronts can still be purchased. Just install the plugin on your laptop or whatever, which now works with all store regions, log in, make your purchases and they should be visible in your history on your Vita itself to download. Saves a lot of time and lets you buy stuff like Afterburner Black Falcon, Burnout Legends, etc. Be sure to grab the Ys games while you're there too. Either that or just jailbreak the damn thing.

[@Cookiedon15]

Do you know if Ys 6 was on the digital store?

[@Crcvmbdfl]

Wow didnt know, whats the plugin name?

[@theultimateninja]

They should have released physical PSP games carts for the Vita. Like a collections thing.

[@TheAndinator92]

That would have solved all of these localization and ps3 transfer issues! They couldve done a racing bundle with Motorstorm Arctic Edge!

[@dreamerabe]

Thanks for giving Portable Ops the respect it deserves! So many people overlook it because Kojima wasn't as involved, but it's still an important part of the story as it's the bridge between 3 and Peace Walker. Anyway, don't know if you've played it but both Syphon Filter games (Dark Mirror and Logan's Shadow) were pretty great as well and definitely are must plays. (Speaking of which, really hope Sony Bend is now working on a sequel or remake. The series has been dormant way too long.) Lastly I would also add Silent Hill Origins. Console quality Silent Hill on the go.

[@josh180190]

Never had a PSP itself but have played and really enjoyed MGS Peace Walker and Persona 3 Portable on my Vita :)

[@yaboyayeayeron9944]

Heard your supporting the homebrew contest you sir are a legend to vita island, all love to you and the vita lol

[@2old4gaming]

Yup I am man. Hopefully there will be a lot more submissions before the end.

[@madyak6669]

I would add any of the arcade compilations (midway/namco/snk), the Burnout games and Metal Slug anthology

[@KabukiKid]

The SNK collection removed Shock Troopers in the digital version, btw... at least here in North America... so you have to buy that one separately, annoyingly. Great game, so I would recommend grabbing it, though.

[@nelliedownsouth2316]

Nice little channel you got here mate.. The PS vita debacle brought me here! Me thinks it was a great marketing ploy by Sony. I spent 35 quid in the store as a result! Ingenious of them... We're never too old for gaming, I'm 49 with two under 18year olds and I've been gaming since the late 70's with the old atari 2600! The only 2 main consoles i don't own are the next gen duo..

[@LurchLand]

You should do a video on the essential PSP digital games you can't play on PS Vita!

[@1anre]

Why wouldn’t you able to play them on the PsVita?

[@lesterbronson2385]

@@1anre licensing issues. For example, you could play crash bandicoot 1-3 on your psp, but not on your vita. Same goes for the first 3 Spyro games

[@suntannedduck2388]

I think one for Minis would be good, a lot of good small stuff there, at least from what I've been exploring the past few weeks.

[@LurchLand]

@@1anre I'm guessing licensing reasons. Crash Bandicoot is example and the one that caught my attention. Also Motorstorm Arctic something.. and dozens of others.

[@1anre]

@@LurchLand ok thanks

[@noorth45678]

More recommendations: FF Tactics and MH Freedom unite This are really good games, totally worth it

[@2old4gaming]

I could never get into MHFU. I tried a few times but it just wasn’t for me. I haven’t played a monster Hunter since but the new ones look pretty good

[@chaseedwards7024]

Solid list here. I'm considering diving down the Armored Core rabbit hole for the first time in 15+ years. Armored Core 3 Portable and Silent Line are both supposed to be good (and are only on PSP as far as I know), but I feel like I need to fully commit to those games for them to pay off for me. I remember AC 1 being cool but a little too obtuse for me back in high school. Also, plenty of RPGs that I want (Lunar, Tactics Ogre, Hexyz Force, Jeanne D'Arc, etc.)

[@2old4gaming]

I still need to play Jeanne D’Ark. I’ve heard it’s really good

[@ghostwolfx]

@@2old4gaming You'll love it, it's great, both from gameplay perspective and production quality, one of my favorite Tactical JRPG's so far

[@electricheadboy]

I would trade you something for my copy 😉/🙂 I can’t get into the tactical stuff.

