Reviewing All PSP Launch Games With My Best Friend

PlayStation Portable launched March 24th, 2005 here in North America. And let me tell you something, it was hype. After Sony had dominated the console market with the PS1 and PS2, it was a massive deal that they would be stepping into the portable marker and offering console quality games on-the-go. I bought a PSP at launch, and my best friend got one later that year. We both had a great time with it, and today - we’re gonna look back at every PSP launch title and give them the ol’ college try. Just how good was the launch lineup? That’s for Terell and I to determine. What’s that? I can’t hear you. I’m playing portable nut. Whaaaaat?!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction & Backstory
1:47 - Ape Escape: On The Loose
4:10 - Wipeout Pure
5:51 - Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
7:21 - Dynasty Warriors
9:01 - Gretzky NHL
10:54 - Lumines
13:23 - Ridge Racer
14:44 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Underground 2 Remix
16:23 - Metal Gear Acid
17:58 - NBA
19:26 - Spider-Man 2
21:46 - NFL Street 2 Unleashed
23:35 - Need For Speed Underground Rivals
25:54 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour
28:38 - Twisted Metal: Head-On
30:12 - Untold Legends: Brotherhood Of The Blade
31:19 - World Tour Soccer
32:42 - What 3 Launch Games Would We Get?
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[@Diedpied]

Love seeing a video with Terell in it, he really is the friend we all want and wish to be. He's always a welcome video guest in our eyes!

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Dude is a standup guy for sure 💯

[@i_am_gohan9232]

✅🫡1 💯

[@Moby41]

Love it whenever Terell is in the videos. It's like no matter how much time has passed, you're still just a couple of kids gaming together and having a great time.

[@codymason8196]

🤮

[@sonny5068]

This is what it’s all about. 2 great friends just chilling and talking games. Super wholesome

[@Dominicn123]

Exactly, they don’t have to be as in your face as he’s trying to make them. Lol these “best friend” videos are a bit too try hard…I’ve noticed a trend in similar videos the last few years amid all the headlines featuring racism leading events.. a lot of white influencers, KZbinrs, etc, have been intentionally finding reasons to make ANY content featuring a black person and plaster their face/presence all over it, just to help add to their cred/make it clear that they’re not racist and all that type of shit lol Like trying hard to make wholesome type videos that it appears that they’re trying a little too hard to not be apart of the racist pricks that make the headlines lol..like it’s good that these things exist but they don’t have to be done in this way….”playing games with…mY bEsT FriEnD!!” Like those types of titles aren’t typically a thing, except to solely focus on the BEST FRIEND part as if to rub that in your face to make 100% CLEAR 😂 you don’t have to try that much ryan, we love you all the same and don’t think you’re a racist dude!

[@SublimeMarc]

Always a good watch when Terell is on

[@dln5]

I love when you and Terrell chill out together.

[@etherealdreamerart]

So happy for you guys lifelong friendship. 😁 PSP has some great games indeed.

[@user-el2ry8ni6u]

❤❤❤

[@DonisGP]

I already know this is gonna be "phenomenal" lol. The PSP era was awesome!

[@Blag_Cog]

Always a great time when Terell comes over :D

[@HunterAtheist]

6:34 They had to include that because most games had some form of "Game Sharing" where you would connect to your friends PSP who has a game you want to play together. Then the one without the game downloads a demo version of the game essentially and you can play two player (or more) while only having one game. This was tons of fun.

[@timelymirror7826]

the ds had something like that called download play

[@NoonDragoon]

PSP was the console that made me interested in PlayStation. I was solely a Nintendo guy until August 2008 when I got a PSP and Crisis Core for my birthday. I downloaded so many PS1 classics back then, it felt limitless how many games I had to play on my PSP.

[@timelymirror7826]

crisis core

[@HonkeyKong54]

That game's voice over was so annoying and ruined the game

[@beautepley8352]

Nobody should ever walk down memory lane completely alone! Glad you guys got to spend some time together!

[@zoriiginalx7544]

9

[@somebonehead]

Ooh, that's good, I'm gonna use that.

[@theebigbam]

Terell laughing when he saw the OG PSP box is such a vibe

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Iconic

[@nicktalksbond]

Ah... the PSP launch day, back in September 2005 (UK). Picking up my value pack (neoprene case and a whopping 32mb memory card) and Ridge Racer. Amazing times!

