PSP: Capcom Puzzle World (Review)

I got to be honest, and I heard about this game over the internet. Looked it up, and found out that one of the games included was Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. That is the main reason I looked for this game, and really not interested on the other games that were added here. Well yea, Buster Brothers is interesting, but not so much as Puzzle Fighter!

If you haven’t played Puzzle Fighter already, I do urge you to do so. It is great invention by Capcom. The levels are great and challenging, the graphics are cool and shiny. I especially like the chibi Street Fighters and Darkstakers characters on it. One and I think the best feature for this game is the options on how you can choose to play. For example, puzzle type X, Y, or Z.

Type X, is where the most skill and thinking is required to beat your opponent, and I would say it is the hardest when you play the computer, and type Y is the easiest and the more fun for me. I think because not so much skill is required here, but have to depend on luck and the computer I guess takes it easy on you, even if you choose to play the hard mode. Type Z, I rarely play it, but it looks similar to Ultimate Block Party. If you have already played it, you would know.

Overall this is an excellent puzzle game that wont disappoint puzzle gamers. I recommend it much ^_^

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PSP: Capcom Classic Collection Reloaded (Review)

Capcom Classic Collection Reloaded is a game packed with the most popular arcade machines of the past. The games included here are: 1942, 1943, Ghouls N Ghosts, Commando, Mercs, Street Fighter II, SonSon, Exed Exes, Gun Smoke, The King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, and more.

Playing these might bring back memories to the old time gamers, like it did when I played it. I can tell my kids “look!! This is what I used to play when I was your age.” and I know they wouldn’t care much, because they are really into the newest game releases and movies. Gaming has come so far now, these might be consider antiques; not interested in the old stuff, but it doesn’t matter, I still like my old school games. Haha!

So what is going on in this game? Well, when you play the games on it, whatever might be, you will be earning credits and these credits will added at the game over of every game you play. You will be able to unlock cheats, music, and art, by playing the slot machine with the credits you have already earned. The video below is showing this.

My rating for this game is 9 out of 10, I would not have minded if they would have added more classic games on it. But then, again, it is really good and entertaining and a personal favorite.

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PSP Text Messaging Via AdHoc

I had heard the PSP could do text messaging via AdHoc before, and so, I was curious to find out more about it. This would be great for those who have a PSP and knows a play buddy who also owns a PSP, but the one thing to keep in mind is that both PSPs got to have Homebrew enable.

Well, just imagine you are in the house, bored in your room with your PSP, while your other PSP buddy is in another room, you can’t talk to each other but you certainly can text him/her via AdHoc on your PSP. The great thing about using AdHoc for this is that you don’t need internet connection and besides loading web pages on the PSP is really time consuming. Adhoc is more convenient for the use of this feature, and is fastest as it is just a connection on 2 PSPs or even more.

At this point in time, there are 2 Homebrew developers that have come up with this application for the PSP. Check out the links to find more about them, and if interested download the applications (free) and let me know what you think!

1. PMS-PSP-Message-Service

2. Adhoc-Messenger-V2-0

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PSP Emulations: SVC Chaos (Review)

SVC Chaos Stands for SNK VS CAPCOM Chaos. It is a 2d fighting game in which the best or some selected fighters from the world of SNK go against the best of Capcom fighters. The fighters were selected from many previous fighting games. For example, King of Fighters, Street Fighter, Dark Stalkers, Samurai Showdown and more. 12 SNK selectable characters plus 12 Capcom characters + hidden characters make it as the title suggests: a chaos!! haha

Really the 2 powerhouses, who have given us great games in the fighting genre, collide here and we see who really dominates in the fighting game world. This has been a long released title, and I know, because I remember playing this at the local arcade maybe more than 5 years ago.

Now with the convenience of the PSP NEO GEO emulation, I can play it anytime I want, and practice my moves. I need all the training I could get so I can finally beat the last boss of the game. Which can be 2, either Mr. Karate From SNK (which is that guy with the stupid long nose mask) or Akuma From Street Fighter.

You’ll have fun playing this on your PSP, I guarantee it!!

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PSP Emulations: Bust-A-Move (Review)

Probably the greatest puzzle game preferred by many, especially women and don’t ask me why, because I don’t have the answer for that. I have been carrying this game on my PSP SNES Emulator, and the women in my life ask me for it, so they can play it.

Bust-a-Move from Taito is a great entertaining puzzle game. The controls are very simple, and so just about anyone, and even a 6 year old can understand the concept, but there is also strategy and aiming that comes into play.

The goal of the game is to launch the different color balloons to their perspective color. At least 3 are required to make them fall off from the screen. The screen shrinks from the top and so the balloons will drop down after a certain period of time. If the balloons reach the bottom of the screen because you failed to make the balloons fall off, it will be game over. In case you successfully clear the screen of balloons, you will have won and will go to the next stage. There are a total of 100 stages available on 1P Play mode.

This game will totally entertain you. I do recommend it much. It is fun puzzle game for me, and have no complaints on my part. Enjoy!

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PSP Emulations: Super Mario World (Review)

This just shows how old of a gamer I am. Hehe! Back in the day when Super Nintendo was the hottest gaming system in the world. There wasn’t even any Sony Playstation back then, and so Nintendo was king because of the lack of competition.

So many Mario series out there, I don’t even want to mention because I know I will mess up on the count. Super Mario World was a really good game to play in its days of glory and for many people was the game that introduced the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), much like the first Mario Bros. introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

What was so great about Super Mario World? Well, you name it, the controls, the stage secrets, Yoshi, castle missions, ghost house missions, under wSater missions and much more…I can’t say how many different stages there are here, but trust me it can very well keep you going and playing for hours and hours and you will probably will forget to count one or more hidden stages.

With the PSP emulating any SNES games, I can never let go of playing those games I used to play long ago.

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PSP Emulations: Samurai Showdown 2 (Review)

Samurai Showdown 2 is a Weapon’s fighting game and much like the first and original Samurai Showdown, we see improvements here on the sequel. I especially like the new characters added to the game. Kibagami Genguro (as seen on the video below) is a personal favorite, much because of his style of fighting and cool confident attitude.

Another improvement feature I saw in this game that wasn’t on the original, is the special deadly attacks, in which the aggressor doing the special attack breaks the opponent’s weapon while doing heavy damage. Although the weapon comes to play in a few moments later, the weaponless fighter stands at a disadvange for that period of time. Blocking hard slashes always takes health energy away for those without their weapon.

In this game there are 15 characters in all, plus the final boss which is really hard. To beat her you will need to be sharp skilled, and a big potion of luck. Haha ^_^

This game is definitely an old timer, I remember playing it at the local liquor store quite a few years ago, but it has not gone out of style in my book. And now on the PSP I can emulate it, and play it whenever I want.

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