Publisher: Crave
Developer: Left Field
Genre: Racing
Release Date: Nov 2, 2006
Language: English
Type: .CSO
Size: 169 MB

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You might have to go back a few years to prove it, but there was a time when the equation "Dave Mirra + video games = sweet" was true. A couple of excellent-playing Game Boy Advance Dave Mirra titles were the best of the bunch, but the Xbox and PlayStation 2 have both seen decent games starring the famed BMX biker. Unfortunately, Dave Mirra BMX Challenge for the PlayStation Portable is another in a line of more recent Mirra-themed games that simply aren't worth your time or money.
BMX Challenge features a couple of single-player modes, including exhibition, quickplay, and a career mode that is laughably short. Career mode is split between two series: race events and trick events. The race events are incredibly simple, and even after finishing the novice mode and graduating to the pro difficulty level, only the most uncoordinated player will come in at anything less than second place. With some dedication, you can finish both difficulty levels in around two hours, and then it's time to move on to the trick series.

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Publisher: Atari
Developer: Dimps Corporation
Genre: 3D Fighting
Release Date: Mar 7, 2006
Language: English
Type: .CSO
Size: 311 MB

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Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai brings Atari and Dimps' successful anime-inspired fighting series to the PlayStation Portable in a package that isn't particularly ambitious but is still well-executed enough to make it worthwhile. The simple, fast-paced action of the Budokai series translates well onto the PSP, and the presentation is both eye-catchingly vibrant and technically flashy. Shin Budokai's bare-bones set of features is in stark relief against the game's solid core and is a little disappointing.
That Shin Budokai takes its cues from the first three Budokai games, and not Budokai Tenkaichi, should be a great relief to fans. Like its predecessors, Shin Budokai takes a basic 3D fighting game model and imbues it with the hyperkinetic energy synonymous with Dragon Ball Z. The game's controls map easily onto the PSP, using two of the face buttons for melee attacks, one for blocking attacks, and one for firing off ranged energy attacks. As you might expect, melee attacks can be easily strung into combos, and pressing both at once lets you throw your opponent. Holding down the block button puts your character's guard up, though well-timed taps on the block button can dodge an attack entirely or even throw an energy attack right back at your opponent.

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Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar Leeds
Genre: Modern Action Adventure
Release Date: Oct 24, 2005
Language: MULTI
Type: .ISO
Size: 668 MB

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Call it Grand Theft Auto Gaiden. While there have been handheld takes on the GTA series in the past, none of them have ever properly captured the things that made the modern installments in the series so popular. Things like the sprawling environments, its fast-action freestyle mayhem, and, of course, the series' great sense of humor just haven't come across on a handheld before. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is not without its problems, either; but it gets enough of the series' signature features in there to do you right.
Liberty City Stories brings you back to Rockstar's fictional take on New York City, first seen this way in 2001's revolutionary GTA III. This time around, the year is 1998, and you play the role of a returning wise guy named Toni Cipriani, who works for Salvatore Leone. Upon your return to town, you get right back to work, because the Leone crime family is about to start getting it from all sides. As you ascend to become Salvatore's right-hand man, you'll start and finish gang wars with other mafia types, a few triads, the yakuza...pretty much all of the usual suspects are present.

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Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar Leeds
Genre: Modern Action Adventure
Release Date: Oct 31, 2006
Language: MULTI
Type: .ISO
Size: 1.57 GB

