Great video! You missed out on Cabela’s legendary adventures. Been years since I’ve played it, but I remember you were going on historical hunting trips in a semi open world with small quests and even leveling up with xp.

Honestly, even in 2023, (close to 2024) the PSP still feels kind of impressive, like you get almost PS2 level games in your pocket in 2005 when PS2 was still popular

the psp is such an impressive console for it's time, it's odd that it's not talked about much these days compared to other consoles of it's time

While the PSP might not've had the perfect control scheme to handle first person shooters, it is wild to me that it only has 2 more FPS games as the GBA did

Ghost in The Shell was probably my most played PSP game of all time VERY fun FPS

Both Carnivores games is on mobile phones nowadays and have addressed all the issues you mentioned. Except the weird ambiance when viewing your trophy collection, that's still in there.

King Kong was an impressive port for the psp. It really felt like a portable version of the PS2 port

Watching this on a TV really doesn't do justice for how sharp these graphics looked on the awesome screen built into the PSP.

I got the PSP version of King Kong when it came out and thought it was really good - way better than what most of the reviews were saying about the PSP version. Some time later I got King Kong for Xbox and realized just how stripped down the PSP version was. I think the PSP version had like 15 levels and the console version had like 40 (!!). Also, the console version had a lot of unlockables that the PSP didn't have.

Master Edition PSX Doom from the doomworld forums Basically a team reverse engineered and decompiled the PS1 version of Doom, made a bunch of improvements and bugfixes to the engine, made PS1 versions of all the levels that were missing from the PS1 versions of Doom and Final Doom (as well as Romero's Sigil, the No Rest for the Living XBox Live exclusive Doom 2 episode and some others) and swapped those in for the original levels, added in new monsters such as the Archville which was missing from PS1 Doom and 'nightmare' versions of some standard enemies, and then recompiled the whole thing back into a PS1 iso. And on top of that they even went ahead and converted into into a PSP eboot too, available on the forum thread. Anyway once I set up the controls the way I liked (face buttons to move/strafe, analog to turn, shoulders to fire/use, dpad to switch weapons), it's the best FPS experience I've had so far on the PSP. Can't recommend it enough

The best setup for the PSP was also having the option to aim using the left analogue and the face buttons for movement. Many shooters did have this option.

I actually carry around a PSP with me a lot these days. It's easier to fit in a pocket than a Vita, and it's surprisingly ergonomic despite the smaller size. Additionally, the fairly simple file structure makes the process of tinkering and modding largely hassle-free. It's still an awesome handheld to use if you can get one for cheap. I got mine from a family member for the very low price of $0.

I really liked Medal of Honors Heroes. Used to play for hours on multiplayer. In those days there was full servers of people having a blast. Done full story, maybe even twice, great game. Really liked controls, a lot of PSP shooters have similar but kind of crappy controls they never felt good, but his game works great.

I'm still disappointed we didn't get that Coded Arms 3 PS3 game. I'd buy remasters for both PSP ones. I'd like to see a new Ghost In The Shell FPS game too.

I used to play Nova on iOS way back in the day on my old iPod Touch, same with a lot of Gameloft’s games. All of their games were clearly knock-offs but it was still pretty novel to be playing 3D games like that in the early days of Apple devices. It’s too bad that Nova runs at 20 FPS on PSP, I remember my iPod playing it at 60

Ghost in the Shell had alot of games, starting with the PS1 port. Don't worry about figuring the universe out, it's already complicated as is, especially for people who aren't interested in the series or is a newcomer.

Carnivores - There were four Carnivores games for Windows. Carnivores, Carnivores 2, Carnivores: Ice Age, and Carnivores: Cityscape. THe last being a tradition FPS game rather than a hunting sim. I forget if it was the first or second game (probably works in both), but I was able to climb out of the trophy room by running and constantly jumping in the corner. There's nothing up there though, just a vast, empty plain of repeating texture. Also, as I recall, you could swap the animal fils between Carnivores 2 and Ice Age, and hunt dinosaurs in the snow, or Ice Age creature in a tropical setting.

Never knew Carnivores was rereleased for the PSP. They were over 10 years old back then. Seems they were based on the iOS ports that were made the same year. Wikipedia doesn't seem to acknowledge that Ice Age was ported to the Playstation Portable. On that note I wished they rereleased more fps games from the early 2000s and late 90s. Imagine Starsiege: Tribes or Giants: Citizen Kabuto on the PSP!

