Neuromancer
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Tetris is also very good. Best Tetris game I've played since Tetris DX (on the Gameboy Color).Kafel said:
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Official PSP Minis Thread
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New mini leaked by ESRB.
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter
http://www.psnstores.com/2010/07/carnivores-dinosaur-hunter-leaked-by-esrb/
Looks like a Turok game.
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter
http://www.psnstores.com/2010/07/carnivores-dinosaur-hunter-leaked-by-esrb/
Looks like a Turok game.
Square Triangle
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I wish this thread was more active, so many fun games available in the minis category.
Picked up Young Thor, it's super fun, reminds me a lot of spyro for some reason.
Picked up Young Thor, it's super fun, reminds me a lot of spyro for some reason.
Square Triangle said:
I've been playing Young Thor, the combat system, limited as it is, is still able to give you a little creative freedom in dispatching your enemies, so much so that I've been finding it decently addictive.
Areo Racers is taking up some time, I don't think it's that hot as an actual racer, but the higher difficulty is perfect for bite sized challenges.
My favorite Mini so far is Pallurikio!
Fun to play, surprisingly good controls (that involve the analog nub) and plenty of levels and worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQNp8-zAVZ8
Definitely recommended.
Fun to play, surprisingly good controls (that involve the analog nub) and plenty of levels and worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQNp8-zAVZ8
Definitely recommended.
I am crying with joy.fr4nz said:I've tried PacMan CE today at Gamescom ... it's spectacular !!! day one for me whatever the price ...
Btw, it seems to be a PSP only minis (not playable on PS3), like Tetris.
Also, PS3 is getting Pac-man CE DX, which explains the PSP-only thing, I believe.
I've also uploaded a video on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEeCVNrQw8
Sorry for the bad quality :/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEeCVNrQw8
Sorry for the bad quality :/
Agent X
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Takao said:
The only reason I can think of them keeping it a Mini is it was always advertised as such. In fact, it was one of the titles that were named back when the Minis program launched.
That said, I agree with you, in that it would be better for the game if they simply turned it into a "regular" PSP game now, so that they could include features like online leaderboards. It would also avoid the confusion caused by other "PSP-only" Minis in the past.
Agent X
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krae_man said:
You're right. As I've said many times before, there's no reason why it has to be this way. See post #480 in this very thread for an explanation of why.
On the bright side, it's on sale for $0.99 now. That's cheaper than a McDouble.
I'll probably grab this game shortly before the sale expires.
DiscoJer
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Agent X said:
The thing is though, unlike iPhone games, Minis have to be rated for each region. That's like $800 a pop, figure 3 regions, that's $2400. And you need a devkit (which some already have, but some don't, and is $1700).
The only hard sales figure I've read of is from Icon Games, they set a goal of 2500 sales for their Arcade Darts game (which they reached in two weeks).
http://www.indievision.org/?p=2170
I think that was like $4? So $10,000, or after Sony's cut, $7,000. And of course taxes, which probably takes another big chunk.
Maybe they would have had more sales at 99 cents or lower. But maybe they wouldn't have.
But I agree, iPhone pricing (and to a lesser extent XBLA/PSN-PS3) is really a thorn in the side to the PSP (and probably somewhat for non-Nintendo games on DSi and the 3DS). Even retail titles. Will people pay $40 for the same game that the iPhone gets for $10? (We've seen this already several times and it's likely only going to get worse).
Agent X
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DiscoJer, yeah, I just got a similar answer from Halfbrick Phil in the thread about Angry Birds. And as I said in that thread, that makes sense, and I could understand a modest bump in price to defray costs of developing for a smaller userbase and/or needing to purchase a development kit.
On the other hand, we've seen games selling for iPhone for $1 or $2 that they're trying to sell for $5 or more on Minis. That's double, triple, or even more in a few cases. That's not modest. That's beyond "defraying costs", that's fleecing. I'm sure some of these developers who do this also wonder why their Minis games might be selling far less than the versions they sold to their "other" customers earlier for 1/2 or 1/3 the price.
I'm sure some of this responsibility is on Sony's shoulders, particularly the part about the need to submit for approval to multiple regions (and lowering the SDK price might help, too). But at the same time, the podcast interview I cited indicated developers had more control of this and could have pulled in the reins if they really wanted. In the interview, Mr. Gilray said that his name somehow ended up in two Minis games (I'm guessing he's referring to Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies, he doesn't say explicitly), and he spoke to the guys who did that, and asked "Why did you release it at the top price?" The response he got was, "Because there's nothing else out there and we can." He also felt confident that he'd be able to sell his own game on both iPhone and Minis for the same low price.
On the other hand, we've seen games selling for iPhone for $1 or $2 that they're trying to sell for $5 or more on Minis. That's double, triple, or even more in a few cases. That's not modest. That's beyond "defraying costs", that's fleecing. I'm sure some of these developers who do this also wonder why their Minis games might be selling far less than the versions they sold to their "other" customers earlier for 1/2 or 1/3 the price.
I'm sure some of this responsibility is on Sony's shoulders, particularly the part about the need to submit for approval to multiple regions (and lowering the SDK price might help, too). But at the same time, the podcast interview I cited indicated developers had more control of this and could have pulled in the reins if they really wanted. In the interview, Mr. Gilray said that his name somehow ended up in two Minis games (I'm guessing he's referring to Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies, he doesn't say explicitly), and he spoke to the guys who did that, and asked "Why did you release it at the top price?" The response he got was, "Because there's nothing else out there and we can." He also felt confident that he'd be able to sell his own game on both iPhone and Minis for the same low price.
