The Sony PSP - Review - Game Sack

[@GameSack]

What was your favorite PSP game? Why? Why is THAT of all things your favorite game on the system? Why not another game? Tell me!

[@NullGuardian]

My absolute favourite PSP game is Armored Core 3 Portable! Amazing remake of the original Armored Core 3, second place is Armored Core Silent Line Portable, also super amazing.

[@josemezasaldia]

Prinnies finishes all sentences with tsu in japanese. Its less anoying than dood. Regards from Chile

[@arboris]

Monster Hunter. It's why i got a psp in the first place

[@Scott-fj9uf]

Definitely Valkyrie Profile. I have it on the PS but to play it on the move is truly special as it is in my top 5 games of all time. I also love the PC engine “best of” collections.

[@starlightrevenant]

*Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover *Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker *Bounty Hounds *Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (because of the opening) *The two Silent Hill PSP games *Pursuit Force and Pursuit Force Extreme Justice

[@deionbeeldenstormer7498]

ONLY Game Sack can make a review about a system 15 years late, and reignite my level of excitement from the system's original release ... times 100!!! It's like I warped to 2005 -- but kept all the massively built-up nostalgia and countless memories I have now... I freakin' love this channel.

[@mistermatix8241]

I'm the same, I dug my PSP 2000 out of storage today after watching this video! I'm loving it!

[@TheCoolDave]

Time to pop mine back out....

[@mistermatix8241]

@@TheCoolDave good man!

[@ccricers]

I'm pleasantly surprised my two most favorite PSP games are also the first two games listed in this video.

[@Write-Stuff]

You could have just as easily gotten your point across without taking the Lord's name in vain, my friend. That's what makes Game Sack so highly-respected. Joe (and at one time, Dave) can captivate the audience without using offensive language. You could learn a lot from this channel.

[@stinkbanana2522]

I love just driving around the GTA games listening to the talk radio

[@notmomoayase]

i played too much gta since 2011

[@mitchbuchannon6637]

We used to rip them from vice and San Andreas etc , burn em to cd and chuck them in our cars, was always a laugh when someone clicked that you weren't listening to the real radio

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

I've only really played V and I enjoyed sitting down and watching the TV! There was a proper funny anime spoof and loads of other hilarious shnit!

[@stinkbanana2522]

@@fearlessjoebanzai the TV is pretty great. Check out 4 it's pretty good and still playable

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

@@stinkbanana2522, I haven't even met up with Lester(?) yet in V! I get super distracted - and I've not had a round of golf yet!

[@nickolasecker9596]

From an aesthetic perspective, the PSP is my favorite handheld. I remember buying one around launch and being blown away by the systems capabilities in terms of visuals. While a lot of the major titles that were pushed are inferior to their console counterparts and lost some of their appeal, there are a lot of great gems, especially in the RPG category.

[@videogameobsession]

A little known fact.. Sony added extra PSP video support into their PlayStation 3D Display. If you connect one via the component cable, it will detect the PSP, and fill the entire screen space without any black bars. It looks pretty nice on the 24" screen too. The PS 3D Display also looks like a giant PSP Go, so it all makes sense. :)

[@seanthiem1176]

Too bad those displays had a faulty control chip in all models causing them to fail over time. Good 3D displays otherwise and all you have to do is find the chip online and replace but not many have the ability or confidence to do so.

[@videogameobsession]

@@seanthiem1176 Well not in all of them. I bought two of them when they were cheap. One for $99, and a second one for $49.99. I've been using both now for 8 years and they are running great. One of them I use nearly every night with my Switch and PS4, and the other I use as a PC display, on for at least 7 hours a day (x8 years). IIRC, if they were to crap out, it would happen in the first couple of months. When I bought these I also picked up a cheap SquareTrade warranty to cover manufacturer defects. It went unused, thankfully.

[@devmas]

@@seanthiem1176 I've been using one as my main TV for about 7 years now! But to be fair, I don't keep the brightness up super high, which helps mitigate the heat problems.

[@seanthiem1176]

devmas whoa dude you take care of your tech and your tech takes care of you. Amazing that yours still works, I wish you many more years of reliability. I never fixed mine yet but I loved my Sony 3D display. Love your positive comment on it man.

[@ccricers]

Tech Tangents made a video about this TV and says it holds up well for its age.

[@metalbrainmextrememetalent6810]

I always wanted a psp. I went with Nintendo DS back then. I still like the DS, but the grass always seemed greener on psp side.

[@Kovaelin]

PSP still feels new to me, especially since I still have games on the backlog still in their wrapping.