I have memories of playing Battlefront on my psp in multiplayer and the servers would always be full, the community was so active and the battles so large in scale for such a small console! That was in 2006-2007 I believe.

The PSP experience is unbeatable; as a kid, it was unforgettable. I first got my PSP as a gift and I didn't even know what it was at the time, I thought the analogs were speakers too haha! The tech was odd and futuristic. I was confused with the UMD system but fired up SOCOM: US Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo, but man, got me playin' over and over. It got me through hell week and boredom. Unfortunately, I lost my PSP on a flight to SG. The game SOCOM was ahead of its time and the voicework is top notch which made me believe the PSP was something spectacular that made me dive into emulation to play it again 8 years later. The reason why I love shooters in general

I seen the Cabela short and was sold. Good content Frame

I had a modded PSP with Nazi Zombies Portable (Quake hack) and i remember immediately remapping the walking controls to the face buttons, remapping camera to the analog stick, and remapping the face buttons to the D pad. It worked way to well just flipping the controls. Using face buttons has always sucked as camera controls. And this way the D pad could have been better utilized, as most games leave it unused.

Is it me or did Peter griffin just came up out of no where in a frame

Been looking for a video like this for years, thanks

Carnivores and Ice Age, if I understand correctly - are PSP ports of the 1998 and 2001 games of the same name respectively. Both were initially developed by Ukrainian studio Action Forms (who also made Chasm: The Rift in 1997, Vivisector: Beast Within in 2005 and Cryostasis in 2008 - all are kinda unique PC games with different ideas like varied weapons and limb damage in Chasm, brutal disection of enemies in Vivisector - something similar I didn't see until Doom Eternal and 2023 remake of Dead Space and Cryostasis had idea of going inside memories of dead crew members and fixing their past as well as heat mechanic where player's health was equal to the amount of heat they have) Apparently they also worked on these ports for Android and iOS as well as for PSP version. I actually played Coded Arms A LOT back on PSP. It was a great shooter for its time. PSP was such an amazing platform, but I mostly remember it as a great emulator for Gameboy Advance XD

The original Coded Arms was one of the most unique and impressive games I played on the PSP, I still play it to this day. Konami really should have released the soundtrack, its fantastic.

I believe there was a second Star Wars Battlefront game on the PSP called Renegade Squadron, tried to buy it once but when I opened the box it just had another copy of Battlefront 2 inside. I was travelling through another state too so I couldn't just return it. I'm still salty about that tbh.

I completed Half Life and HL: Blue Shift on psp :))

Great video. Ghost recon advanced war fighters 2 can be played in first person as well. Gameplay is not bad, it grows on you after a while.

yess, new FR! watch the first ghost in the shell, the 90s one, its the best thing to come from that franchise (the PS1 game is good too)

With Adrenaline on the PSVITA all of the problems/difficulty with the face buttons can be re-mapped away! loved the revisit!

You mention some people listing Resistance as an FPS on PSP. I think people are confusing that game with Burning Skies on the Vita. Retribution was the only 3rd person in the series. All the others, from Resistance 1-3 and Burning Skies were FPS. A shame we never got more from the series. I love alternate history. Shadow Hearts was an RPG that ran with the idea. Alternate history WW1 in its case. Singularity is another FPS that was on the PS360 era of consoles that is underappreciated.

i remember how unimaginably stoked i was to finally be able to play near-ps2 quality shooters on a handheld back then. i always found the 'southpaw' config made those games control decently (face buttons move/strafe, stick aims)

Always a good time seeing how cool the PSP is. I remember playing and at least trying almost all First Person Shooters on the handheld. One thing developers screwed up with the control layouts (since SONY for some odd reason decided to use only one analog stick) with most of these games, specially when proper layouts from the 32-bit era had the perfect scheme for these games. Make the analog turning left/right and moving up/down, L & R strafing and that alone would free all face buttons and the Dpad could be used as extra inputs. This is the perfect way to playing DOOM on the PS1, WHY they chose to mimic dual analog using the face buttons on the PSP is puzzling, they limit what can be done with an already known control layout from an era prior. These games end up being almost unplayable due to these decisions. Fortunately, we can customize controls using PPSSPP and even cheats for true dual analog, depending on the game.

This looks like a video made for me. I played so much Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Coded Arms.

If you run them by PPSSPP you can multibind multiple inputs, and I've found that it fixes most games.