[@TyrannicalCannibal]

since getting my ps vita a week ago, wipeout pulse has been the game i’ve put the most amount of hours into and thats by a mile. it looks and plays GREAT on vita. glad to see it’s mentioned in the vid

[@shawarmadadi494]

First, and may the ps vita forevermore live on with it's undying awesome legendary portable handheld gaming system legacy

[@LeCoffreDuGeek]

Awesome games you are recommending, glad to see I have most of them. The hard part is to find time to play them...

[@VXMasterson]

Definitely recommend Persona 3 Portable! It takes the original story of Persona 3 but adds updated mechanics like party control and fast travel (it's crazy to think the original version didn't have those), as well as a second route that lets you play as a female protagonist with different Social Links. The story is great and the characters are well developed.

[@KabukiKid]

Vice City Stories was removed from the North American store, so that one is unavailable; the other two are available. Also, be warned that, in North America, Motorstorm Arctic Edge doesn't transfer from the PS3 to the Vita, so only buy it if you are going to play it on PSP hardware. I don't say this from experience, but I did read an account of people who bought it and couldn't transfer it to their Vitas here in the States. I think this game may only still be live elsewhere.

[@snoogans460]

Nice post. Yeah, I can confirm that 'MotorStorm: Arctic Edge' is (sadly) UNPLAYABLE on the VITA... trust me, I've tried...LOL. Be that as it may, this awesome PSP game was transferrable to the VITA (at one time) years ago. Since then however, it no longer works (other than on the PSP handheld itself), even if downloaded onto the PS3 hard-drive first. Also, it doesn't show-up on the VITA Storefront or is it downloadable from your 'Downloads List' in the Account Section. Anyhow, here's a pretty comprehensive list of PSP titles available on the VITA... www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/281768-complete-list-of-pspminispsone-games-playable-on-vita/ Many of these games work just fine, and others do not unfortunately. Take Care.

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

My favorite fighting game for the PSP that was also able to be downloaded to the Vita is Soul Calibur broken destiny. I know last year you had to purchase it from the PS3 or mobile store then download it in the Vita but I'm not sure if you can still do that nowadays.

[@lesterbronson2385]

I’d buy it, but there’s no arcade mode

[@2old4gaming]

It’s disappeared now completely. It was great in terms of graphics and gameplay but I wish there was a proper arcade mode

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

@@2old4gaming I never used it for single player, one of my friends has it on his Vita so we use the versus feature. The way a fighting game is supposed to be played 2 player. 😂🤣

[@Aristi2]

Great video! Lots of great psp games available on the vita. I was very sad to miss the pre-orders of your vita manuals. Are you planning to make them available again? Perhaps when series 2 comes along? I'd honestly buy them all, shipping to NA is quite expensive so it'd be great if there was a huge bundle to make it worth it. Thanks again for everything you do for the vita community!

[@2old4gaming]

Hey there, I will definitely do a reprint. I do have some more available that I will put for sale in the next couple of weeks, I just wanted to get the current orders done first

[@BaNeArroW]

Hey Sandeep, I missed your initial manual run that you had up on your site, for the Vita. Will you be doing a reprint soon? I'm a huge fan of manuals and would love to add them to my games.

[@2old4gaming]

Hey there, I will definitely do a reprint. I do have some more available that I will put for sale in the next couple of weeks, I just wanted to get the current orders done first

[@BaNeArroW]

@@2old4gaming That's awesome news! Thank you!

[@electricheadboy]

I might want one. I can’t read Japanese!

[@lesterbronson2385]

We’re definitely waiting to buy some manuals....those that missed the first opportunity. Take your time!