[@PJ-sv4iw]

Me too. They are now worth too much to open, forever sealed in their plastic coffins.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

If you feel that way about your SONY PSP, I definitely feel that way with systems like the SONY PSOne, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64 and up! I still have games starting from that era that are still wrapped in it’s original packaging that are on standby to be played at some point. 😂

[@NYCJoeBlack]

P J - Ha!! “plastic coffins”! I like that term.👍🏾

[@PJ-sv4iw]

@@NYCJoeBlack Mainly found them cheap, but I already had a modded PSP from 2008, so it made little sense to open them, put the UMD in my PSP, and play it that way, as opposed to on a memory stick (MicroSD adapter) with much faster loading times and no noise from the drive.

[@Humbird00]

I have a couple nephews who still can't tell the difference between my Nintendo DS and 3DS.

[@skins4thewin]

I freaking loved Jeanne D'arc when it first came out. I bought it at launch & loved every minute of it. It's a fantastic little hidden gem on the system for those that like strategy RPG's.

[@Des_Zee]

I was never a big RPG guy but I bought this game cuz it looked different from anything else at the time and I'm glad I did. I still play it from time to time.

[@Snake_Pliskin]

I agree

[@Lazrael32]

I bought it when I was desperately in the mood for an RPG with a unique setting and story (they had become pretty cookie cutter) and loved this game!

[@DAFTBONCHKOOPA]

Streaming sopranos from my PS3 to my PSP was some mind-blowing shit back in the day.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

The console that introduced me to hacking, err, software modification, home brew and the mod community in general. If your looking for an emulation beast, a modded PSP is far more accurate than a lot of the portable emulation devices on the market today. Unfortunately the clock speed will never allow it to run most of the 32 bit generation but it handles the 8 and 16 bit eras like a champ. The NEO GEO and SNK emulators are stunning and the number of titles you can play is mind boggling.

[@DukeDudeston]

Agreed, but the bonus is that it does play PS1 titles pretty flawlessly and for a lot that is enough. But you're right, I have my PSP with all my MegaDrive and MegaCD games on it and take it with me. I have the cable to hook it upto a TV too so just like the Switch, best of both worlds.

[@jaylewinton7939]

Psst ps vita running adrenaline

[@madcrowmaxwell]

I mainly just used custom firmware so that I could install my games to the memory card and not have to carry around a bunch of UMDs. I didn't discover the ability to play PS1 games until a few weeks before my system died and never really ran any other emulators. I'd like to get another system, but prices are much higher than they were back in 2012 when I bought my last PSP.

[@kamildouglas]

I'm still pissed that I messed up my hacked psp

[@ccricers]

You could actually overlock the PSP with the right firmware. It actually clocks up to 333mhz for certain features but stays mostly at 266mhz for better battery life. You can mod it to stay 100% at 333 though.

[@redbeardnj]

Man it still shocks me to find genuine, quality content I never knew existed on KZbin. im still a hardcore gamer at 45yrs. , and being able to watch quality gaming entertainment like this is such a treat at my age.

[@prezidenttrump5171]

Gaymer.

[@AdamAus85]

When I was living in Qatar this was the only gaming system I had. Bought one at a local electronics shop. Pretty impressive little bit of hardware.

[@Gloryboyquan]

where u live now

[@Geno746]

The PSP had some really great exclusives. Luminus, Locoroco, The Patapon series, and Exit were a ton of fun. My favorite will always be Gitarooman though its one of my favorite rhythm games.

[@Jeremiah15100]

Great list. Patapon is one of my favourite game series in general, not just for the psp

[@doritolegend9664]

Gitaroo Man is sooo underrated. It never got a sequel it's just sad.

[@JogadademestreB]

I agree. But sorry, these titles are too cheap for this guy to mention them in this video...

[@chumorgan443]

@@doritolegend9664 Dude, I wanted an anime - dam I loved that game

[@doritolegend9664]

@@chumorgan443 but I don't think it will ever get remastered or made a sequel on. The people behind playstation forgot the game I think. it's just sad seeing this game not get the attention it deserves. It might have been the art style that people see in the cover of the CD or on a UMD that doesn't seem interesting.

[@zobu312]

Hot damn, I never expected Game Sack to take a look at my favorite handheld. Thank you, Joe.

[@jedisith3864]

Same! I really love how often gamesack gets my particular kind of retro ;)

[@gamingblowsofficial]

You never expected Game Sack to take a look at the PSP?

[@zobu312]

@@gamingblowsofficial It's just my perception. For a teen PSP is ancient tech but I personally can't consider it retro even though it is 15 years old.

[@zobu312]

@@jedisith3864 Gotta love Game Sack bro.

[@gamingblowsofficial]

...?