I remember flipping my whole control for PSP FPS lol. Right hand face buttons for movement and left hand analog for looking.

Cool rundown, thanks for sharing!

Never had a PSP, but I did play the Carnivores series on PC and the port to PSP is actually very impressive. Ice Age is the 3rd in the series so you might be missing the Carnivores 2 PSP port if it exists.

Man I played the hell outta MoH Heroes back in the day. Or rather, I just played the skirmish mode with bots over and over and over

Ah yes!! I’ve been waiting for this c:

Here's how to bag a T-Rex every time in Carnivores: Run directly at it as fast as you can. It will always catch itself in a roar animation. When it does, shoot it in the eye with a pistol. The closer you are, the better. Fill your trophy room with those puppies by just recklessly charging at them.

Playing these games on a PS Vita allows you to customize these controls where you can use the left analog stick for looking.

I played so much Battlefront 2 back in the day and just now learned you could play in first person

The carnivores dinosaur hunter is a port of the ps3 download able game, which is really good. Similar in scope to the psp one, but graphics etc all much better. One of my fav hidden gems.

Man I’m a huge Medal of Honor heroes 1 and 2 fan. I was sooooo depressed for 2 weeks when they shut down the servers on my birthday in 2011😂. the best fps on that console and it’s a fact. 16vs16 multiplayer was the shit for the time man spent countless hours and years on that game from when I bought both for my 10th birthday in 2008 till the servers went down.

That Dark Void callout... Yes please give me that sequel

That control config used by the PSP was also how the dreamcast did FPS games and 3rd person shooters like MDK2. It worked a lot better, Dreamcast had a 1 stick, but the internals were primo Hall-Effect so it was super precise and immune to drift. Anyhoo I remember some of these games on the PSP; flat analogue sticks are fine if never really precise when they are big and cushy enough like the 3DS, but the small stiff hard psp one wasnt fun for the thumb over time. Great video as always and great to see these games running again.

am I just in a bubble or has the PSP been getting a lot of appreciation lately? picked mine up a few weeks ago and have been having a lot of fun with it

I used to play Battlefront alot on my psp so I find it kinda funny that I never knew it has a first person mode.

Some of these ports are pretty impressive, i've played the Brothers in Arms and Battlefront Ports on an actual PSP, and despite some preformance issues (BIA suffers from it the most, a few sections got pretty bad.), they're pretty solid. Really the most interesting fact about the PSP Battlefront games is that it has one of the last remaining bits of Battlefront 3, which was reworked into Elite Squadron as far as i know. The PSP from what i remember is damn hardy too, i must've dropped mine a dozen or more times, and it barely left a scratch, unfortunately mine is now very dead thanks to a washing machine. Was also a really good music player when i figured out how to put music files on it.

Ooooh, PSP! Sony's little handheld that had an odd digital revision and quite the cool library (and films hehe). I also like it due to the fact it has an emulator which can do online multiplayer alright (at least for Monster Hunter).

As a kid i was absolutely addicted to Battlefront 2 on the PSP (and AC Bloodlines, finished it like 3 times lol). Also played lots of MoH Heroes 2. Really good times.

ONLY 16? I dont believe you. There has to be more!

Trust me, the "extremely elaborate introduction" for Ghost in the Shell is pretty much how every damn episode of that anime was like. I love the show, byt omg the dialogue was heavy. I can't belive how much that Nova game looks like Halo. It borders on asset ripoff.

I spent a lot of time on Medal of Honor Heros just doing the multiplayer with bots, so much fun

Regarding Coded Arms 1: They forgot an important design feature of the game. The didn't add a melee. If you run out of ammo, you are screwed. That was the main reason why I never finished the game.

I remember playing Medal of Honor heroes online as a kid. Sitting next to my dad while he watched his action movies. Great memories.

The carnivores series is the euro jank fps games of choice for me.

I hope you can do a 32x console library and also I never realized how few FPS games are on the PSP. I thought there were at least a couple dozen.

Yo what was peter griffin doin in star wars.

the psp was quite the portable powerhouse back then, and it could play movies in decent quality, output to TVs and connect to wifi.

Been using the PPSSPP emulator and it's incredible, it makes PSP games look like in HD or its original SD graphics. I do hope they'll add the option to use 2nd analog stick on a controller rather than only touchscreen controls. 🤮

Apparently, the PSP Battlefront games were built off the remains of the scrapped Battlefront III title. MoH Heroes II's multiplayer was pretty fun back in the day, at least before people figured out how to hack it.