[@sOUL_i0N]

good video as usual (and at the end you DID remember 3rd birthday). have some of the mentioned games as well and here are some more recommendations from my vitas (mostly US, but some are also on the european store) : mortal kombat : unchained (a port of mk deception from the ps2), dante's inferno, manhunt 2, black rock shooter, soul calibur : broken destiny (which is basically sc 4 without a story mode and the star wars characters, but you get the custom character creation tool on the go!), dead head fred (spooky fun with a character that can pick up and change different heads for different abilities), undead knights (pick one of three necromancers to take revenge on a corrupted king. use raised dead to attack knights), lord of arcana, unbound saga (4th wall breaking streets of rage type brawler. a bit repetetive, but well worth the 5 bucks it costs you), the red star, jeanne d'arc (fantasy strategy with beautiful anime cutscenes), silent hill origins (which you have to buy on the ps3 and then transfer it to your vita with the content manager) and tomb raider : legend (ps2 port of the one essential tomb raider game in my book). honorable mention for corpse party, if you're into that type of game.

[@2old4gaming]

Good recommendations. I need to try a few of those. A couple of people mentioned Dead Head Fred. I’ll check that out

[@sOUL_i0N]

@@2old4gaming and with all the titles mentioned in other comments, you surely can make a part 2 of this after some research. ;)

[@KabukiKid]

Nice list! I will have to investigate a few of these, myself. :-) And +1 to the idea of a Part 2 to this video! There are tons of PSP games worth snagging while we can! :-)

[@NikolaiSyrota]

Dante's Inferno blew my mind when I first played it back in the day. Looks great with Adrenaline's filters.

[@light819]

They have 30fps hacks for peace walker but never portable ops which is sad Killzone liberation is a great psp game Crisis core should really be downloadable

[@2old4gaming]

Yeah it’s annoying Crisis Core and Kingdom Hearts were never on PSN

[@oscargomez4970]

Awesome video man. Multiple episodes would be great, I would add: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Daxter Split second Silent Hill Origins Cho Aniki Need for speed carbon God eater Metal slug Anthology

[@KabukiKid]

Split/Second is almost a hidden gem, because when I talk about it, it seems like nobody has heard of it before. I originally bought it for my PS3 because it was basically the ONLY racing game for the system that had couch multiplayer with split-screen... everyone was doing online play and I wanted one that I could play locally with my boyfriend. Fell in love with that game! Yeah, I had to get the PSP version for my Vita too. :-) The PS3 version is better because of the split-screen multiplayer, but the Vita version is still quite fun.

[@tommydplayskeys]

I'm enjoying Gran Turismo on PSP. You can fine tune the analog stick sensitivity with the AnalogsEnhancer plugin on Vita. Found myself playing mostly the license tests, which is weird because I didn't enjoy them so much on GT1/2/3. It's great trying out so many different cars that way. Think I might get all golds for the first time!

[@baronhausenpheffer]

I'd plug "Summon Night 5" and "Fate Extra" as must-own PSP games for those who haven't played them. "Summon Night 5" is a strategy game with visual novel elements that takes place in a fantasy with a fascinating twist: what if a Pokemon-like world had evolved into a society where the humans and "monsters" had equal rights and were partners? "Fate Extra" is a really excellent turn-based RPG set in the same fictional universe that created the "Fate Extella" series on Vita, and it's really worthwhile to get a better understanding of the story.

[@90shandheldgamer]

Awesome video. I just got a Vita so finding this video was great timing.

[@2old4gaming]

Glad I could help!

[@ZuoKalp]

It's sad to see that both the PSP and the Vita were too cool for their times, an yet they didn't left a mark big enough to compete against Nintendo. I was too busy with Nintendo and at the same time I ignored the fact that these gems existed.

[@francoaiello6930]

Great video dude! By the way, I don't know if anyone in the comments already said it but in Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles you can unlock not just Symphony of the night (which by its own it very much worth the price) but also Rondo of Blood (which is the classic/2D version of X Chonicles that many people argue that is better even that SotN)

[@electricheadboy]

I totally agree with the Capcom collections, more than a few games on each that I like. I have gotten a lot of mileage from the Sega Genesis collection as well. Secret agent Clank, Daxter, Untold Legends, Lumines, Medievil...

[@irritatingtruth9121]

My list, Metal Gear 2/3 and Peace Walker Resident Evil 2/3 Dino Crisis 2/3 Haven’t beaten any yet (have a PC). But I cannot wait to travel lol!