[@GeorgeOfGeorge]

I strive to one day have a friendship like Ryan and Tyrell do. Just being able to chill with a nerd alike about games sounds awesome

[@MuscleCarLover]

How long have you two known each other? It always has the vibe of being old school buddies. I have to say that I love seeing Terell on the channel, he just adds a bit of extra life to the videos

[@danilalikhachev341]

You guys are always such a well of wholesomeness. So great to see!

[@unicorntomboy9736]

The PSP was my first ever console I owned that my parents bought me as a child. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 captivated me back in the day

[@fryboiii]

Same here man but it was the first Freedom game that got me addicted

[@Gloryboyquan]

​@@fryboiiiI'm still playing freedom unite on my modded vita

[@jaydee2847]

It's cool to see that Run the Jewels are such big fans of the PSP

[@Dominicn123]

Who run the world? GIRLS!

[@Link_1129]

Love when Terell's in these videos. Man, the PSP was so cool. Prior to the modern smartphone hitting the scene, it really was the next Walkman for Sony.

[@mikekhayat9487]

always love videos with terrell

[@Steveoreo]

I remember wanting one SOOOOO BAD for Christmas…never did get it. So I got a job and earned it. Such a solid handheld. Lots of fond memories.

[@EliQ3]

Love seeing you with your pal! Always makes my heart warm, makes me think of my friends and our shared love of videogames.

[@scottwilson7749]

Absolutely love these videos with Terell, such great and feel-good content. Those best friend vibes are so strong, hard not to be sucked straight back into the memories of doing exactly the same stuff with my buddies back in the day!

[@EmmettXIV]

I got my PSP in Fall 2005 strictly for Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories. To be able to play GTA on the go at the time and face a friend in a deathmatch was mind-blowing to me. I didn't play that many games but the games I did have, I spent a lot of time playing. This brings back memories and it's cool to see videos with your best friend and you.

[@ps3inquisition441]

I was so fired up for PSP launch day. Got mine with Ridge Racer, Wipeout, and Dynasty Warriors. Great stuff.

[@goduxunike]

To this day monotheism handheld device has brought the same excitement and usability for me like the PSP did. I really bought the Switch hoping for the same feeling but infinity hunk I’ll ever play it as much. The PSP was designed with love and care, felt amazing in the hands, had an amazing interface and the sound when turning on or launching a game gives me shivers to this day.

[@CraftyApe]

Love this vid! Hope to see more like this, showing subsequent psp releases over the years and trying them out and sharing your thoughts.

[@pacificdash]

You’re both the best! Thanks for this ❤️

[@Original-Juice]

I bought mine at launch and was on a work trip during the time. Was away from home for a week and the PSP really helped with any homesickness!! that thing was so awesome to have at Hotel Rooms, Airports, airplanes and of course when work got slow at Tradeshows. What a fantastic portable system. I wish Sony would offer the majority of the PSP catalog on PSN, what a treat that would be

[@AiYunaEverAfter]

This was a very good nostalgia of PSP! Good meeting Terell! You guys should really do more nostalgia game videos like this! Sadly i never got to play any of these games even now. I got my PSP-2000 for Christmas 2006 with Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core which i LOVED to death. Later Phantasy Star Portable 1 & 2, The 3rd Birthday (Parasite Eve 3 which felt like the best shooter for me on PSP, and Kingdom Hearts BBS I still have have my PSP it's original box thankfully

[@19KingCal95]

really enjoy these videos with your friend, been watching for like 9 years now nice to see you doing well :)

[@miketemos2727]

Your guys friendship is unreal and heartwarming to see! Very lucky to ever have a few friends in life like Terell!

[@fabzfeast9008]

This video was really fun watch and just a wholesome video in general. Your best friend seems like an awesome guy too! My top 3 PSP games off the dome are: Monster Hunter Freedom, GTA: Vice City Stories & King Kong I really miss the simpler times of the PSP, it really was an incredible portable console!

[@Tyranniod]

I'm loving these launch game videos with your friend. More of these please. They're so fun and wholesome.

[@aaliguy9986]

This was such a wholesome video. Love you guys' friendship. You two rock!

