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Archive for the ‘PSP’ Category

August 17th, 2008

The video game console controller ‘family tree’

Ever wonder how the modern video game console controller came to be? Well, thanks to the ingenious Sock Master, we now have a pretty good idea. Here’s a little tidbit from his “study” entitled “Sock Master’s Game Console Controller Family Tree”:
How did the current home-console controllers come to be? How have they evolved? You may […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

July 31st, 2008

The History of Video Games in two minutes

I’m currently watching a video on the history of video games by YouTube user applemctom, and my wife, Joyce, keeps asking me why I know majority of the games featured in the video. I guess my video games addiction is finally showing, eh? To test my mettle, I tried to list down in order all […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

Video game consoles, then and now

Did you know that there have been at least 63 video game consoles and personal computers in the past 50 years? Well, I didn’t … honestly. So imagine my surprise when I came across this video:

The author of this mish-mash, however, missed the entire Apple line of personal computers. I owned an Apple IIc, so […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

August 11th, 2006

Genesis classics coming to PS2 and PSP - Huzzah!

I won’t go into too much detail because Racketboy already has a great article regarding this release on his blog, but if you haven’t seen it here’s the gist of the situation.
Sega have announced that a compilation of 28 classic Genesis titles will be available for your SonyTM PlaystationTM 2TM and your SonyOMG PlaystationWTF PortableLOL […]

By alewing -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2006

Ho-hum, schmo-hum…

MattG from Press The Buttons seems to be having a problem with the recently announced Sonic Rivals:
Dear Sega: please stop. You’ve gone and announced Sonic Rivals for the Sony PlayStation Portable which is essentially just the multiplayer race segments from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic Rush. I don’t know how to break […]

By Jonic Linley -- 0 comments

May 3rd, 2006

Sonic Rivalry Heats Up

Well this was a nice surprise. Sega have announced a brand new original Sonic title for the PSP in the form of Sonic Rivals. It’s being developed by BackBone Entertainment, which will their first effort with the series. We’ll no doubt hear more at E3, but for now the screenshots are looking pretty cool.

The British […]

By Jonic Linley -- 3 comments

March 8th, 2006

N64 on PSP?

The inimitably intrepid British Gaming Blog delivers the goods once again, with news that an emulation fan by the name of PSMonkey has successfully installed an N64 emulator on Sony’s handheld.
More and more consoles are getting emulated on the PSP, and it seems N64 is underway now. PSMonkey has got Mortal Kombat to work on […]

By Jonic Linley -- 11 comments

February 22nd, 2006

Arthur says “What now?”

To celebrate the news that Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins has been confirmed for your favorite handheld gaming console made by Sony, here is a short film about the dangers of attempting to recreate Sir Arthur’s adventures:

Hooray for Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins! My most sincere thanks to PSP Fanboy!
Hooray!
That’s enough of that, put some clothes on…
Tags: Humor, PSP, […]

By Jonic Linley -- 0 comments

February 15th, 2006

MGSDCPSP2

This is the same video that I mentioned in my last article concerning this game, but someone has since uploaded it to YouTube… I had difficulties watching the video smoothly when I viewed it through the Kojima Productions website, but this one works fine for me…
If you had trouble viewing last time then check it […]

By Jonic Linley -- 1 comment

February 9th, 2006

MGS Digital Comic: First look

Kojima Productions recently released a short movie clip on their website depicting scenes from the forthcoming “Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic”.
The comic, which is yet to be given a release date, will re-tell the story of Metal Gear Solid in a comic book format, complete with basic animation, sound effects and speech bubbles. From Gamespot:
“MGS […]

By Jonic Linley -- 1 comment