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Online Chess Kingdom is an interesting game on PlayStation Portable which provides a lot of entertaining moments for chess lovers. Portable online chess offers an excellent option to play with multi players adding to conventional rules an interesting twist.

The story is about forces such as law, order, spirit, magic and chaos created by an omnipotent deity. These forces are sent packing by the deity after they start squabbling with each other. Each of them develops and gains enough strength to reach the borders of their neighbours where they decide to battle. A lot of interesting chess games start from here.

The game features Sci-Fi and alien characters as chess pieces. As a player, you can choose to play with the traditional looking chess pieces in the quick games. Apart from the online mode, players can choose to play the campaign mode where you have the option of moving your armies around by taking turns with your opponents in a strategic layer. You have to navigate your armies through a chessboard-like grid map.

As two armies meet, it ends up in a chess game. The losing army is eliminated from the game and the winning army continues. In the battle mode of the Online Chess Kingdoms PSP game you are required to make quick and swift moves around the field and defeat your opponent as fast as possible. You win if you are the first player to reach the point limit as each piece carries a point value. This mode is in fact one of the most exciting modes in this game.

Online mode comes with a pretty interesting structure. As a player, you join hands with one of the factions you choose and try to wipe out the other factions. You can choose a territory and attack a particular faction. You can also choose to just stay around and defend your territory from attackers.

If you find an opponent in the online mode, it is fine. If you do not, then you have the option of playing with the computer. Offline mode offers players difficulty levels numbering four which ranges from the novice to the master level. Online Chess Kingdoms is an interesting enough game for chess fans which allow you to play competent chess online on your favourite PSP.

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The game of cricket has always been a favourite sport for many. Brian Lara 2007 is an interesting game of cricket on the handheld. This game has been effectively shortened by the developers with the Pressure Play mode. This resembles a Scenario ode where players are provided with challenges such as “bowl over a maiden” or “win the match in the last over”, etc. These modes eliminate the need for playing hours of dragging cricket. Instead, they offer short and exciting action. Those who want to still play a long and proper cricket can play the ICC Cricket World Cup. This is an exciting event where a total of 16 licensed teams participate.

This game is packed with all the excitement a cricket lover is looking for. Graphics are pretty mediocre and textures are not very impressive However, animations compensate adequately for these drawbacks and provide a good feel to the game. Gameplay is solid and provides players and cricket lovers with exciting hours of fun and entertainment.

One aspect that could have been improved upon considerably is the level of challenge. As you play the PlayStation Portable game, you find that once you get the hang of bowling and batting timings, it is possible to play the game for hours together without any problem or challenges. It is possible to just go on and on.

With the multiplayer mode, it is possible to play with friends online. It is possible to extend the lifespan as you play online. In fact, this is much more exciting than playing against a non human opponent. For those who are looking to enjoy a decent game of cricket, Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play is an ideal game they can play on their PSP. This game is ideal for those who just want to enjoy the game with a tranquil frame of mind. However, those who are used to nail biting and thrilling games may find this game a bit dull and lifeless. If you are an ardent cricket fan, pick up this game and enjoy hours of bowling and batting action with the Pressure Play.

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This game brings your favourite Namco classics right on your PlayStation Portable. This version is exciting enough to offer a lot of excitement and fun especially for Namco Classics fans. This collection includes many arcade classics from Namco making complete use of the PSP’s wireless multiplayer function. The interesting co-op mode allows you to share your high score with your friends.

This collection offers over 20 titles from the 80s. These include the King & Balloon, Dig Dug 2, Motos, Grobda, Dragon Buster, Tower of Druaga, Mappy, Rolling Thunder, Bosconian, Xevious, Dig Dug, Rally-X, Galaxia, Galaga and Pac-Man. This is not all. There is much more in the Namco Museum Battle Collection PSP version. Classic versions of Pac-Man and Dig Dug are also offered to you updated in 3D versions. Now, that is really something fun to reminisce with.

Clearly, market is still hot for the old school classic games. Quite a few interesting features are added to these emulations including actual dipswitches with which high scores can be set; number of lives can be opted for, etc. Days of the pizza parlours are relived with the exciting option of replicating Pac-Man machines tabletop and flipping the screen sideways.