[@mikegem]

GOAT OF THE HANDHELDS! A blast to play, listen and watch. Fond memory I left mine out in a rainstorm and this beast of a machine still played perfectly fine. Amazing system

[@Gloryboyquan]

really ??? that's awesome if u int lying bro

[@RickyRespawn]

Love seeing you guys together. Such a genuine and great friendship

[@vorteco7692]

I love these videos! I wish i had a friend like both of you. Cherish each other. You two have an amazing friendship. Thanks for sharing. I miss the PSP. I wish Sony would bring back a handheld. It was so good!

[@clivematthews95]

This was so good to watch took me down memory lane back to my PS2 days👍🏾

[@x.xtrusted3179]

i can’t say it enough i think we all really appreciate how much love you put into your videos editing wise set up wise just everything even fun videos like this with your friend

[@idkwhattonameitsothisisthe3787]

You two always warm my heart❤️

[@Wabasi]

Great vid! I definitely have nostalgia glasses on for untold legends. I played it multiplayer around launch with a friend and remember it being a good time.

[@cutterholt3987]

That laugh from T and the way they complete each others sentences. Is so sweet. Best bros forever. Warms me heart.

[@tomallica420]

Makes me really miss playing games with my friends. Love it guys

[@lucasallakariallak8244]

This just makes me want to go over my PSP games. The ones I haven't finished yet.

[@PrezidentHughes]

I had Ape Escape for PS. I can't imagine playing with both sticks. That game was so quirky, but well done. For the era, it was solid.

[@renzorg]

This might be my favorite series on the channel. Love Terell's laugh of joy and nostalgia every time you show the next game. Cheers to your friendship! 🍻

[@Joe-Rad]

NFS underground on PSP is so good. I still play it all the time. Love midnight club and motor storm as well. PSP is a racing beast.

[@ExtremeLegend]

It's always great to see you guys playing together and talking about games.

[@mindfuqq]

I envy people with best friends. They seem so chill.

[@paulkames]

I wanna see a video where Terell gets surprised with a video game he loves, what a guy

[@frozenninja4030]

Man I've had my PSP since just after launch and I grabbed Untold Legends and Wipeout Pure with it. So awesome! I remember Wipeout had all the music tracks you could play and I just bumped that all the time. I loved that system!

[@ScaryStoriesAt2AM]

Love these videos and love seeing Terell come on!

[@ACRONYI]

I honestly love your videos so much keep making great videos man

[@talkingcure]

best Christmas gift ever! been waiting for this video to drop

[@malikmbugua1967]

Wholesome end-year content 🙏🏿

[@chriswalsh3149]

A very timely video. I found a junk PSP for $8 at my local shop and bought it as a Christmas present. It needed a memory card and battery but works well! Will watch this later, but I already liked it! Good work!

[@fkesfjsedfdsj]

actually, if you have just only one copy, of say, Fired Up, you can just share a demo with your friend and play some ad-hoc action, which was pretty neat! There's a lot of games that supported it, like Killzone, Wipeout, etc. You didn't had to always have two copies of a game

[@jon-paulgrainger1303]

Loved my psp. What a machine it was/still is. 👍

[@averageplatinum]

Definitely one of my favorite mystic videos. Love when we get them both on screen.

[@shaolinpunkFTW]

Great to see this. Still have two working PSP's. Love the Metal Gear Acid games - so underrated!

[@adamdam]

Thank you for this video, I'm a big fan of the psp and enjoying this!

[@Roc_Official]

Love these videos. Need more of this next year Ryan 😂 Terell a good dude

[@JohnWayne-hj5by]

Watching you and Terrell hang out is the best!!!!

[@michaelgibbons4738]

Yes Terrell, great see him back for Christmas. 'Phenomenal Game Man'

[@IsaMasih]

Another great video Ryan. It brought back so many memories. This was my first ever PlayStation console. I remember watching videos that came installed on it. (Omarion, Petey Pablo) I had NBA (not great) NFS was good and played hours on it. NHL Gretzky game was decent. I remember making a team with 5 Wayne's on the line up. I hated paying $100 for a 1 gigabyte memory stick. But it was all worth it once I was able to hack my console, and play countless of NES, Super NES, and Genesis games on it. The PSP also gave me my favorite Sony portable game ever. Pursuit Force till this day is played on my PS Vita. Can't wait for the next video. Happy New Year to you both

[@RegularPanties]

My first PSP game, and online experience was a Solcom Fire Team game. I would go into the hallway of my building and use a neighbor's Wifi (this was before all wifi spots were standardly set with security) and I remember sitting in the staircase playing Solcom with the PSP headset/mic and it ran like a dream and it was crazy fun.