[@ProtoMario]

I modded my psp with Satalite connection while deployed in Afghanistan...great times 🤣

[@SeventhHokage]

What a unique experience 😂

[@EstebanMenchacaGamboa]

How??

[@fredericksweet]

Did not use dsl but I did use the afghan wireless tethering option to get mine modded. Worked pretty well till it got smashed on a ring flight.

[@mr.tyrone254]

@PosterBoyStealz _ you also play games...

[@zillax_231art3]

I modded a vita

[@VRHyoumaru]

Kinda surprised Joe didn't mention that the PSP had an original "fat" model and then later two versions of the PSP "slim" not to mention the craptacular PSP-Street, or the fact the system had a pretty rampant problem with dead pixels. Still, really enjoyed the PSP, never had a DS.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

And the ridiculous amount of moving parts for a handheld.

[@VRHyoumaru]

@@reinforcedpenisstem Right? Ridiculously high hardware failure rate, those fat models were not made to last.

[@NotesandNerds]

My 1001 has this weird issue that isn't dead pixels as you mentioned, but this weird swirling pattern in the actual screen. Like water collecting, or bubbling. My 1001, minus that screen issue, actually still works. My silver 3001 model, however, is issue free (knock on wood).

[@jedisith3864]

Strange, my 2000 logged over 900 hrs before 2013 and is still perfectly fine. My 3000 is not as old or had as many hours but shows no sign of issues. The 1000 I have is the oldest and is getting close in hours played to the 2000 but it mainly was my vacation and back up unit after I got the 2000 so I can safely say I have three and none have any issues. Maybe I got lucky.

[@Humbird00]

I newer had any issues with dead pixels on the 3 PSP's I have, but the analog stick ALWAYS went bad. If you ever open up your PSP, you'll never be able to get that stupid thing working reliably again.

[@skins4thewin]

The PSP was pretty damn ahead of it's time when it came to portable gaming, as was the PS Vita. It's still a pretty amazing piece of hardware and is still one of the very best all around portable systems you can own once hacked, as you can play just about any system you'd want on it.

[@mmoarchives2542]

that's why i laugh at the nintendotards when they say the switch was innovative, never before ever done, funny how they forget about the vita when it comes to nintendo, the vita was the first to go mobile with AAAs on the go

[@mmoarchives2542]

and you know what, the vita never made compromises to make the games work either, and joe is wrong when he claims that the vita makes you download the games, every vita game came in full dvd media format, the flaw is that the vita uses very expensive memory cards and required an AT and T account to use it's internet to do online things

[@skins4thewin]

@@mmoarchives2542 I don't remember Joe ever saying that the Vita had to download games. He said that about the PSP Go, which is actually true as it doesn't have a UMD drive. What do you mean by DVD format tho? Lol the Vita certainly doesn't use DVD's, it uses its own proprietary game carts. And you would simply use WiFi with the Vita to get online, so I don't know why you're talking about AT@T.

[@skins4thewin]

@@stayskeptic3923 They shouldn't be. The PSP is more than powerful enough to run SNES at full speed. Perhaps you have an old hack with an old version of the SNES Emulator? Or perhaps you should try a different SNES Emulator for the system. I never had any trouble at all with SNES games on my PSP.

[@skins4thewin]

@@stayskeptic3923 It's possible. It's been quite a while since I played my hacked PSP, so I can't recall if the special chip games had issues or not. I don't remember them having issues but they may have. Regular games should work perfectly fine tho, and there's a very small amount of special chip games worth playing anyway.

[@scott8919]

I'm shocked you didn't mention WTF: Work Time Fun. I was addicted to that game.

[@ducklaser]

6:37 Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, dood. 15:58 How very dare you. All in all, I really enjoyed this video and it made me go dig out my PSP from storage. It's nice to see it getting some love still.

[@aaliguy9986]

You tell 'em, dood. 😂😂😂

[@dalton2k538]

Let's be real here, I love WipEout, especially Omega Collection on PS4, but F-Zero GX beats that series in almost every way.

[@onthedre]

Daxter, Locoroco and Patapon are AMAZING PSP games. Can’t believe he didn’t talk about those!

[@BetweenTheLyons]

I always loved the Loco Roco official website, it was like a bonus level we couldn't play anywhere else.

[@wistful3631]

Especially Daxter a really great platform

[@TheHomeStudioRecords]

Playing Daxter at this moment......