RelentlessRolento
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I hope to see the day when a large number of Minis are $3 and under. Those prices I can swallow. Above $3, no.
Blue Submarine No. 6
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I put a couple hours into this yesterday while waiting in various Dr.'s offices with my wife, and it's accessible, straightforward and fun! For a lousy $1, everybody with a PSP should grab this right now! :lolTakao said:
Joseph Merrick
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oh haha, awesome. not sure why they haven't handed all the carnivores games over to gog or something yet. wonder if the morons who own this now picked up all the other action forms stuff aswell. fucking crazy that they're gone after all this time.. and just after releasing their best game yet (cryostasis). :Okassatsu said:
edit: hehe. psp controls on the ps3 version aswell yeah of course, and no option to change anything. that's awkward. guess I'll play it on psp
yeah. for anyone wondering (probably no one) these came out 1998, 1999, 2001flak57 said:
To Far Away Times
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Every time this thread gets bumped I keep getting my hopes up that Pacman CE is out.
DiscoJer
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This is pretty cool: Laughing Jackal (who did Stellar Attack, Vibes, Cubix, and coming out this week - Ace Armstrong) just announced their next Mini will use the Fighting Fantasy license.
No real details, but I love those things as a kid. (I know there was a DS game based on those as well, but I never tried it...)
Anyway, if you like side scrolling shooters, you're in luck this week. NA gets the aforementioned Ace Armstrong, while EU gets The Flying Hamster. (Though both are on the pricey side)
No real details, but I love those things as a kid. (I know there was a DS game based on those as well, but I never tried it...)
Anyway, if you like side scrolling shooters, you're in luck this week. NA gets the aforementioned Ace Armstrong, while EU gets The Flying Hamster. (Though both are on the pricey side)
HadesGigas
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Who's That Flying?! coming October 12 from Mediatonic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmPtmoLzMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmPtmoLzMM
yurinka
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looks awesomeHadesGigas said:
Agent X
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IGN posted a review of A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks!
http://psp.ign.com/articles/114/1141208p1.html
Overall score: 9.0!
They were extremely impressed with this game, complimenting both the affordable price and the surprisingly high production values. You can probably guess what the price is supposed to be, but PlayStation Plus members can snag a free download of the game today.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/114/1141208p1.html
Overall score: 9.0!
They were extremely impressed with this game, complimenting both the affordable price and the surprisingly high production values. You can probably guess what the price is supposed to be, but PlayStation Plus members can snag a free download of the game today.
I'm thinking of picking up The Flying Hamster, That remixed retro Arcade Collection game, and I Must Run. I recently picked up Who's that flying?! That seems to get better even though it starts out slowly. before that I'd picked up Young Thor.
It seemed like fora while that there was virtually nothing coming to minis, but it seems like a lot of cool stuff is being released and on the way.
It seemed like fora while that there was virtually nothing coming to minis, but it seems like a lot of cool stuff is being released and on the way.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
I got Pac-Man CE last night.
I'm playing it after playing DX on the 360 for a while, but it seems to be missing the 'huge combo ' element of DX that i loved so much. There seems to be a power pellet each side of the map every time it refreshes and with no discernible clear path, instead of the 'build up a huge line of ghosts, get a power pellet and turn on them for massive points' style of DX. Now, DX was my first Pac-Man game in years so forgive me if I sound completely clueless about the differences between it and CE :lol Am I playing it wrong?
I'm playing it after playing DX on the 360 for a while, but it seems to be missing the 'huge combo ' element of DX that i loved so much. There seems to be a power pellet each side of the map every time it refreshes and with no discernible clear path, instead of the 'build up a huge line of ghosts, get a power pellet and turn on them for massive points' style of DX. Now, DX was my first Pac-Man game in years so forgive me if I sound completely clueless about the differences between it and CE :lol Am I playing it wrong?
HadesGigas
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julls said:
CE DX has a lot easier huger and more obvious ghost chains, yes.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Cool, just wasn't sure if i was missing something...HadesGigas said:
Makes me wonder why they didn't just release DX instead, given they launched at the same time more or less.
Wow, skip Angry Birds. The game chuggs. The slowdown wasn't all that bad since it wasn't affecting gameplay. But then you get to 1-21. It's more or less unplayable at that stage. Why do developers have such a hard time optimizing their ports to the PSP? It should run better given it doesn't have an OS running in the background.
I expect this from Ubi... I mean Gameloft since they DGAF about handhelds, and just basically make knockoffs of games already on the PSP. But here's Angry Birds, one of the most successful iOS games of the year and a Minis port we've known about since the summer. Chillingo charges $4 for a game that's free on other platforms where the game doesn't have slowdown.
I've also had the game crash on me a few times after I set it into sleepmode.
Avoid.
I expect this from Ubi... I mean Gameloft since they DGAF about handhelds, and just basically make knockoffs of games already on the PSP. But here's Angry Birds, one of the most successful iOS games of the year and a Minis port we've known about since the summer. Chillingo charges $4 for a game that's free on other platforms where the game doesn't have slowdown.
I've also had the game crash on me a few times after I set it into sleepmode.
Avoid.
http://twitter.com/sanukgames/status/36768239384137728Sanuk Games said:
HadesGigas
Member
Pix 'N Love Rush looks awesome.
Flying Hamster is only $2 as of last week, great game pick it up.
Flying Hamster is only $2 as of last week, great game pick it up.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Pix 'n Love Rush IS awesome.. and with buttons it'll be just.. perfect.