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Ahh yes, the good ol' non-secure/WEP days of Wi-Fi. Good times lol

[@TravisStamper]

I really like the Terell videos. He keeps you in line Ryan, 🤣. Thanks for the video

[@roberts5368]

This is so nostalgic to me, can you do more of these or something similar in the future please. Also, do some more with your friend as he is Very cool ♥️

[@owoMermaid]

love seeing you guys have fun :)

[@JosueDeLaRosa02]

Great video as always. This was an interesting watch since I never had a psp

[@NevermindMe77]

It's good to have such a friend been through the same gaming journey as our own, many memories to share!

[@tekekaki]

I love seeing you and terrell togethrr, really reminds me of me and my best friend 🥰 we are lucky humans, not everyome develops such deep relationships, and there's nothing better than it, probably not even love

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

Great video Guys , Ryan you have been a massive inspiration to my KZbin career 👍👍👍

[@MrHardcoreJustic]

damn the PSP, i remember going into game station and the guy behind the counter was playing wipeout, the graphics were photo realistic! great nostalgic video

[@erniesdeck7550]

I saw terell was in this one so I just had to watch. Such a cool guy.

[@engineboy2344]

I love when Terell comes through lol.

[@Lethal_Venom]

I love it when Terrell comes on the channel

[@HybridAngelZero]

This video was so fun, I would love to see you guys do the launch libraries of some other classic PS consoles. I didn't get my PSP til 2007, so I didn't get any of these until way later. I think my pick for three would be Ape Escape, Metal Gear Acid and Lumines

[@dill_o_n]

Would love to hear you talk more about the steam deck! Just got mine for Christmas and gave me that same excitement as getting a vita as a kid!

[@heyitsnemo]

I remember waiting in line for my PSP back when they first launched, I was at a Best buy in Plano Texas and if I remember right I think I was number 14 out of 20 or so. I know one of the lunch games I got was ridge racer. Still a fav to this day. And still interact and use a PSP on a daily basis. So far ahead of it's time.

[@MamaJihyo]

Yess I love the handheld videos

[@silverian]

It's good to have friends like Terell. Little sshst.. sshst.. sounds are very familar to PSP 🙂Nice to see Day 1 titles for PSP!

[@swiffin]

Friends with a genuine connection are the best. 🎮🎮

[@renatoborba1987]

These flashbacks videos are awesome, such a diferent time in gaming...

[@Lucky2000Zx]

Can’t wait to see the PS2 launch games video as it’s quite interesting, and on top of it quite a bit more games than usual (for NA at least)

[@flux_mc]

Im Watching Your Vids Everyday Keep Up The Amazing Videos!

[@CaptainChurrr]

Like going back in time! Great video.

[@Rhahdhdn]

Looking back at those titles PSP had a great launch lineup.

[@rhyuu-bc8vl]

Another brilliant mystic video let’s gooo

[@Drooopyy]

Good to see Terell back playing some fighting games! Love when he’s in the videos

[@YusukeKnight]

Awesome job guys

[@Rbjd]

This was the pack I had got I remember I got this on launch day, one of the greatest days of my life.

[@mitos1997]

Your friend looks a lot happier in this video then the other one looks like he's getting used to it hopefully you all have a good 2023!

[@stevesharpe3370]

More videos of you two! Buddy videos are awesome

[@MATTKBAN]

Woa! I really like the presentation in this video with the gameplay recorded showing up on a psp screen. It’s just like the commercials with a montage of psp games Sony used to do. I gotta ask since I’m not familiar- how did you record the psp gameplay? A few years ago I was deep into having older consoles from the 90s and ‘00s run in their best resolution/the RGB stuff and OEM rare cables or specific converter& scalers - all of it! But I never did anything for the psp so this is interesting.

[@princegroove]

PSP was the full home entertainment and gaming console experience on the go. 🔥

[@MrThelonicus]

I had one, played Medevil and metal gear acid on it. And had tons of videos and mp3 for travels. Good times

[@segads]

Underground rivals was my game back in the day! Love it since day 1!

[@MolotovMan1263]

The PSP is what got me into Podcasts back then. Using the RSS reader, is stream podcasts to fall asleep every night. 1up Yours, Gamespot Hotseat, Beyond, etc. Had to have the psp on the floor to get a good enough wifi signal