The Rock Band Unplugged (PSP) is the predecessor of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the first of musical games that revolutionised the gaming world. The Rock Band Unplugged game would provide the player with a full band experience and relive the elements from the older Rock Band game. The player doesn’t need to hold any plastic guitar to play the game. He or she has to play the game with the buttons on the system and match the music layout box from which the music will be played. The player can also create and customize his/her own band, band-mates and can even change the band logo. The players can take control directly of the drums, lead/bass guitars and vocals.
The Rock Band Unplugged can replenish the player’s dream of a World Tour. The player can customize his or her own band and can head out on to a world tour which involves 24 cities and venues. The player of the Rock Band Unplugged PSP game can build his or her music library. With the Rock Band Unplugged the player can expand his or her portable music library with the DLC from in-game music store of Rock Band. The player can simply choose a set of song list to play multiple song tracks in a row or just pick up a single song and continue to jam. Brand new songs can be downloaded on the PSP through Wi-Fi. This is the first option ever provided on the PSP system.
The Rock Band Unplugged game features more than 40 Original Master Recordings which includes tracks from rock & roll’s biggest all time bands and singers. The soundtracks of the Rock Band Unplugged spans genres of punk, metal, rock and classic rock which includes Nirvana, Weezer, Pearl Jam, The Who, The Police, Boston, Foo Fighters, Billy Idol, Black Tide, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Freezepop, Queens of the Stone Age, and many more.
DJ Max Fever is, as we know, a Korean music sensation. The latest edition, based on the game’s second edition, skillfully mixes a number of elements. The difficulty curve here is rebalanced, while a whole new set of music tracks have been included to provide players with maximum enjoyment. The visual elements have been enhanced as well, even as there are more than a hundred awesome songs for you to browse through and choose from.
By achieving a perfect mix, you can activate the Freestyle Mode. Various aspects of the game, like images and soundtracks can be unlocked by you too. There is also a gallery where you can stack the music video collection, the difficulty levels numbering five, Extreme challenges that are goal based contests and the Network Battle Mode to add to the overall excitement. Unlocked content is stored in the gallery and includes cool entertaining stuff like music videos, images, etc.
DJ Max Fever offers players the option of mixing beats on one of PSP’s most sensational music series ever. Developed and offered by Pentavision, the earlier versions kept players tapping their buttons to the rhythm of awesome music. DJ Max Fever comes with all the features of the original, spiced with some more exciting innovations.
To be released on November 11th, this is a much awaited game for PSP fans. You are effectively challenged to keep up with the beat of the song by hitting the button, even as you see the notes scrolling away in top speed from top to bottom. It will join other ultra successful and fun rhythm, like Patapon, on the PSP. The excitement generated by DJ Max Fever has to be experienced to be believed. You are required to be constantly on your feet, tapping the buttons in nail-biting frenzy of excitement.
Pentavision and PM Studios offer at least 100 songs in the DJ Max Fever, together with a host of different modes. Fans around the world are keeping their PSP batteries charged in anticipation of this fun game’s release on November 11th.
This is a rocking rhythm game for the PSP. Similar to the Koei PS2 game, which was released about five years ago, Gitaroo Man Lives packs a few exciting additional features, including a few interesting songs.
The storyline involves space guitars and the destiny of a young boy who is quite timid. Lovers of rhythm games are in for a treat with Gitaroo Man Lives. With striking and catchy tunes and excellent art, this rhythm game is one of the few PSP games to have excellent sound and animation back up its solid gameplay.
It is all about U-1, a young local lad who is so timid that he does not have friends, is scared to talk to girls he likes and is forever being bullied by the local bully. Help comes in the form of his dog Puma who talks. U-1 is offered a strange looking instrument resembling a guitar called the Gitaroo. Puma asks him to make use of this instrument and become a legendary Gitaroo, but U-1 is reluctant. With a lot of prodding from Puma and Kirah, a pretty young girl, U-1 agrees and is all set to confront the Gravillians.
Gravillians are an alien race who are trying to take over the universe with the help of the Gitaroo technology, which they have stolen. As U-1, you are pitted against a different Gravillian fighter at each stage of Gitaroo Man Lives! (PSP). To add spice to your efforts, you are periodically required to face a musical showdown by trumpet players who are inspired by Louis Armstrong and are dressed in bee suits. These competitors include a Goth rocker who plays an organ, a mechanical space shark. giant looking thing playing on the drums, three skeletons who love the calypso, etc. All this makes your journey absolutely thrilling and exciting, providing you with endless hours of fun.