[@2old4gaming]

The MGS games are awesome. Definitely worth your time. I’m a big fan of metal gear portable Ops too

[@ProperlyPsychotic]

GTA Chinatown wars is by far my favorite PSP game. it's so much damn fun

[@lucascruz2930]

Tactics Ogre let us Cling Together is a master piece! May the psp live forever inside my vita

[@abdelali9279]

I feel I got almost everything MGS for the PSP, the acid, I mean, AC!D games, portable ops, the interactive visual novels, MGS 1 for PS1 and of course, Peace Walker, I'm literally still playing this game, looking for better soldiers, ranking S all the side missions listening to the tapes, but most importantly, checking regularly with the MSF crew, it's just a simple management simulator but the game really makes you feel so much in contact with your crew that you really feel that they are with you, and you can only see their mugshots because there 2as no explorable mother base like in V. Man, PW, GZ and TPP, or as some call them the Walkman trilogy are the ultimate best there is in gaming.

[@patrickmimnagh6425]

Cars for PSP is pretty fun. Yes, It is the tie in with the pixar movie. Played it again for the first time since I was a kid. Had a blast

[@chilly6470]

I imported the psp from Japan at launch with Wipeout Pure. Everyone thought it was the coolest thing they ever saw at the time😂 So did I....

[@2old4gaming]

Same man. My friends were impressed. I had friends and a cousin that weren’t even into gaming that grabbed one after I showed mine

[@corpse1201]

I got the plain black but adored my device. Still do even though it died years ago. Have since replaced it with the psp3000, psp go and vita. Still can't get rid of it's corpse. I want to display it somewhere in my house in a glass case

[@trycon40]

here are my list of psp game that are also expensive to buy physical/ not available physical black rock shooter - was a jp psp game, but got a psvit port with english gang wars - this snk beat em up requires a ps3 to transfer to the psvita split second - a racing game where you can create hazards for the other drivers and vice versa valkarie provile - rpg valkiria chronicles 2 - a tactical real time rpg hexyz force the most expensive psp game so far buy it digital jeanne D'arc. a tactical rpg that was overlooked gurumin - a fun adventure rpg game fate extra - a rpg spin off of the fate visual novel/anime power stone - fighting game

[@2old4gaming]

I haven’t played most of those! I’ll try and grab the ones that look appealing

[@solraczenatnof5853]

Death Jr and Death Jr 2 are near and dear to my heart for being the first games I ever got for psp. Burnout Legends and Burnout Dominator still get alot of play in my library as well.... Liberty City Stories, Tekken 6, Tekken Dark Resurrection, The Warriors, Manhunt 2. I still have my hard copies of Metal Gear Ac!d 1 and 2. Oh yes and Valkyrie Profile fuck.....great times....

[@mrblond750]

The Capcom collections don’t seem to be available in the US 😢

[@bitteralmonds666]

You have to use the search function on the PS3 store. They are there for $9 each 🧐🤔

[@mrblond750]

@@bitteralmonds666 I don’t have a PS3 🤷‍♂️

[@bitteralmonds666]

@@mrblond750 Noooo 🙈💦 That’s the only way to find some of these games on the PSN store. I think some people are working on setting up a Chrome extension to allow you to access those links, but I’m not sure what the progress on that is 🧐🤔

[@KabukiKid]

@@mrblond750 Yeah, unfortunately, the Capcom Collections are some of the games that require you to download them to a PS3 and then transfer them to a Vita. Thankfully, most of the games don't require this extra hurdle, but sadly, these collections require that.

[@mrblond750]

@@bitteralmonds666 Sony, we hardly understand you.

[@elFUAAH]

Everybody recommends resistance for the psp but never mention the syphon filter series . Same Developers (bend studios), same engine, same sound effects, same character animation, same gun crosshair... except that now the auto aim box is much bigger

[@ZuoKalp]

-Grand Turismo on the PSP may not be the best game in the series, but is definitely my favorite racing game on the console. After all, you don't need a career mode if you already love the gameplay. Also it has tons of tracks and hundreds of cars that feel different from each other. What a shame that the Vita didn't have a proper Gran Turismo game.