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

@@TheHomeStudioRecords me too, but I don't get any further in the level where you need to drive this vehicle that sprays the pest spray. You need to find the right plants to spray on, always load up the tank in between the plants and the clock is ticking a bit too fast for my taste. Maybe I'm just too slow🤷‍♂️ One time I came until a big plant showed up, but then loosed because of time loss due to not enough spray in the tank to spray the whole darned plant😤 and I guess that's not even the end of the mission cause it seems after that you even need to drive all the way back to the starting point 🤦‍♂️

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

@@TheHomeStudioRecords Fun fact: in that specific moment you had written a comment, so you couldn't play Daxter🤣

[@MilkWasABadChoice17]

Great video Joe. I've learned to love the PSP long after it was discontinued. The system really is full of great RPGs, racing games, and a lot of compilations/remakes of older games. I'm so glad you included Hexyz Force. Few omissions that were some of my favorites are Trails in the Sky and the Shin Megami Tensei games but if you do another PSP video in the future those should definitely be included.

[@PUDINHED]

I was really hoping to see Loco Roco in the "colorful games" part. Something in the back of my brain is telling me Dave may have covered it years ago.

[@jesseslack2089]

He did.

[@poble]

yeah, I remember him saying that one of the songs on that game sounded like they were saying "fap fap fap" lol

[@shadowtheimpure]

Oh man, I love the 'talk radio' stations in GTA games. They are always hilarious!

[@mathias4891]

Still playing prinny here dood! The music still keeps bring me back to this dorky short series just the same as the castlevanias

[@Ostnizdasht206]

It's a really good emulator device.

[@corey2232]

Which is where a TON of its sales came from lol

[@yellowblanka6058]

For the time sure, but pretty sure any inexpensive Chinese handheld you can buy nowadays is going to be more powerful and offer more compatible/fluid emulation.

[@billy-waynejeffcoat4828]

@@yellowblanka6058 you'd be surprised how many struggle with PSP. Unless you wanna pay 200+

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@billy-waynejeffcoat4828 How many emulators struggle? Considering it's running a 333 Mhz MIPS CPU, I'm not really surprised.

[@Projectwolfie21]

@@yellowblanka6058 Well actually... it was only recently that Chinese devices stepped out of the PSP lookalike phase, and honestly you can still do better with a phone+gamepad. The resurgence of these started with those that aped hardware setups from the Dingoo A320 (though now it's the odroid go advance clone phase). As for the PSP? You'd be surprised how well it does, there is far better but people are still working on apps for it today. Heck mGBA has a well-done port.

[@Drakkyr]

My grandma got me a PSP for my 10th birthday, and it was such an amazing device. I managed to drop it in a bathtub, and it still worked! My two most played games on it were Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, and NFS: Most Wanted 5-1-0

[@Gloryboyquan]

still work after drop in bathtub??mmmmmmmmmmmm

[@MatSpeedle]

I have sunk so many hours into Outrun Coast 2 Coast on my PSP, one of the best racing games on the system without question

[@GuyManley]

This channel is great. It's really cool to see all these older games and systems I missed out on showcase. I would never have thought about collecting PCE/Turbografx16 games if not for this channel.

[@johneygd]

I remember how sony announced the psp as “the walkman of the future”.

[@eMorphized]

By the UI, it's a portable PS3, a multimedia device. So they weren't wrong.

[@hdofu]

Significantly cheaper then the Walkmans of these days

[@ccricers]

I remember that with the MiniDisc player too. Sony likes their proprietary formats

[@Tempora158]

@@eMorphized The PSP came out before the PS3, and the PSP UI came from the PSX, so it's really a portable PS2.

[@procommentr]

@@hdofu Walkmen*

[@ITNoetic]

Seeing this particular console on this channel throws me off, because I have very vivid memories of when this thing was brand new, when I was in high school, and it doesn't feel like it was that long ago. Shoutouts to getting old

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

PSP remains my favorite handheld.

[@CommanderSazabi316]

To anyone who might read this I highly recommend Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 portable. GREAT game.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

NEScRETRO Persona 4 is more realistic on the school aspect

[@weltenrausch4710]

Is Persona 3 better on the PSP or on the PS2? I really wanna get into the series, Persona 5 seems to be a great game (unfortunately I don't own a PS4, so I'm waiting for a PC port)

[@tezcanaslan2877]

Weltenrausch FES (for PS2) is the definitive version of the game PSP version (aka Portable) only has female protagonist route as the only new thing

[@coreylineberry8557]

​@@tezcanaslan2877Actually, Portable is the best for the sake of party control. Although these days it's best to just stick with Reload and the Episode Aigis expansion.

[@wirlogx]

PSP had less shovelware than the DS, I played it a lot on my one hour and half trip on the buss to my first job.

[@h214suiiii]

Oh my goodness I’ve found my childhood Been looking for this channel for a few months I see you still make great content

[@robertrada4783]

I guess in order to truly appreciate Prinny, I’ll need to approach it with the right kind of ati-dood.