The range of music in this game is absolutely awesome. Produced by COIL, a group from Japan, the range incorporated in the game is simply superb. Striking visuals, stylish presentation and simple technology offer you an experience par excellence. Gameplay has been kept simple and easy to let user to concentrate on enjoying the aspects of the game.
The PSP, one of the leading handheld gaming consoles today, can do far more than just play games. It has been optimized to deliver complete and total 360 degree entertainment. Besides gaming, it can be used to watch UMD movies, to make VoIP calls via Skype, view photos, listen to music and more. But have you ever wanted to create your own music with all your favorite beats and melodies. If yes, then now would be a good time to unveil your PSP’s true power. All you have to do is simply get Traxxpad installed in your handheld gaming device and then put your hands on the PSP buttons to generate impressive sounds.
Traxxpad is basically a music application for the Sony PSP which is developed by Definitive Studios. Unlike other PC based music creation software, the Traxxpad is very user friendly and displays a large number of music creation devices, in addition to the mixer. Of course, it will never compete with a real mixer, like the Behringer PMP3000, but the software still holds a lot of promise. The four PSP buttons can be used to play different sounds. Traxxpad is powered by sequencers, drum machines and keyboards. It is equipped with over 1000 stock sounds, including voices of drums and other exotic instruments. It also features a large sound library to manage the sounds and fetch them whenever needed. Traxxpad uses Real Time Interactive Sequencing Technology (RTIST) to create music patterns from samples. You can do it either in real time or as a step by step procedure. The MELOD mode offers a keyboard type interface which can be used to modify the pitch of the samples easily. Whether you like techno, rap, hip hop, or a combination of these, Traxxpad has your style covered. With the help of STAC (Studio Through A Console), you can combine the created beats with any type of music in order to remix it and record. Traxxpad allows its users to export their creations as .wav and .mp3 files so that they can be ripped on to digital discs and used with a variety of music players like mp3 players.
Parappa is a cute little teenage dog with that uses the power of rap or hip-hop to solve his real life challenges. This rapping dog has a crush on a walking, talking, dreamy girl, Sunny Funny. In order to win the heart of this sunflower girl, Parappa the Rapper will have to see off the overly heroic rival Joe Chin. He will need some serious help in achieving this.
To achieve his ultimate goal, which is to win the pretty flower girl, Parappa will have to get a driver’s license, learn kung fu, earn some money by getting a job, find a way to get into a public rest room, bake a cake with a TV chef, and perform in a concert with MC King Kong Mushi. In order to achieve all this, the cute little dog will have to consolidate all his rapping powers and get through this situation.
The graphics and the charming characters in the game are pretty interesting and add a nice touch. The included songs are pretty goofy, and silly, but the audio quality manages to sound good. PaRappa: The Rapper includes a lot of karaoke, drumming and strumming. It also supports Ad-hoc functionality (PSP-PSP connectivity). The multiplayer works with one player initially solving a game, and then the other player trying to beat his score. It can support up to 4 players and the score is time based.
Parappa the Rapper is a cute rhythm game dealing with the challenges faced by the lovable teenage dog, Parappa, as he tries to win the heart of the pretty sunflower girl. He uses his awesome rapping abilities to solve all his problems. The gameplay itself is very unique, includes six different levels and features an exciting multiplayer mode with up to four players.
This wonderful rhythm game has been aptly named beats after its innovative feature providing users with the option of using their own music whilst playing games. Players can even use music they have downloaded from the internet.
Circle, square, triangle and cross are the four keys which are used to identify the notes. Notes are played according to the rhythm of the music. The tracks have incorporated a lot of background music. Songs and tracks with rhythmic music lends excitement to the games.
In keeping with the rhythmic music, notes dance in from the screen sides and approach anchors, which are situated in the center. There are a total of three anchors. Even as the notes reach the anchors, players have to hit the buttons, which correspond to each of the labels.
Beats is a unique and fascinating way of incorporating your stored music into your games. If you are a music lover and a passionate player, this is ideal for you. Beats infuses life and fun into your music collection by effectively tracking beats, thereby creating game play from any of the songs.
You can choose between the Challenge mode and Jamming mode to play your favorite songs as you enjoy playing your game. Customisation allows the player to play with complete control. These include extras which can be downloaded, animated backgrounds and visuals – all of which are interactive. You can even share your beats online.
The multiplayer game option allows you to compete with one to four players. Gamers who are fond of music too can unleash their creativity with the option of creating your own music with the help of preset music samples.
Perhaps the best part of all of this is that it can be directly downloaded from the internet. Beat your way to victory in all your PSP games now. Download your beats and play your music – don’t just listen to it.