[@suntannedduck2388]

I'd have to agree, while I am disappointed in the lack of a career the Driving Challenges (obviously Licenses) are still well made (I enjoy the license tests as they are a good sectional/full lap challenge anyways) and collecting Cars with GT4 like controls and graphics is fun. I do miss some tracks that weren't finished and are only accessible through hacking but for what they could pull off I am still impressed every time I pick it up. The only issues I have is that grinding for credits using either Drift or Arcade mode once you have done them enough times can be boring. Getting from D to S rank is really easy and otherwise while collecting 800 cars is fine the Shop system while a cool spin on things can go either way and I find myself taking breaks to as it gets turning trying to get about 1 to 2 million just to get the lower level cars and pick up whatever is possible out of the 4 manufacturers offered. Not having upgrades is understandable (though would have been nice as a reason to add some progression and incentive due to no career and not just waiting for the next cars to appear in the 4 stores) and tweaking the settings is still good to have. Saving (manual and auto) only happening on the Main Menu is the part I hate the most out of the whole game. If they tweaked it I'd be more happy and not needing to consider a grind approach if my PSP's battery keeps running out after a few hours. Overall it was a fine portable designed version of a GT game but yeah the more I've seen others on the handheld (Arcade like Outrun 2006, Ridge Racer PSP 1 & 2 or Sim like Need For Speed Shift or Race Driver 2006) it does stand out very much compared to them without a career mode and content, but it is a good game for collecting cars or brief sessions of races/drifts/time trails with the excellent GT quality physics engine even if I prefer GT3's physics over GT4's I still enjoy having it on the PSP. If I were comparing to Emulation I'd say playing the GT PS1 & PS2 games (if can get running) on a Phone is much better but still great we got a GT game on the PSP than nothing. Sad not for the Vita though, 3 WRC games is something but nothing else I've found fits the Sim sort of feeling on Vita.

[@abdelali9279]

Outrun 2006 is pretty awesome and you can link your PSP with your PS2 via USB to update your save data between home console and portable versions of the game, also The Third Birthday is a little beautiful game, bit a little niche, but if you're interested in Parasite Eve, not PE 1 & 2 are available for PSP and Vita, well I haven't checked them recently but that's how I discovered and played the trilogy.

[@hrizon2871]

Nice video ! I would rather recommend Loco Roco 1, better in my opinion :) and i will add: Lemmings, Monster Hunter, Pursuit Force, Chili Con Carnage, Valkyria Chronicles II, Daxter, Power Stone Collection, Prinny 1 & 2, Sonic Rivals, Socom Fireteam Bravo 3, Gods Eater Burst, Crystal Defenders (great tower defense from square enix that got a ps3 version with trophies) and some minis: Cubixx, Galcon Labs and the Impossible Game

[@lesterbronson2385]

Awesome as always. That’s weird that the only gta you guys have is Chinatown wars. U.S. has that one and Liberty city stories. I understand that vice city stories got delisted a couple of years ago. I guess something is better than nothing!

[@2old4gaming]

Yeah I don’t know why they delisted them. I have them in my download list luckily.

[@lesterbronson2385]

@@2old4gaming lucky! I wish I had the chance to buy it before, but oh well

[@josuenielson]

great list!! WAIT...How did he get Motorstorm Arctic Edge to work on the Vita??? I can't get it to go over to mine...

[@2old4gaming]

Yeah unfortunately it’s only on EU PSN. It doesn’t make sense why Sony would do that given it’s a first party game

[@KabukiKid]

Yeah, it does show in the North American store if you browse on the PS3, but it only says it is for the PSP. Unfortunately, it isn't one of the games that transfers to the Vita here, so yeah... it was a bummer for me, because I really wanted it. I think I read something about it being delisted for the Vita ages ago because of some hacking exploit or something... so I think it did used to be a North American Vita title.

[@WhiteJarrah]

SilicaAndPina released a new Firefox add-on that restores the original PS Store, so you can purchase PSP games via the internet again.