[@wistful3631]

👏 👏👏👏

[@chemicalblight]

Wow, great job on those transitions! I dig all of the editing work that you put into your videos!

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Absolutely one of my favorite systems.. the modding capabilities alone make it a must have. Plus I dig the UMD disc format.

[@bergonath8851]

UMDs are neat as heck but the loading times are brutal.

[@_JPlays_]

The PSP was my favorite handheld of all time. Spent more time on it than any other. It was one of the first to allow you to play emulators, play movies (both disc and downloaded), music and it had an awesome game selection. Favorite game - Dungeon Maker. Truly unique game.

[@Miraak22]

I turn off my Adblock for you.

[@malvessidrums]

Same here.

[@efuuu]

Yeah, sure. Ahahahah

[@Real_The_Goof]

I've still got a PSP And a TON of games i bought at the end of it's life when they were on sell.

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

@@jonathancarpenter5621 not on snail?

[@skins4thewin]

Probably worth noting that the PSP was the very first portable system to actually have an analog stick, so for a first attempt at it it's really not bad. They kind of had to figure out the best way to go about it from scratch, so props to Sony for kind of sort of getting it right. Portable system analog sticks really haven't evolved that much since, so I'd say they did a pretty darn good job for being the very first to ever do it.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

just wanted to say thanks to the channel, makes my sunday morning a little bit brighter, so thank u to everyone who worked on this video.

[@stebdude]

Outstanding episode! The background info you provide is always stellar. Thanks as always for the great work and years of entertainment!

[@jeramzPC]

Happy to see this video in 2020. I just revived my psp recently and started playing through some of my backlogs. Good to see some new recommended games to play. Thank you for doing this.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

The god damn muthafuckin’ P S P ! So many fond memories with this system. The games were great, and the device itself had one of the best homebrew scenes of all time.

[@guerillagrueplays6301]

Great video! The PSP is a system I have a lot of nostalgia for, both its games and its incredibly cruddy web browser that was my only internet connection for over a year circa '08. If you ever felt up to it, I'd lose to see a second video about the PSP and its games, since there's still a ton of great material to cover. It would provide a lot of fodder for a "portable sequels to console games" episode, what with Daxter and the Ratchet and Clank games on the system, not to mention the Siphon Filter games and more. In general it's a little console with a lot to offer, and one that definitely deserves more retro love. So, all you retro handheld consolizer people: PSP consolizer with HDMI out when? 'Cause for real, I've got a stack of UMDs and the fuzzy output from my component cables just doesn't cut it.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

I can live with the video out options available now, but damn, I wish there was a way to hook up a USB PS3/PS4 controller with full analogue stick support to it.

[@guerillagrueplays6301]

@@mr.vidjagamez9896 True, that's about the only thing I ever found enviable about the PSP Go was its ability to sync with a PS3 controller when you have it hooked to a TV.

[@MrThunderwing]

Wipeout is a poor man's F-Zero...? Joe, I can't believe you'd make such an egregious comment. The WipEout series is awesome!

[@mutalix]

Can you imagine? If even said it as a Sega fanboy, making it EVEN worse!! Have you played the PSV Wipeout? Its quite good on an oled👌 Wipeout forever! I hope Sony brings a new one to PS5!

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@@mutalix that's pretty fucked up man ! I suspect a bandwagon... freakin' sad

[@SighterFoxFH]

Hey, nothing wrong with that statement. F-Zero GX is not only the pinnacle of racing games, but it's one of the best games ever created by humans at all. The only sin here is that he mentioned all those racing games and completely left off Initial D Street Stage.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@@SighterFoxFH you're joking, right ? "F-Zero GX is not only the pinnacle of racing games, but it's one of the best games ever created by humans" don't be ridiculous

[@MrThunderwing]

@@SighterFoxFH I absolutely love F-Zero GX and likewise think it's one of the greatest games of all time. But just completely dismissing the WipEout games as some poor relation copycat series just isn't on in my book. WipEout originated on the PS1 as a groundbreaking, truly 3D, polygon futuristic racer at a point where the only F-Zero game was the SNES's totally flat mode 7 game, with F-Zero X on the n64 coming out years after the first WipEout game. The WipEout games have gone on to be an incredibly successful series in their own right, and in the early days were synonymous with the PlayStation brand and it's shift in the video game market being aimed at more mature gamers. WipEout isn't a poor man's F-Zero, it's its own thing entirely.

[@rlpn6710]

The PSP was the rich mans portable. It had a huge screen, an analog stick, and played games using discs. We were lucky to get a DS. But looking back the PSP was well worth the price. It's hardware was amazing and I got one 5 years after the release date and still had fun.