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Rockstar's juggernaut Grand Theft Auto series debuted on the PlayStation Portable late last year in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, a side-story prequel to the events that took place in Grand Theft Auto III for the PlayStation 2. With Liberty City Stories, Rockstar successfully translated its open-ended world of crime to a handheld system, though not without a few missteps. Enter Vice City Stories, the newly released PSP GTA game that follows a similar side-story formula. Vice City Stories improves upon some of the flaws found in the first game, not the least of which is improved length and direction, as well as a great deal more personality. The story's still pretty subpar, though, and as much as this is very much Grand Theft Auto, certain conventions of the series are starting to feel a bit antiquated. Still, if you want to roam around a large city, shooting up the place and driving like a crazy person, few games on the PSP let you do that as well as this one does.
Vice City Stories returns to the pastel- and neon-colored excesses of the 1980s and Vice City. Modeled after '80s-era Miami, GTA: Vice City told a Scarface-inspired tale of Tommy Vercetti, a shunned mobster who found himself sifting through the aftermath of a cocaine deal gone wrong, and subsequently ended up building a major criminal empire throughout the city. It was a bizarre, convoluted, and completely entertaining tale, filled with ridiculous and profane characters, as well as lots of biting satire on the most superficial of decades. Vice City Stories is, again, a prequel, taking place a couple of years prior to the original game. You play as Vic Vance, the brother of central Vice City character Lance Vance. Vic's a strange fellow. When the game begins, he's just joined the army, and he gets off the transport truck at a military base in Vice City. Upon meeting his commanding officer--a borderline psychotic named Jerry Martinez--things start going wrong. We find out that Vic has joined the military to make some money to support his family, specifically his sick brother. But within the first few minutes of the game, you'll find yourself inexplicably picking up drugs for Martinez, killing Mexican gang members, and chauffeuring prostitutes.

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Publisher: Activision
Developer: Left Field
Genre: Motocross Racing
Release Date: Jun 28, 2006
Language: English
Type: .CSO
Size: 824 MB

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Since MTX Mototrax shares its name with a two-year-old, fairly unremarkable motocross game, you might expect it to aspire to mediocrity, at best, on the PlayStation Portable. You'd be mistaken though, because MTX Mototrax for the PSP is actually a good, solid game with plenty to offer motocross enthusiasts, as well as racing fans in general. If you're expecting it to take the sport beyond two wheels, a lot of dirt, and just as much big air, you won't find it here. What you will find is a challenging and surprisingly enjoyable game, especially for the $30 asking price.
The primary single-player experience is to be found in the MTX career mode, which takes you through a series of challenges covering just about everything you've come to expect from a motocross game. You create a custom rider and then start out as a rookie and work your way from one event to the other, unlocking new challenges, tracks, bikes, and gear along the way. There are plenty of events to choose from, including free-ride and freestyle trick events, as well as the more traditional race events.

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Publisher: Konami
Developer: KCET
Genre: Soccer Sim
Release Date: Feb 6, 2007
Language: English / Espanol
Type: .CSO
Size: 758 MB

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Now in its sixth iteration, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series has become a permanent fixture in the European game charts. In the face of tough competition from EA Sports' polished FIFA series, PES has taken deep and rewarding gameplay and continued to develop the experience with annual updates. Last year's edition of Pro Evolution Soccer was the first in the series to hit Sony's PlayStation Portable, and despite answering the dreams of fans everywhere who wanted mobile PES action, it wasn't quite as playable or comprehensive as its PlayStation 2 counterpart. Thankfully, this year's version offers needed enhancements, while the master league mode makes its first appearance on the platform.
There's no doubt that Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 in the US) on the PSP plays a stunning game of soccer. It combines realism with a high level of playability, meaning that matches are authentic while still remaining fun to play. The game's sophisticated animation system means that players move in a very believable manner, even down to mimicking the characteristics of individual players such as Henry and Adriano. Under the control of the artificial intelligence, players are able to think both individually and as part of a team, meaning that you nearly always feel like you're in complete control of what's happening onscreen. You rarely feel like mistakes are due to lousy AI team-mates, and there aren't really any specific tactics that can be exploited, which means no shortcuts to easy goals. The result is a game that throws up accurate score lines and realistic situations, with players that actually look and move like their real-world counterparts.

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Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Genre: 2D Fighting
Release Date: Feb 7, 2006
Language: English
Type: .CSO
Size: 96.4 MB