[@eirikpaulsen9763]

If you buy the GTA ps vita collection on the vita store. You get all of them. I just bought them and I can download all of them to my vita. And I live in Norway

[@KabukiKid]

In North America, we can only get the Chinatown Wars one and Liberty City Stories. The Vice City one isn't available anymore, sadly.

[@Anonymous_user_1720]

I like this type of videos I just become curious to know the top 3games

[@RE4-Station]

Essentials: Need For Speed Carbon Own The City LittleBigPlanet PSP Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Gran Turismo GTA: Liberty City Stories God of War: Ghost of Sparta God of War: Chains of Olympus Wipeout: Pulse Lego Indiana Jones Socom U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike Killzone: Liberation Patapon Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy Tactics Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee Ridge Racer PSP (Looks like a damn vita game) Soul Caliber: Broken Destiny (Looks amazing as well!) Also on the PSP store if you still have a PSP you can get so many themes for free and the Heavenly sword videos fore free and pulse as well if you still have a PSP and use your phone as hot spot with no WPA2 needed to connect to!

[@edricdayne2162]

I'd add both Star Wars: Renegade&Elite Squadron

[@2old4gaming]

Great picks! I haven’t tried any need for speed game on PSP. I’ll check out Carbon

[@RE4-Station]

@@2old4gaming its a little floaty when driving so that took me a bit to get use too but once you do I think its the best NFS handheld game along with NFS Underground Rivals!

[@RE4-Station]

@@edricdayne2162 I plan on getting those today on the actual PSP store!

[@VladimirSabo]

* Brave Story New Traveler * Burnout Legends & Dominator * Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded & Remixed * Chili Con Carnage * Crimson Gem Saga * Daxter * Dead Head Fred * Death Jr. * Disgaea Afternoon of Darkness & Dark Hero Days * Final Fantasy Crisi Core * Final Fantasy IV Complete * Final Fantasy Tactics * Gitaroo Man Lives * God of War Chains of Olympus & Ghost of Sparta * Gradius Collection * Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars * Gurumin A Monstrous Adventure * Half-Minute Hero * Hammer in’ Hero * Jeanne D’Arc * Kenka Bancho Badass Rumble * Killzone Liberation * Legend of Heroes Trails In The Sky * LEGO Star Wars II * LittleBigPlanet * Lunar Silver Star Harmony * Metal Gear Ac!d 1 & 2 * Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, Portable Ops & Portable Ops Plus * MotorStorm Arctic Edge * OutRun 2006 * Patapon 1, 2 & 3 * Persona 3 * Pursuit Force 1 & Extreme Justice * Rachet and Clank Size Matters * Resistance Retribution * Ridge Racer * SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive Collection * Persona 1, 2 & 3 * Space Invaders Extreme * Star Ocean First Departure & Second Evolution * Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max * Syphon Filter Logans Shadow & Dark Mirror * Tales of Eternia * Valkyria Chronicles II * Valkyrie Profile Lenneth * Wipeout Pulse & Pure * X-Men Legends II Rise of Apocalypse * Ys The Oath in Felghana & Seven * Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman These are the best PSP games I own on UMD, sorry I'm not sure if they are available on network, each are well worth a play-through.

[@KabukiKid]

Excellent list! Yeah, a lot of these, sadly, aren't available for the Vita, but a bunch are that are worth grabbing.

[@millzprime]

I rarely see people mention Fight Night Round 3. With the dual joysticks it makes it feeL like the console version. My personal favorite next to GTA:CTW.

[@2old4gaming]

GTA:CTW is awesome! I haven’t played Fight Night. I’ll look it up

[@millzprime]

@@2old4gaming yes its a great game. Thing is it doesnt play on vita tv only the handheld.

