What should I buy for my PSP!

[Streets Of Rage]

Alright guys im kinda bored with the games I have for my PSP and havent bought anything or kept up to date with anything since I arrived in the US back in mid-august, so im wondering whats good thats out on the PSP?

RPGs and platformers and anything 2d would be nice! Are there any decent shmups out? Any help would be lovely!

[Streets Of Rage]

Being an idiot I forgot about Ask The Forum, this should probably be in there, could someone move it for me please, thanks!

[wicky]

I have barely used my psp

the only game that keeps me going back to it is taiko no tatsujin

[Johnny]

PSP must haves (IMO of course):

Tekken Dark Resurrection
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Ridge Racer 2
Initial D Street Stage
Locoroco
Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast (unless you own a console version)
Pro Evo 6 (again, unless you have a console version)
Gokumakaimura/Ultimate Ghosts n Ghouls
Every Extend Extra
Lumines/Lumines 2
GTA Libery City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
Tales of Eternia

There's more but that's all I can think off without going through my collection in more detail.

[Jusatsushi]

Sega Genesis Collection has saved my PSP from the shelf. Loads of really good 2d platformers (Comix Zone, Ristar, Sonic) and three Phantasy Star games!

[importaku]

Another recommendation for Locoroco from me its the only game i enjoy playing on psp. Its also the only game that can make me smile all the time im playing it.

[NekoFever]

I've really liked Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. It's a great MGS game and also a game designed with portable play in mind, since it's divided into missions that can mostly be finished in ten minutes or less. Top game.

[dvdmike]

Just got mine with
Gradius
GTA VCS
Capcon classics reloaded
Lumines II
Gitaroo Man Lives
Mercury Meltdown

Getting tomorrow
Burnout Legends
Ridge Racers

Join up tp the psp store and there are demos of Ridge Racer 2 and Loco Roco

[toythatkills]

Gitaroo Man Lives

Wouldn't recommend that tbh, it takes longer to load than it does to play, and doesn't play as well as on PS2.

[charlaph]

I'll second Initial D, I bought it just out of curiousity as I like the anime and wasn't expecting too much but it's actually very decent once you get into it a bit.

[dvdmike]

Any recomended places I can buy Initial D ?

[fuse]

Johnny's list seems pretty solid, one that's missing from everyone's list sofar though is DJ Max Portable. It's a fantastic little music game, nice range of difficulty, good tracks, and brilliantly presented.

Still need to pick up Ultimate Ghouls & Ghosts + Every Extend Extra myself... crap.

[Johnny]

PSP must haves (IMO of course):

Tekken Dark Resurrection
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Ridge Racer 2
Initial D Street Stage
Locoroco
Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast (unless you own a console version)
Pro Evo 6 (again, unless you have a console version)
Gokumakaimura/Ultimate Ghosts n Ghouls
Every Extend Extra
Lumines/Lumines 2
GTA Libery City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
Tales of Eternia

There's more but that's all I can think off without going through my collection in more detail.

Had a look through my stuff and would also recommend these:

Metal Gear Acid 1 and/or 2
Virtua Tennis
Wipeout Pure
Burnout Legends
Katamari Damacy
Street Fighter Zero 3
Gradius Portable
Daxter

Loads of great PSP games. Don't believe the urban myth of it having nothing worth buying.

Also, if you like your shmups, Konami are releasing compilations of Salamander, Parodius and Twinbee in January. I can't wait for those myself!

[Johnny]

Any recomended places I can buy Initial D ?

Try YeaAsia. Wait for a few weeks though as it's coming out as a “The Best” release in Jan and should therefore cost little over a tenner!
Bargain for what I would consider one of the very best and utterly essential games of not only the PSP, but 2006.
It's the most up to date console version of the arcade game' not counting the latest version which was only fairly recently given a location test in Japan.

[JohnMcL7]

If I could only have one game for the PSP it would be Every Extend Extra - I found it slow to get into although I finally got the hang of it and now I find it incredibly frustrating...however I can't keep myself away from it, although you're punished for little mistakes and the game gets a lot more difficult the better you do, it's sooooooo rewarding when you're in control of it all and pulling off massive chains. With its bright, vibrant colours it's well suited to the PSP and I often find myself with the music in my head. I was initially concerned about there only being nine levels but I'm still not good enough to get past stage 7, I just get the standard ending

Other games which I've enjoyed on the PSP are Mercury and Mercury Meltdown - they can be irritating at times but I find them quite rewarding to progress through.

Biggest disappointment for me has been Katamari, I really like the PS2 version and while the PSP version is technically a good port the controls just let it down entirely for me. Aside from the lack of accuracy I find I can only do a couple of levels before my fingers are hurting too much to continue.

John