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Long live the Pixels: Top 10 Retro Games for PSP

Also many PSP games live from their impressive 3D graphics - but there are also some games, that using a retro design.

Check out the recent hand picked image selection of the Top 10 PSP retro games.

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portablegaming5044d ago

I love retro games. You gotta love these pixels. I don't know why so many people need 3D graphics. Cool 2D does the job as well.

Inside_out5044d ago (Edited 5044d ago )

They need to reinvent the PsP. I have a 3000 model and its forgetable. The 3D DS will take many of the PsP demographic away when it launches UNLESS Sony steps up and produces something special. They should start with 2 control sticks, something EVERYONE has asked for, and add a touch screen.

Apple is the future with Ipod touch/Ipad ushering a new and better way to play on the go. Many companies in the next 6-10 months will be launching tablet type gaming platforms. Epic has already said that Gears Of War and Unreal 3 graphics will be coming to a tablet and cell phone near you very soon...hmmmm...the question is...WHEN and by WHO???...

GWAVE5044d ago

PSP is great, especially if you hack it to put all of those NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, GBA, NeoGeo, etc emulators on it.

Oh, and Half Minute Hero on PSP is 100% pure retro RPG goodness.

al-burrito5044d ago

I like both - retro games AND impressive 3D games like GoW!

Sorano5044d ago

True. You just gotta love crisp 3D graphics. Nothing is better than Uncharted 2!

franktheprankreturns5044d ago

2D and retro sucks! Games started to be fun when 3D games came up. Before that they where only a lame excuse...

Miroque5044d ago

That is just totally wrong, dude...

-SIXAXIS-5044d ago

You're either being sarcastic or you're younger than 12...

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PlayStation Plus Hidden Gem: Rocket Knight

“As a reimagining of a classic 2D platformer, Rocket Knight remains one of my favourite modern examples of the genre so let's see why.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.

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Cronela's Mansion Gets Physical Game Boy & SNES Cartridges

The upcoming Cronela's Mansion will launch on Switch, NES, Game Boy and SNES, with the latter now set to receive physical cartridges.

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Atari has acquired the Intellivision brand, ending the first ever console war

Atari has acquired Intellivision. The company announced today that it had acquired its long-time rival, ending one of the original console rivalries, dating back to the 1970s.

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darthv727d ago

Wow.... two of my earliest gaming platforms. All they need is Coleco to round things out.

This is like Nintendo buying SEGA.

OtterX7d ago

YES! Colecovision was my start! I came to know Mario there in Donkey Kong before the NES was even a thing. :)

Golfcoachh6d ago

Yes such fond memories. My first was the odyssey, but I really started gaming on my colecovision. Had atari and intelivision but coleco was by far the best of the bunch to me.

Kratos_Kart20076d ago

Yes...a gamer from my era...LMAO

Coleco was good...LOL

shinoff21836d ago

Mine was atari. You guys go back further then me even

anast7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Good piece of history here.

edit: I wanted to read it but the cookies pop up is stopping me.

badboyz097d ago

This was just before my time. I do remember my mom's friend having one all dusty in her apartment back in the day.

[R.I.P.} Ms. Irene

Abear217d ago

People forget that console wars are part of the history of this industry. The console wars were started by competitive companies all the way back then and continued through Sega vs Nintendo, Jaguar/3DO/NeonGeo, and PlayStation vs Nintendo and Xbox.

These companies are across oceans and competing for the same business. These companies created the console wars, not crazy fanboys.

anast7d ago

Console wars are fun. It's fun to be a fanboy too. I don't get what's wrong with any of this as entertainment.

darthv727d ago

Young kid school yard banter was fun. 30-40+ year olds still doing it is just disturbing. Many my age (50+) grew out of that a long time ago. We may still have our preferences, but we also embrace a more central position because there is a lot to enjoy on a wide range of genres and systems.

You'll understand one day and then things will forever change.

shinoff21836d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Atari to nes. Mario bros hooked me

anast6d ago

@Darth

Yes, I'd like to think 'we' take a central position most of the time, at work, at the grocery, mundane interactions in the world, with our health habits, and so on. Sure, reaching the Aristotelian middle is a great thing, but so is having a few hobbies in which we don't have to be this way, and as long as there's transparency, which is key, they can be considered a category of 'socially acceptable' fun not completely limited to age. Of course, there are extreme circumstances, but to blanket the whole idea of fun with only extreme cases and age is a bit juvenile.

Also, as I've been doing this living thing, I've found that age isn't a necessary perquisite for wisdom, though, it does affect taste.

anast6d ago

@Shin
Mario pulled me in, but Mega Man hooked me. We even used to LARP it. Good 'ol days.

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Petebloodyonion6d ago

The only thing back then was that the game would still appear on competing platforms.
Remember the Coleco Vision could play Atari2600 games via an Expansion modude.

jznrpg7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

I had both. Snafu on Intellivision was addicting as hell. Also had Colecovision which had Time Pilot. Combat was probably my favorite Atari game and both Atari and Intellivision had similar games like Pitfall and Jungle Hunt. It’s been so long I don’t really remember which game I liked bettter out of those but I did play my Intellivision a bit more than Atari though I’m not sure why besides Snafu. That was 40+ years ago damn I’m old lol

Dagexon7d ago

Ahh you're making me all nostalgic! Not old enough to have played these on original hardware but my first console was a bootleg console from Costco that had a bunch of intellivision and atari games. Then had a lot of fun with intellivision and atari collections on ps1 and 2.
Snafu was one of my favourite games and me and my partner still occasionally play it to this day

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