[@tsumugijohnson3220]

The GTA games have a collection altogether on the Vita which should give access to the other GTA games as well

[@ChrisPTenders]

Like God of War, Prince of Persia - Revelations and Rival Swords Tomb Raider - Legends and Anniversary And Star Wars - The Force Unleashed... better than the the 7th gen version, mechanically and story-wise

[@2old4gaming]

Thanks for the recommendations. I haven’t played the Prince of Persia games or Force Unleashed. I’ll give them a try. Annoyingly they aren’t on the EU store

[@johnnymoles318]

Great video man 👌

[@2old4gaming]

Thanks Johnny :)

[@WhiteJarrah]

7:08 The GTA games are still available on the EU store, they are sold as a trilogy. Not individually.

[@lexmanoctun3266]

silent hill origins is cool too

[@suntannedduck2388]

Good options. I'd say for Puzzle games EchoChrome (focusing on perspective and you can move the character behind walls that block gaps) and EchoShift (focuses on different coloured buttons/doors, multiple versions of the character and timing it right to unlock and move to each section of the level and trying to make it to the exit door) are really good (just like LocoRoco/Patapon great games from Japan Studio). Coded Arms is not a great FPS but still interesting for a launch title in the US and has procedural generation so you never know what level up items/abilities/ammo/grenades drops, enemies and room design you'll get. The room and corridor designs aren't great but still interesting for the PSP, Coded Arms Contagion is a more linear typical FPS without the procedural generation and probably the one to go with out of the two. I'd say the two PSP Metal of Honor games are better options for FPS on the PSP but for something different thought I'd bring it up Coded Arms games as not many people mention them for FPS games on the system. Ridge Racer 2 or Outrun 2006 are probably the 2 Arcade Racers I enjoyed, Wip3out Pulse was fun, GT on PSP was a disappointment so exploring more sim campaign types via an Emulator (Race Driver 2006 and Need For Speed Shift). Killzone Liberation is a fine Isometric (birds eye view) shooter, but I don't hear many talk about SWAT Target Liberty a more strategic focus on that Isometric shooter concept but obviously with a focus on characters that are part of a SWAT team. I don't know much about the SWAT series as I think most were on PC, only played SWAT 4 on PC briefly once and otherwise just own Target Liberty and it's pretty good trying to work my way through different areas using smoke/light under the doors to prepare for enemies behind them, getting information from hostages (most useless responses from the NPCs) and using the 2 team mates for certain commands. Not the best tactical shooter I've ever played but still something different I'd say if people want maybe something different from the SOCOM games approach to tactical shooters. Minis also I think get overlooked. Edge is a great Puzzle game where you move a block through obstacle courses, Zombie Tycoon is an interesting Strategy game to have very limited or when attacking Hospitals can gain more units to accomplish level specific tasks, and NOVA is a FPS that has a Sci-fi like feel in a Halo gameplay sort of way (that's what many compare it to, I'm still making my way through it). I have very little experience with the PSP (only started collected in the last few years besides having a small collection when I got mine in 2007) so mostly exploring more for it on an emulator before picking up some physical or considering getting them through the EU stores.

[@stashmerkin9576]

Me and My Katamari was pretty good! Don't know if it's on the store.

[@KabukiKid]

It is in the North American store... I only recently bought it. :-) I agree that it is quite good.

[@jamesmaster3315]

There's Ys 6 on PSP too.

[@Cookiedon15]

I think you forgot Trails in the sky, too lol. I'm in the US, Vice City Stories isn't on the Vita store. Anyone know if you have to get it through the PS3 store?

[@2old4gaming]

I haven’t played Trails in the Sky. I’ve bought the Japanese enhanced Vita version which has extra features. I still need to play it though

[@lukasharvey6829]

No vice city stories is not on the PS3 store. It looks the same as the vita store. It’s listed but when you click on buy it says “content unavailable”

[@KabukiKid]

@@lukasharvey6829 Yeah, it was delisted, unfortunately.

[@majorinfinitezero]

I strongly recommend a game called dead head fred. You play as a dead P.I that was killed for sticking his nose where he shouldn't have. He gets brought back but his head is missing so he is out for revenge and to reclaim his head.

[@leqidunjoueurdefoot...4480]

Good voice, continue like that. I love your choice. Gulty gear ! Is Street Figter impact three to be on PSP Vita ?

[@johnnymoles318]

Great suggestions. Thanks man!