[@potawatadingdong]

I just lost both of my PSPs in a flood two days ago. One of them being the pearl white Assassin Creed edition. Good times.

[@DavidDrury90]

Every time I see a new game sack I get excited. I was worried when Dave left you might take a hit to morale or enthusiasm. Every video over the last year has dispelled that over and over again. Even though we’ve never met Joe, you’re the man. Much love from Ohio

[@hanselmanryanjames]

I would have went with PPSSPP emulation for the captures. When you upscale PSP games they look incredible.

[@MonsieurGinger]

Not to take away from how great Liberty City Stories is, but I think one of the reasons for it being the top selling PSP game was that it was used for installing eLoaders. The homebrew and custom firmware scene for the PSP is what got me really into programming.

[@RodniDemental]

I suspect it would be large factor later on although I remember GTA being seen as a system seller before people figured out those modded save files (iirc the game was out for a while where people were playing around with the 'cheat device' mods before it was necessary to downgrade/saveexploit for homebrew).

[@wa27]

GTA was THE game to have on PSP even before that.

[@twitchster77]

This thing was magical back when it first came out. What an amazing little system! Mine came bundled with a movie called Stealth...and I watched that little umd movie over and over haha

[@dragon415v]

No 😊m😊

[@mwheeler1987]

I loved playing Star Ocean 1 and 2 on my PSP. Still my favorite handheld system.

[@ShinkeiDEI]

The PSP is my favorite handheld of all time. Nuff said.

[@CRG]

I've been collecting PSP for a few years now. People called me mad saying it'll never become collectable but now thanks to Game Sack my PSP collection has at least doubled in value! In all serious though I love the PSP, fantastic wee console that really holds up today with its game library. I remember Dave enjoying Loco Roco on this system, how is the man himself anyway?

[@erictheded]

I'd recommend the Ace Combat games. They look and play just like the PS2 games.

[@malik87breaker]

Sounds interesting.

[@kidcharlemagne1002]

Can confirm

[@kekeke8988]

Impressive as all hell in 2005.

[@codyburgess6414]

Excellent review Game Sack of $hit.

[@CrysisFear]

Ahead of its time system that still keeps up even in 2024

[@Keifus666]

Damn. I was about to go to sleep before working another 12 hour shift, then this shows up.

[@MykeBatez]

Excellent video. Thank you so much for taking the time to figure out & record such nice captures from the PSTV. The PSP's library deserves to have it's unique style shown off so well. Cheers ! & great overview of the library!

[@ricardopagan7637]

I love how he wears a t-shirt with his portrait on it

[@JazGalaxy]

Thanks for all your hard work. This episode really struck me in terms of how much you have to play to fit in so many increasingly complex titles.

[@Holammer]

In the Japanese Disgaea games the Prinnies end sentences with -ssu (desu), there are variants of this and it's both a dialect and a cute quirky speech thing. Whomever added the dood thing in the English translation made a huge mistake. But man... The PSP! Such a great system and there are tons of near forgotten games to explore on it. If you dabble in the dark arts of emulation you can get rid of the typical PS1/PSP style dithering, crank up the resolution and best of all, play with a regular pad so you don't get the CLAW. My hands cramp up in just minutes on handhelds.

[@BinaryDood]

buying an unlocked PsP was the greatest gaming decision I have ever made. I suddenly had 400+ amazing games all in a single library from multiple systems and generations I could easily bring with me at any time.

[@plumdumpster]

You missed the opportunity to have us guess what game was coming up with Ridge Racer by showing the Galaxian loading game. "It's Ridge Racer! Riiiiiiidge Racerrr!"

[@procommentr]

Ft. a giant enemy crab

[@poble]

@@procommentr attack its weak point for massive damage

[@retromtg1834]

I remember when PSP first came out there was a glitch/bug in Wipeout Pure where you could surf the internet before the actual web browser was available. Think they had to patch it out bc people were finding ways to download stuff left and right

[@pyronmasters]

I bought it because it’s “A Portable PSONE” I ripped and converted most of my old PS discs.

[@Humbird00]

Before it came out, I think everyone expected the PSP to just be a portable PS1, but it ended up being so much more.

[@pawnshifter6435]

the psp's game performance is close to the ps2, and there's a bunch of emulators

[@corey2232]

@@Humbird00 Yeah, it became a hacker/modder's dream system. I knew people that went through several models just for modding alone lol

[@nostartia]

I'm recently discovering this little system and it's surprising me all the time. I was trying to find a way to have all konami shooters from the 90s and the gradius, parodius, twinbee and salamander compilations are truly the ultimate way of having them all, plus extras, soundtests with extra tracks... a konami wetdream. Sunday morning in Barcelona feels better every two weeks with your videos. Thank you always for your great work, been a fan for ages :)

[@JeffBreyer]

Crisis Core is one of the best Final Fantasy's ever made. Really loved that game. I wish they had released it on PS Now or something like that.