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It's amazing what the PSP's bright, colorful screen can do to make an old game look fresh again. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max is more or less a perfect translation of what's presumably the last game in Capcom's Street Fighter II spin-off series. It's a tried-and-true 2D fighting game, featuring a ton of different modes and a ton of different playable characters, and this particular version adds a few extra fighters and options not found in previous versions. Pulling off certain special moves and combos using the PSP's controls can be difficult, but that's really the only reason you couldn't wholeheartedly recommend this game to PSP-carrying Street Fighter fans.
There's a good chance you've already played Street Fighter Alpha 3 before if you're interested in this version. Regardless, it's worth going over some of the gameplay differences that distinguish this installment from other Street Fighter games and other fighting games in general. For starters, this is the biggest selection of characters the series has ever seen, clocking in at around 40 different faces. You've got every last fighter from the Street Fighter II era on the lineup, as well as most of the cast of the original Street Fighter game, not to mention a whole mess of other characters. It's a diverse and likable cast, especially since each fighter has his or her own story, profile, and unique lines of dialogue. Alpha 3 Max even goes as far as to throw several extra fighters into the mix, including stick-fighter Eagle and kung fu expert Yun, though these characters hail from other Capcom fighting games. On top of that, you've got three different play styles to choose from for each fighter, oddly referred to as "isms." X-ism is a simple but powerful style reminiscent of Street Fighter II. A-ism is derived from the earlier Alpha games, letting you use multiple levels of super moves when you've got enough energy. And V-ism lets you dish out powerful custom combos by stringing together all the moves and special moves in your repertoire. Some moves and tactics are only possible when using one form or another, and though the style you choose doesn't completely change the way your fighter plays, the options still add variety.

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Publisher: Valcon Games
Developer: Milestone
Genre: Motorcycle Racing
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008
Language: MULTI
Type: .CSO + .ISO
Size: 135 MB + 267 MB

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An authentic motorbike racing experience, SBK Superbike World Championship features official tracks and all 14 teams and 22 riders of the SBK circuit. Experience the thrill and danger of high speed motorbike racing along side 21 opponents. Players have control over the level of simulation, starting off with multiple riding aids, then as you grow comfortable, you can crank up the reality and excitement! Race amazing bikes at high speed in variable weather conditions.

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Publisher: Atari
Developer: Melbourne House
Genre: GT / Street Racing
Release Date: Mar 21, 2007
Language: MULTI
Type: .CSO
Size: 979 MB

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A portable version entry in the respected Test Drive franchise, based on Eden Studios' next-gen Test Drive Unlimited. Test Drive Unlimited system retain most of the core gameplay features of next-gen games, including endless miles of streaming Hawaiian roads, server-based online play, over 70 luxury supercars, multiplayer and single-player modes, player-created races, car upgrades and downloadable content. Packed with many of the world's most luxurious vehicles, more than one thousand miles of open Hawaiian roads, a challenging single player game and a host of online options for PSP, Test Drive Unlimited is M.O.O.R.: Massively Open Online Racing. In addition, enhancements have been made to the single player game with an Arcade Race mode for snack-sized play.

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Publisher: Activision Value
Developer: Blade Interactive
Genre: Billiards
Release Date: Oct 25, 2005
Language: English
Type: .CSO
Size: 797 MB

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The Hustle: Detroit Streets is the best pool game available for the PSP. Though, that is true only because it's the only pool game available for the PSP. Still, The Hustle isn't a bad game of billiards on its own merits. Developer Blade Interactive has had some experience with the game of pool, as it has developed a couple of console and PC pool and snooker titles in the past. With The Hustle, Blade has eschewed the standard tournament style of play in favor of a grittier, slicker style of game. Here you'll play as a pool hustler, down on his or her luck, working your way through the seedy pool halls of Detroit, trying to regain your bankroll and your rep. Unfortunately, the whole story aspect is just kind of stupid, and it just gets in the way of the best parts--namely, the pool itself. It's also a tough game to sit through at some moments, as the load times and transitions between shots take what feels like an eternity. But if you can look past these admittedly serious faults, you might find The Hustle to be a game worth looking at.
When you first boot up The Hustle, you quickly toss together a basic profile and character to represent yourself. There's some backstory here about your character's rise and fall from grace, but it's all meaningless filler. It's just an excuse to put you on track to play a lot of pool against a lot of seedy characters. You don't have to work especially hard to make that happen. Just plop yourself down in the first available pool hall and start challenging and accepting challenges from the roustabouts that occupy the building. You start out with only a few available challengers, and as you win more money and earn more respect (which is actually measured via a numbered percentage), more opportunities will open up.

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