Exciting new addition in titles includes the Rolling Thunder and the multi player option makes this the best Namco game collection released so far. Being short and sweet make these games ideal for the handheld device. Though the graphics are surely not going to win the best graphic award, it is exciting to see your favourite titles in a completely revamped backdrop. Old classics integrated with latest technology still holds the interest of veterans as well as players of today.

Get back into the old school feeling and fill your void time on your PSP with the excellent Namco Museum Battle Collection. In fact, for fans of classic this should definitely be the top on the collection list. Enjoy these timeless old classics incorporated with brand new exciting features on your favourite PSP. We only hope Namco does not stop and goes on to give us a Tekken/Soul Calibur collection with exciting titles with a graphical punch. Now, all Namco needs to do is to keep the fans happy by providing more of these classics.

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Volcanus Online game on PSP comes with some exciting online features. Volcanus is developed by Zepetto Studios, a team from Korea. This game is featured as a mech based high speed action title along the lines of Virtua On and Armored Core. Mobility and break neck action is one positive feature in this interesting game.

Volcanus Online features mercenary agents as players. They use disasters such as global warming in 2100 towards selfish motives. The PSP game is set in the year 2100 when the world has undergone a sea of change due to global warming. Changes in land masses, rise and fall of oceans and huge deserts have left only about 20% of the earth inhabitable. Countries battle to take control of whatever land is left. Along with your mech you go around battling on the wastelands and elevated and floating cityscapes in order to find fortune. But the game is more than just an online version of Mech Assault. You also help try to turn the tides of war in Volcanus Online. Exciting and interesting battles are possible with up to 8 players online. It is possible for players to customize their own mechs as they are configurable. As you go through the game, you can collect a lot of items and parts. As the items are stored in the Memory Stick, you can even collect them while offline. New maps can be downloaded and new items can be added on with the evolution of the online community.

Graphics is interesting with realistic physics, complex and attractive particle effects and detailed animation routines. Action is fast and exciting offering players hours of fun and entertainment. Even offline, the game is packed with features that offer a thrilling experience to players. Good sound effects provide an added impetus to your adventure. For all those mech fans, Volcanus Online is sure to offer you thrilling moments. The high speed action will get your adrenaline pumping. The game plays well on the PSP too.

Volcanus Online is definitely a game to check out for. Whether you play a multiplayer game or a single player offline game, it is interesting enough to hold you to your Playstation Portable for long hours.

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There was an announcement by NIS America on the release of Mana Khemia: Student Alliance for the PlayStation Portable. This game was shipped on 10th March 2009 in the US.

On the PSP version, Mana Khemia features an exciting multi player mode. As a player, you can team up with your friends to find rare items after hunting down monsters. Jump Start is a feature that is a new addition. This is a data installation feature that helps in quick loading of the game by installing into the memory stick parts of the game.

This game is a sim-style campus RPG. Here you have to finish your academic quests by interacting with professors and your classmates. You are Vayne Aurelius invited to study at the Al-Revis academy. You are an alchemist who will come across fellow alchemists. There are interesting mysteries in alchemy for you to solve with the help of your team.

This interesting game comes with various key features such as the Academic quests, the Jump Start feature, the additional and rare items you can collect, the multi player mode, the symbol encounters, team crafting, item crafting and Avatar crafting feature.

In the Academic Quest, you are assigned certain tasks by your professor. Unless you complete the mission and pass, you will be forced to stay back in the school. With the help of the Avatar crafting feature, you can personalize your characters by equipping them with stats and skills. Similarly, the item crafting and team crafting features allow you to craft and personalize your team and items such as weapons.

The multi player mode is the most exciting feature where you can battle monsters, vanquish them and collect rare items with the help of your friends online. This game seems to be all set to become popular with its great graphics and visuals, which are very similar to other RPGs from the same developer, like Atelier Iris 3 - Grand Phantasm, for example. Monsters and characters are realistic and combats are exciting. You can enjoy hours of fun carrying out the tasks assigned to you by the professor. Create your own world by visualizing and equipping your characters with unique weapons and skills. You can have endless hours of fun and entertainment playing Mana Khemia: Student Alliance on your favourite PSP.