Medal of Honor Heroes was my first online multiplayer experience lol. I loved that game

If I were to emulate any of these, it would be Coded Arms by a landslide.

I believe ghost in the shell was actually developed by one of Sony's in-house studios specifically the same studio responsible for ape escape I don't remember their name.

Syphon Filter Dark mirror psp was & still is my favorite game, finished it 100%. Still play it from time to time

Dang I forgot completely about Ghost in the Shell, my stepdad bought a Japanese copy. He loves FPS games and I remember watching him play this but not knowing what it was until now 😅

I had no idea Carnivores was on anything other than PC. It looks pretty much identical to the PC version aside from lower res.

I had no idea there was a Ghost in the Shell game on the PSP, I would have loved to had played it.

Coded Arms on the PSP emulator with a mouse and keyboard hack is a lot of fun.

MoH Heroes 1 has taken a lot of my time. I like the skirmish mode, which unfortunately isn’t in 2

Love the StarCraft sounds :)

Your are the best psp KZfaqr

Can you make a video of all the PSP games that have auto-targeting? I find it often that its difficult to know which psp games have that (I find auto-targeting better than using the X Triangle etc as a right analog stick)

OMG I REMEMBER CARNIVORE DINOSAURS HUNTER!!! I played it on my first iPhone lol. I had so much fun with that game

Dude I just love galactic conquest in bf2. Great game mode

Oh man Coded Arms games, good times.

Loved the form factor of the PSP Go. I mean, it felt like trash to hold and play but it _looks_ great 😂❤

this is a first person mech sim first and foremost but one of my favourite shooters on the psp is Mobile Suit Gudam Bonds of the Battlefield, a port of an arcade game of the same name, sadly only ever got released in japan but think of it as a more arcady approach to mechwarrior based on the gundam IP, uses a metroid prime esc tank control scheme but I only find it works far batter in the psp’s favour than using the face buttons to aim. It’s singleplayer modes only stretch se far as mini challenge missions and the standard arcade mode but it is a shitload of fun

I bought a PSP on launch I had no idea that they made a carnivores port. I had that game for Windows 98

Dreamcast FPS use the same control scheme and I agree that's not nearly as awkward if you get used to it. I played a lot of Quake III on dreamcast and got way better at those controls than anyone should lol And I agree about the self centering camera. I don't understand why you would want that?

The voice acting in nova is hilarious

Tbh fps is not perfect but sometimes is good in psp the only one stick to control but to moving camera is a pain in this hardware the only I play psp game was racing game and 3d platformer plus I play GTA and metal gear in my old psp ngl I try play fps games in psp and it's hard to say the gameplay really good but the control is just can't work because of psp have only one stick but man psp really can show the hardware can handle like console but now you on the go it's not sell well like ds does but the game in psp such a great library game btw great video

I would love too see your thoughts on the thrillville psp fps, minigames,

Recently got a PSP, and I got NOVA just because I used to Play NOVA 2 on my MacBook. Kinda like how they tried to replicate FPS controls with decent aim assist and buttons. But hey, more recommendations for my PSP by watching this lol

won't lie, ALWAYS wanted to try the original Coded Arms

Love the vid

There was also Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: Ultimate Challenge which is a port of Dangerous Hunts 2 but with a lot of alterations and new hunting content. The cover art is just a cropped version of the cover art for the first Dangerous Hunts even though this is the second one and both are two completely different experiences (if you've never played Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 before, you're in for a surprise when you fight the final boss).

nice video :)

You Derek from SSFF to this 🥰. He actually did a video of Avery fps on the GBA

Holy shit, i remember playing coded arms so long ago.all I can remember was the gameplay, not the name.