[@xkiroxX]

PSP was my emulation machine for the longest time. Loved this beast

[@TerraWare]

As a handheld enthusiast the PSP is one of my favorites. It was one of the first systems I bought with my own money. Still got it in it's original slide in pouch, although I use a micro sd memory adapter with all my ISO's in it. The drive noises can be rather annoying.

[@Gloryboyquan]

psp great handheld

[@rorytaylor626]

One of my favorite games for the PSP was Gitaroo-Man Lives! It's basically just a port of the PS2 game but that's alright since I can't have too much Gitaroo-Man in my life.

[@cooppp]

Joe missed out on talking about some of the great fighting games that the PSP had Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max Darkstalkers Chronicles The Chaos Tower Power Stone Collection Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Tekken 6 Blazblue Calamity Trigger Blazblue Continuum Shift and many more System was really a great machine if you wanted portable fighting games or even wanted to practice on the go before a tournament

[@xOmniCloudx]

Every single game you listed was a port and/or had a (superior) console equivalent.

[@cooppp]

@@xOmniCloudx Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max and Tekken Dark Resurrection are the superior versions of their respective games. And you're really underscoring the technical advances the PSP made in that you could have a fully featured console fighting game on the go to pick up and play. Previous generations had watered down versions that often played nothing like their original games like the Gameboy versions of Mortal Kombat or Tekken Advance

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

Thanks, Joe. It'd been months since I played Midnight Club, Twister by Drummattic Twins was finally out of my head, and then you have to go and show me Wipeout Pure. *opens new tab, listens to damn song* now, back to the episode....

[@dreamspheree]

The psp is insanely awesome! :) I spent more time on the psp then the ps2. And I played most of these games here. Core crisis penny and hammer Harry are gems, also joun ark games is nice,the story is great but there better turn based strategy games on the system. Many unique remakes like the castlevania and many more a true gem of a system overall

[@DarthEquus]

I modded my PSP right out of the box, and used it mostly to play PS1 games on the go. This, however caused me to miss out on several original PSP games, so thanks for posting this. Time to revisit the old little system that could.

[@AlterRaigo]

The PSP was such a criminally underrated system. My favorites were Monster Hunter, SEGA compilation, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Dissidia, etc...

[@BetweenTheLyons]

People don't realize that the Psp supported wifi before it was widely available. Before that, if you wanted demos or music, you would have to use a USB cable for the download. Before the official PlayStation store began,gaming companies would upload their demos straight to the internet in various places. I remember using Photoshop to create a white jpg that I shared with some people online to turn it into a flashlight. With the browser, you could browse files, so you could create a text file as your default homepage that had with links to your favorite sites/porn, as well as a flash booter for flash animations or small games. Fucking love this thing.

[@regpaul7894]

As for the last game, you could play it using ''cough an emulator cough'' in it.

[@hugo-garcia]

The best thing on sunday morning is drinking my bulletproof coofe with bacon/eggs and watching game sack :)

[@FreakGeSt]

The Prinis need a rival that says "bro" all the time.

[@PAINNN666]

bruh*

[@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160]

It would be better if the rival said “sweet” all the time. Or that may be too old a reference for ya. It’s from a movie that came out a couple years after I graduated high school

[@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160]

Lol, before the “bruh” there was the “bro” and before that it was “brother”. I’m not sure why all the younger generations have to make up their slang words. My generation included but I don’t remember my generation having weird spellings except for that snoop dogg language that came out in the late 90s

[@ByGeorge846]

Joe thank you for your continued devotion to this channel despite all the changes and adjustments I'm sure you've had to make over the last year or so. My every-other-Sunday-morning routine would be all out of whack without Game Scrotum-- er, Ball Sack.

[@leecroft1983]

Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is still my favourite PSP game. The game just suits the PSP so well and stands up extremely well aside the console versions.

[@AzrialAlaria]

Overclocked PSPs will run the game correctly without framedrops

[@thecunninlynguist]

Just listened to your interview w/ the Retro Hour! Great interview! Game Sack 10 year anniversary next year...wow, congrats! (I was a late watcher, found out about GS in 2015)

[@g7gatsu]

I'm a simple man, i remember ff7 Crisis core ending and start crying inside and outside

[@jakobscoll2432]

Just beat that game... that ending got me

[@symmetrie_bruch]

that´s the price of freedom

[@Candle_Calmness]

Ah Praise god a KZbinr makes a video solely on Handheld games alone !! This is why i love this Channel.