[@2old4gaming]

No problem Johnny

[@jasonmahon7264]

Great video my friend such a great psp collection for ps vita .

[@7Zealot]

Black Rock Shooter Me & My Katamari (better than Touch My Katamari IMO) Power Stone Collection Samurai Showdown Anthology These are from the US store. Not sure they're all in the EU store.

[@tsumugijohnson3220]

Wild Arms XF looks like a really cool RPG to me, haven't gotten into it yet.

[@SuperGewal]

The best PSP games I played were: 1. MH:FU (around 1000h... Playing as a Teenager at my home or at my friends home for like 3 days without stop finishing together Quest after Quest- gosh that were good days, playing online the new MH games is not the same. Although I do have even more hours put into them 😂🤣) 2. MGS:PO and PW (both very good and I feel like PO is amazing as well, I just did download this game for my Vita so I cant wait to play it again after 10 years I last played it) 3. GoW 4. Daxter 5. Crisis Core 6. Tekken games 7. Dissidia Doudecium 012 8. Monster Hunter p3rd with an English path.... I played it like crazy back then. This game was honestly the best looking PSP game, Im amazed how good it was looking. Honestly all games I mentioned are no. 1 for me. I loved them All 🤣 I did discover the Persona series last year and already finished P5R and P4G, P3P is already waiting on my Vita :D

[@Generik97]

Still don't know why Motorstorm: Artic Edge isn't available on the North American store...

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

No idea if it's still available for download, but Killzone: Liberation on the PSP was great. I sank so many hours into that game.

[@oliveriii1473]

The armored core games on psp/vita are pretty dope.

[@eduardoe3683]

Will these be available after the psp store closes?

[@alfonsoortega5408]

can i use the right analog stick on all psp games on vita? how does that work

[@2old4gaming]

You map buttons to the analog stick. So it can technically work for any game but it won’t play well with most. It’s best for 3D games with camera control

[@KabukiKid]

Yeah, if you boot up a PSP game on the Vita, hold down the blue PS button and it opens up menus where you can map the second stick to a bunch of options. Like already mentioned, this works best probably with 3D games where a stick to move the camera makes the most sense.

[@HUYI1]

At least you had a bit of variety in this one, your top 25 vita games had way too many RPGs

[@CraftyApe]

Always enjoy psp videos. Nice one mate. Although the bgm made me want to kill myself, your commentary definitely redeemed it lol

[@jubjub6330]

Love these vids

[@Tsioboy]

Actually planning to buy both Dissidia and the Duodecim one...I'm curious on what's the bonus when you start Duodecim with Dissidia save data?

[@blenddesire]

THANKS FOR THIS !!! FOR KEEPIN THE VITA ALIVE BROTHER, Please make more Videos about VITA games , and Vita new features as well, HOPE THE DEVS MAKES MORE ANDROID PORT GAMES , BIG POTENTIAL FOR VITA :) SUPPORT FROM THE PHILIPPINES

[@2old4gaming]

Thanks man. I have taken a bit of a break from videos for the last 2 weeks but I’m on it from next week. :)

[@IVSAKENSOUL]

Just picked up a slim that should be here in a week. I want to try the MGS HD collection or Persona 4

[@IVSAKENSOUL]

I'll definitely be playing Burnout Legends/Dominator on the Vita

[@2old4gaming]

Nice! MGS HD and P4G are great. MGS3 plays surprisingly well on Vita

[@DejawoostA]

Great list!

[@Fede4Cod]

Great video! You got a sub

[@JustFrankEX]

I was tempted to buy MotorStorm Arctic Edge and download it to my Vita but, it doesn’t seem possible as far as NA account goes? Came across a thread on the Cheap Ass Gamer forums on which PSP games you can or can’t download to your Vita and saw it being one of them. Same with Twisted Metal Head On which is heartbreaking 😭

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

It’s too bad that Sony never put trophies in PSP games.

[@KabukiKid]

Agreed! And they almost did! Alas!

[@1anre]

I liked the Metal Gear Solid & Resistance recommendations.