Definitly the best console game from my era

A lot of good titles but I think people forget Medal of Honor on PS1. Even the lack of cover based systems or just the leaning of MOH or older COD games. Triggers for PS1/PSP wasn't uncommon. I got used to Spyro on triggers. Used left analogue with the Platinum version I assume but no right stick control. The left only for full analogue control or 8 way mimicking it varies per games use of the stick. Dreamcast shooters like Quake, 1 stick like come on. Was N64/PS1/Dreamcast that foreign to people it is nowadays but not back then and I haven't even played some other than Turok 2 N64 and it was foreign but got the hang of it, PS1 Rainbow Six was foreign, I got the hang of it, but PSP yeah nowadays two is normal but I got more the hang of those then I did N64/PS1 took a fair bit longer. Also no manual versus PSP I do mostly have the manual. The Killzone/Resistance/Syphon filter games are third person yes. Tom Clancy other PSP games do have first person views like Battlefront. Might need to do better research on some titles. I know as I own Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter PSP. Can't say for the others and well yes Rainbow Six on PSP makes sense as PS1 entries were or maybe the series always was FPS intended then third person of the other Tom Clancy series. I have Rainbow Six Vegas 1 console version (not 2 yet) and Advanced Warfighter 1&2 console version after the PSP version. They seem fine to me. Different or harder on PSP but still fine. With PSP expectations then console to handheld people have which isn't fair. Also Resistance Infection mode with Resistance 2 is cool. It's not Coded Arms aim is very particular it's awkward but fun. Medal of Honr has its moments, Contagion is linear and fair. I know bits about the Ghost in the Shell game but not seen the anime. Ywah the code minigame of Contagion is annoying. Assault for PS3 would have been awesome. I mean I get the shotoers out at the yimr or coming but I still would have played it. I am every shooter on PS3/360 that came out and not banned in my area. Got probably a 1/4 of the genres titles or the ones I probably care about too as well. Even here with this video some games I don't care about seem fine but still not my thing. Nova knew of but the other Minis are impressive for what fhey are. COD had faie moments and compared to Finest Hour or Big Red One. Not played 2 or 3 probably more representatively similar. While PSP puzzle games I loved and discovered. They aren't all very Gizmondo or Tapwave Zodiac like limited of games for it or puzzles suit the d-pad more. DS batteries worked better than PSP more I find. Let alone the music/video encoding eh. But people go oh this handheld layout is limited. It suited the time. If handhelds are like older consoles it fit PS1/2 well. Renegade Squadron lock on was more forced. Challenges as a hunt style mode/capture the flag modes on BF2 are fair besides the less maps or cut layouts. Galactic conquest is good besides it's cut corners. Ah Dark Void we will never get a 2nd sigh. I liked it. Yeah knew about King Kong the official movie of the game. Never played it. Cutscenes or shortening is always the case but not a bad thing for the limits of the hardware. MOH Heroes bot mode is good. Singleplayer is fair. The missions are ok, the camera is a bit awkward. Maps are fair size. 2 is more linear. 1 is more limited of personality and AI but it does fit MOH more. It was one of the earliest titles I started with before the console entries. Yeah Brothers in Arms more tactics and realistic then arcade cliff notes. Yeah Hell's Highway I have played so yet to play PSP or the older entries. Army of Two even was an ok 40th day port. Or Burnout compilations of games too. Many PSP games seem to do that out of laziness of best ofs or ports so why bother western devs. To me handhelds were good for Japanese games and western devs on a lower budget that can't make a console game. I wanted to think they were best ofs PS1/2 but they aren't always. Japanese AA always thrive on them for sure. Same with AA western or newcomer devs. Or handheld only stuck Dev's I guess in some cases. Even though on console it was like that besides the camera and control of say Resistance/Syphon filter on the PSP having their third person system work well. It's like God of War, Pitfall Lost Expedition, Knack. All use the right stick for dodging or the hand for tools. Some use it for combat. Do people forget because right stick eas new back then but camera 99% of the time besides well Knack or other games. Even with Japanese games very visual novel or other menu like still today they are still very face button menu focused still Square and Triangle menu uses besides O and X then Options or Touchpad. People just forget or don't remember/know any better. Or haven't played some games or gone back far enough. Sure it's completely different but as someone that has never held a 6 button controller or anything older yeah those do seem weird as much as the 1st-3rd gen controllers with the few buttons or the dials but they make sense for the time. Intellvision Lives doesn't communicate well on its limited buttons and layout. But Atari games do bind well and it's down to context from the game then the limited controls. Besides well Jaguar in Atari 50 with few buttons not used due to the 3/6, d-pad and 9 keypad buttons and overlays.

You should watch Stan Alone Complex. Really good sci-fi cop series even if you don't normally watch anime.

Carnivores on PSP?? I had no idea. Played 100s of hours of carnivores on PC.

They are surprisingly good

I think of the PSP as 'underappreciated franchise jail'

Yeah, FrameRater!