The PSP is not just about playing games, or about fighting your enemies and completing various missions. You can do much more with your PSP. The PSP lets you listen to any music of your own choice. The PSP supports various audio formats such as MP3, MP4, WMA, ATRAC3plus™ and ATRAC3™.
There is a wide variety of software that will allow you to convert your audio files to your desired PSP music format. Xilisoft CD Ripper and Xilisoft PSP Video Converter can be used as PSP music converter software to essentially turn your PSP into an MP3 player. Xilisoft CD Ripper and Xilisoft PSP Video Converter allow you to rip music from the original audio cds. Here are some steps that will help you convert music:
• First of all, you need to download the latest version of Xilisoft CD Ripper and/or Xilisoft PSP Video Converter and install them/it.
• To convert audio CDs to MP3, launch Xilisoft CD Ripper, load your audio CD, select “Lame MP3 Encoder”; for your PSP and click the “Extract and Encode” button in the “File” menu to convert CD. (See step 6 for transfer MP3 file to PSP)
• To convert audio files to PSP MP3, Launch Xilisoft PSP Video Converter, load the file(s) by clicking the “Add” button in the main interface or choose “Add” in the File menu.
• Highlight the loaded file(s) and choose output format from “Profile” combo-box. Here, you must select “PSP Audio Format (.mp3)” for your PSP. Click “Browse…” button to select folder or entering the path directly to decide where to save the output file.”C:\temp” is the default one.
• Click “Encode” to start converting. Once the conversion is complete, you will get the .mp3 file(s).
• How to put music on the PSP or transfer your music to PSP - transfer MP3 file to PSP? Just connect your PSP with PC, and copy your mp3 file(s) into “H:\PSP\MUSIC” (where “H” is the drive letter of your PSP).
Now you can convert your favorite artist’s audio cd. Enjoy your music!
Experience the comfort of using your PSP for adding and removing files from your iPods and iPhones. Yes it’s possible, now you control your iTunes from your shiny PSP and enjoy updating your iPhones and iPods. Here are some simplified steps that will the help you to have an iTunes remote in your hand without adding any extra specifications to the PSP.
• The first and foremost requirement is PSP with firmware 2.0 and iTunes 5.0+ version.
• You must first install a web server on your PC.
• Open iTunesRemote.php in Notepad. Change the variable $pathToHTTPDir to the directory that is iTunesRemote.php. Remember that in PHP, all symbols must be preceded by a \, which is why one should separate directories with “\\” in this instance (you’ll get an error otherwise).
• Make sure iTunes is open and has a song in the ticker bar (you shouldn’t see the apple).
• Navigate your PSP or Wipeout Browser to http://[LocalHost Here]/psp/iTunesRemote.php (or whatever file structure you placed inside of the htdocs folder)
• Enjoy your iTunes Remote Control.
Here are some alternatives to transform your PSP into iTunes remote control:
• Download Coverbuddy for MAC operating system which is available at the Coverbuddy website.
• Use PlayerPal with a PC web browser and PSP to control iTunes selections. Download PlayerPal from the PlayerPal website and right away begin to use the PSP as a remote. This program is another alternative that includes a variety of options for the remote.
It makes you search your music library with a sleek PSP than with your computer, so be sure to use this to your advantage. It’s the unique and trendy way of updating your iPods and iPhones. It’s a simple and quick process. Now your PSP is no longer just a gaming console.
Want to make your PSP an MP3 Player? Want to listen to songs and leave an indelible mark of jealousy on your peers? How many songs can you really download? The sources are aplenty and with a 2 GB Memory stick on your PSP, you do have a quite a musical warehouse available. So where do you get the best DRM – Free songs for your PSP-turned-savior-Turned- Mp3 player?
We can recommended three places to go look for some great DRM-free numbers:
iTunes Plus : At an incredible 256kbps bit rate, the songs on iTunes plus are all ready to be downloaded and played on any MP3 Player and your PSP is an awesome choice player which can satiate your music craving. It isn’t like an iPod and doesn’t start downloading since PSP might not be recognized as such, but the downloading process is fairly intuitive and easy to do.
Zune.com: Originally intended for Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player, the songs can be downloaded and played from any MP3 player and your PSP can do that for you. They have a huge collection on their home page and all you have to do is to pick and choose. They had recently added the largest collection of DRM-free music to its library. You will, however, have to download the Zune program on to your PSP first and connect your PSP to your Computer or Laptop to transfer the files manually using a data cable.
AmazonMp3: How could you think the legendary Amazon would be far behind and not catch up with the PSP frenzy – they might not be targeting PSP in particular – but they went a step beyond that and now they want to capture the entire MP3 downloads market. Check out their awesome collection of downloadable MP3 numbers for your PSP (they are DRM – free).
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