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Side scrollers had their moments of triumph in the gaming industry, and they had their share of great games, but people thought it was time to move on, with all the 2.5D and 3D games available for handheld consoles. Well, the Japanese game publisher Altus proved everyone wrong by bringing back side- scrolling to the PSP with Hammerin’ Hero. This game is super addictive and will keep you hooked to the console for quite some time.

You play as Genzo Tamura, a young carpenter, who sets out to stop the evil carpenter practices of the Kuromoku-gumi. You have various levels to complete, each complete with its own boss. Stages don’t go on for very long, but they sure are fun, and are filled with fun collectibles. It also contains that same wacky Japanese animation found in other Atlus games like Bomberman Land PSP. The Gameplay is Hammerin Hero is extremely easy to grasp and get used to. There are five basic moves, Jump, crouch, light attack, special attack and heavy attack.

Your job is to kill every enemy in the path till you reach the boss of the level. You’ll start off with a giant hammer to knock down enemies, but as the game progresses, you’ll get new jobs, and with new jobs come new weapons and new special attacks. For instance, if you take up a DJ job, you can bonk enemies with a boombox.

You visit Kanna, a childhood friend, before each level, to get a bento lunch. Each bento lunch gives you the ability to change to a different job within a single stage. You can ask for random bentos to get multipliers, power-ups and boosters among other things.

Stages are also filled with civilians who have their own share of worries. You can choose an appropriate job to do away with civilian worries to make them happy and they will send thank-you notes in return.

The game also features multiplayer, where players play side by side over a wireless network to finish stages.

There are many ways to get extra points, but that’s left for you to discover. The April 7th North America release date will be much awaited for, as this promising title should bring back memories of old, but great side scrollers such as double dragon.

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Monster Hunter Freedom is the third in the Monster Hunter series. It was developed and published by the Capcom productions. It is a role-playing game and the gameplay is all about completing quests, collecting upgrades and climbing the ranking ladder. The more the number of upgrades the players collects the more is the strength of his characters. All the characters battle it out to prove themselves as the best in the world. The story starts with the character talking to the village head. The players have to buy weapons and other upgrades from the shops in the village. Only after all these process the quest begins.

There are two categories in the ‘Quest in Freedom’ of which the first one is the hunting quest. In the hunting quest, the players have to look for beasts in the countryside and hunt them down. The entire process Monster Hunter: Freedom is thrilling and the players have a lot of beasts to hunt. Different strategies are involved in killing the beasts and the greatest quests of the players are finding these strategies. The players should be equipped with the armors and weapons needed to bring down the beasts. The trap for the animals must be well laid and executed. These features spicy up the game and increase the fun factor encircling it. Some of the strategies are complex to execute and some simple. The complex plots may take some half an hour from you but may fail to give the desired result. The second quest is the gathering quest, where the players have to collect certain items and bring them back to them.

If you are tired of all the hunting and gathering you can go back to the village and do some farming. This is an interesting feature and cures your boredom. You can also try other mini-games like mining, fishing, etc to keep yourself occupied. There are some cats that you can hire to cook some delicious dishes for you. You can increase your power depending on the meals they cooked. Some cats even provide information about the outside world which is very helpful. The most wonderful feature about this game is the multiplayer mode where as many as four players can play. Enjoy playing Monster Hunter Freedom.

(28 votes, average: 2 out of 5)

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Developed by Sidhe Entertainment, the game of Gripshift combines both a driving and a puzzle game. Cars, which are the centre point of the game can be driven around tracks either racing or solving puzzles.

Users can pick a car from one of the designer racers. While the cars come with statistics, racers do not. The trick is in locating the car that can be handled well to give you a head start.

Beginner courses assist you in providing you with a general idea on the concept. From here you can move on to the challenge mode. As you race around on the tracks, you are required to clear the track in a given amount of time collecting stars that are scattered about. Unlocking course series and difficulty levels in Gripshift is only possible by collecting credits. As a player, you are required to fulfill objectives stipulated that are quite difficult and challenging before you are awarded credits.