[@vintygti]

Perfect timing. I found my old psp during the week and was thinking of picking up some games for it. Thanks again for the great content✌

[@vintygti]

@@stayskeptic3923 loads of built in games😉✌

[@cloudtx]

My all-time favorite portable console. I just love the games, the controls and the capacity to play PS1 games. So many great games on the console too: The 2 God of War games, Killzone, the GTA games, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite etc etc. It didn't beat the DS but I think it definitely left a mark as a really successful portable. Great video Joe!

[@Overbound]

LIke a PS2 but without extra shoulder buttons and only 1 analog. Well then it is more like the Dreamcast controller isn't it?

[@MegaManNeo]

Feels more like they really went for the SNES controller design this time but with an additional analog stick. The Dreamcast has analog triggers too, something the PSP (and still the Switch for that matter) lacks.

[@mistermatix8241]

This video inspired me to dig out and recharge my psp 2000...TODAY! Fave games? Wipeout Pure, Syphon Filter, Ridge Racer, Pursuit Force, Sega Megadrive Collection, GTA, Burnout Legends, Midway Collection, LocoRoco 1 & 2, Mercury MADNESS, to be honest, I love em all! I'd forgotten how much I loved my PSP until I saw this video. Happy to say my PSP is working brilliant out of storage, battery is good, and the TV out is working superbly! I used to play my PSP all the time, but as time progressed and I got a smartphone, it sort of faded out.....thanks to Game Sack.......it's back, and I'm loving it all over again.....my phone's battery can relax a bit!

[@PSVitaat2am]

Do a review of the PS Vita!

[@megascorchertv]

I freaking loved the Megaman remakes, especially Maverick Hunter X. There are some new things in that game you didn't mention. When you beat it, you get a 25 minute anime that's like a prequel to the game's story and AFTER that, you unlock Vile and that has a whole new story, and changes up the gameplay a tiny bit due to his weapons. It's a shame the games sold poorly initially because they became popular once the online store was introduced and Capcom already cancelled ALL Megaman projects. AW WELL.

[@videogameobsession]

One of my favorite games on the PSP was Rock Band. Harmonix really did a great job with that one. It's right up there with Frequency and Amplitude (the PS2 version). I also loved the Gradius Collection (M²/Konami). It's a shame we didn't get the others (Parodius, TwinBee, Salamander) here in the USA.

[@newwavejunkie]

I only recently discovered that you can mod the PSP for emulating all kinds of roms. It’s a great little handheld!

[@badbirdkc]

I don't know when it started, but it seems every racing game has that same sultry female voice guiding you through the tutorial. Like I can't figure out a racing game without some breathy voice promising me a hand job at the end.

[@benaires07]

I had NO idea that the PSP was such a little POWERHOUSE!!!! Good to see Gamesack FINALLY getting around to the nuts and bold of the PSP!!! You guys always BREAK things down to a SCIENCE!!!! Great reviews!!!! And the movie Collection for the PSP was NOT that bad!!! ^_^ I'll check out Console Crunch tonight!!! Good thing Compile the previous episodes; kinda like a run-down on what you guys have been covering for years on end!!!!

[@williammoore1030]

Have you ever done an episode talking about rip-offs that are better then the originals. I think that could be a cool topic if not.

[@GameSack]

There's an episode called Copycat Games! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3izeHhvmpmWf5Y

[@williammoore1030]

@@GameSack thanks.

[@benvanasdale6273]

The PSP is a treasure. I'm not much of a Sony guy, but holy balls, I spent a lot of time with that thing. I got one at launch (The Value Pack w/the memory stick and such) with Riiiiiidge Racerrr and because of that, it's still one of my favorite games on the system. Also Monster Hunter Freedom 1/2/Unite, Dissidia, Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner...man, what a great system.

[@gamernaut8864]

The Wipeout series is the king of anti-gravity, futuristic racing.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

ofc it is, but with pulse and all of those remakes the serie gone downhill

[@voteDC]

I'm surprised that in a 40 minute video that emulation on, and of, the PSP was not mentioned. As a emulation handheld the PSP is still one of the best options out there with excellent build quality, a great screen, and of course its own native library. Emulation of the handheld brings great enhancements to the games with upscaling providing a new look in many cases and when combined with high resolution texture packs, the games really do take on a new life.

[@Humbird00]

The PSP was perfectly designed for handheld emulation. It was also the first portable system that was powerful enough to do it really well, so it's no surprise that the hacking scene for it took off like crazy.