Puzzles are cleverly designed and you have to be smart enough to achieve in the given time. However, car mechanics could have been better. Users feel there is not enough time to spend on solving the interesting puzzles as you spend all your energy trying to handle the car and keeping it racing on the track.

Turns have to be maneuvered with care and caution. Acceleration and braking is possible mid air and no amount of practice exactly perfects your technique of handling the car. As you race with other cars either in the challenge mode or the standard mode, there is a lot of excitement picking up weapons like TNT bombs, shields, missiles, etc. Here again, a lot of excitement is washed away trying to control the veering cars.

There are interesting mini games which are very enjoyable as they do not rely too much on controls. Fascinating games include the penguin bowling, playground, etc. With the help of the ad hoc multiplayer mode, you can race with at least four players. Another option is to indulge in a death match which is in fact more like a combat.

If you love racing and puzzles and do not mind a bit of haggling with the controls, then you can enjoy this game of GripShift on your favourite PSP.

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Ape Academy 2 is a sequel of Ape Escape Academy. It was developed by the Shift Developers and published by the Sony Computer Entertainment. Monkey-themed games have always been the favourite of PSP users and Ape Academy is one such. Ape Academy 2 has a collection of a wide range of mini games. The story line takes you to Specter, who invents a new card game. This card game eventually becomes popular and the most played game.

Specter uses this card game to become the emperor of the world. The card game which he invented becomes the most favourite game for both humans and monkeys. But he organizes a game exclusively for the monkeys and announces a reward of powerful platinum specter card and a year long supplies of bananas. This offer excites the monkeys, who battle among themselves to win the prize.

Ape Academy 2 provides users with 100 mini games. These mini games have to be unlocked one by one. Each player would be given 20 cards to play, in the beginning of Ape Academy 2. The players have to pass through various islands, where they play a variety of games to beat the bosses. There are a number of card games and the players have to win these card games to compete with the bosses. The bosses are too hard to fight and thus the players would require some powerful cards to do the trick.

There are many bosses in this game including the Freaky monkey, Blue monkey, Specter, Pipotron brothers, etc. Pipotron brothers would sometimes come in your way and make the journey difficult for you. If you come near these monkeys, there is no way of escaping from them and you will end up losing your specter coins. On winning the battle, you can not only get the cards but also the specter coins.

A gamer is provided with the multi-player option and you can enjoy playing this game with your friends with the game sharing facility. Players must collect 300 cards to win the game. Controls in this game are very simple. Graphics and sound effects are pleasing to the ear. Ape Academy 2 thus offers the world of PSP a wonderful package.

(3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5)

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Yet another compilation title, this time from the world of Sega, is the Sega Genesis Collection. At the time when Genesis was released, it had the best graphics, and some really awesome innovative games. There were addictive puzzles, awesome RPGs and some fast action titles as well. With this collection of games, the Genesis was an awesome console.

Now reliving that moment on the small screen, The Sega Genesis Collection features some of the best games which were available for the Genesis, down on the PSP. Nostalgic gamers will find this title to be just what they want from the Sega Universe.

This compilation features 28 games from the Genesis, in addition to five other Sega Arcade games that are unlockable. It has some of the best games ever on the genesis, such as Phantasy Star II, III and IV, Sonic 1 and 2, Ecco the dolphin 1, 2 and Jr., Comix Zone, Alex Kidd and the likes. The Bonus Arcade Games are Space Fury, Congo Bongo, Astro Blaster, Eliminator and Super Zaxxon.

Some games like Ecco Jr. and Decap Attack don’t quite cut it to the best games list, but most of the others do, making the collection truly worth the buy. The Phantasy Star IV RPG game is probably one of the best ever of its kind. Sega didn’t add in Widescreen support for all the games, but the games still fit well in to the PSP screen, and give you an awesome experience.

All games can be saved at any time now, and gamers can visit the “museum” in most games, which contains a history of the game, and maybe even some tips and tricks. The menus could have been worked on a little more, but that’s not what we’re here for is it?

Another major plus to the title is the integration of multiplayer. Now other PSPs can even join you midgame. That’s an awesome feature, and there’s no lag or slowing down when implementing it… Kudos to Sega.

Sega Genesis Collection is on of the best compilations available for the PSP, and every old school Sega fan should go out and get one.

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