Ultima VII: The Black Gate, according to many the pinnacle of Richard Garriott's Ultima CRPG series, can now be played on the go and enjoyed on the PSP's marvelous screen. How (I pretend to hear you ask)? Well, by reading the Ultima VII comes to the PSP post over at the brilliant Artful Gamer blog and having access to the abandonware original game. By the way, see the glorious screenshot above? It's an actual PSP one.
See more of this promising update of the classic SNES RPG over at this lovely French corner of the web.
Blue Dragon, a very polished yet not terribly exciting Xbox 360 RPG designed by Final Fantasy legend Hironobu Sakaguchi, is coming to the Nintendo DS. Oh, and besides the expected graphics quality drop and added stylus controls, it won't be much of a proper RPG either, but more of an RPG-ish card game. Think Pokemon... Anyway, better find out more and see a most relevant scan here.
As if the sounds emitted by the not so impressively radical PSP 2000 (a.k.a. Slim and/or Lite) weren't enough of a let down, Sony went and made sure many of the homebrew freeware gems developed for its handheld just can't be played on the new PSP. I'm sure earning a pat on the back by a select few developers is worth pissing off everyone else... Anyway. Follow this link and find out the compatible homebrew games, emulators and apps.
The DS microphone, speaker, touch-screen and Wi-Fi capabilities have been crying for a touch of VoIP/phone love and I've been patiently waiting for over 3 years to see someone holding the Nintendo DS as a phone. Happily the wait is over as the rather impressive freeware SvSIP NDS VoIP thingy just got released. Download it here and feel the shame.
According to Kotaku and without having to use the word verbatim in context: Sony Say Yes, TV Cables Will Make The British PSP Slim Launch. Good news, innit? After all, what good is a shiny smaller Sony handheld if you can't connect it to a shinier 48" TV screen?
In a perfect world where R. Goscinny was still alive, Asterix would have nothing to do with the glorified steroid carnival that are the Olympics. Still, the world is far from perfect and the forthcoming Asterix DS game could -after all- be mildly entertaining. Simply hope they draw the story from the brilliant comic of the same name and raise the game above the level of just another collection of silly mini-games... Oh, and got them screenshots over from Nintendic.
Hi Folks! Father Krishna here! You may remember me from such websites as The Dreamcast Junkyard, The Saturn Junkyard, Retro Treasures and Gnome's Gaming On The Go...
Yes I know it's been bloody ages since I showed my fat, white, old ass round here, and I'm grateful to my boss Gnome, and colleague NebachadnezzaR for not kicking me off the team... So, tonight, as an appreciation of their patience, I'm going to try and compensate by sharing a little piece of Sega magic with you all.
There are two modes available to you, 'Championship' or 'Time Attack'. Championship sees you racing against AI opponents. You start off in the Amateur Championship, choosing you car from the following selection: Mitsubishi Lancer, Subaru Impreza, Ford Focus, Peugeot 206 or my own favourite, the Toyota Corolla... Obviously each of these cars has different speed, acceleration, handling etc. and it's up to you which one suits your gameplay best. As usual in driving games, you get to choose between automatic and manual transmission (choose automatic.)
Like the Saturn original, you have a cheesy voice counting down your take off, and your co-driver shouts instructions at you to prepare you for the upcoming twists and turns. He tends to come over all camp if you spin out, with a slightly 'lavender' "Oh no!" if you spin off the track or bang into the wall. The legendary "Fiiiiiinnnnniiisssshheeed!!!" is heard as yo cross the line.
The original cheesy music found on the Saturn game is also found here too! Happy Days!
Still, I love it and regularly give it an outing. For a much more objective review, look here...
So, you want to experience lovely early 8-bit 1kb gaming but lack both a ZX81 and a Sony PSP? Want to feel the arcane terror of Monster Maze on both of your shiny screens and all you've got is a Nintendo DS and a guide to homebrew gaming? Well, that's simply, uh, great!
We've already mentioned the smart GP2X handheld, the only non-retro console that's an open platform and thus filled with tons of excellent freeware/homebrew games, apps and emulators. And now, as this very blog will start properly covering said platfrom, I thought I should probably post this interesting newsbit: the GP2X F-200 has just been announced.
Never been much of a FIFA fan and probably never will, but EA's FIFA 08 for the Nintendo DS is looking rather sweet. PocketGamer.co.uk previewed the thing and pretty much enjoyed it, whereas its key features (published @ Nintencast-among other places) include interesting bits like online play, manual goalkeeping, 30 leagues & 14,000 authentic footballer, scenarios, custom formations, and even some decent AI. Oh, and this FIFA 08 gameplay video doesn't seem half bad either.
Can't see the point, don't know if it's true, but it sure looks just as intriguing as a particularly intriguing thing. Apparently, it's Lair and its very next-gen visuals on the humble PSP's screen, even though the PS3 is pushing all these polygons. Have a look for yourselves @ the Lair on PSP!!! thread over at the PlayStation.com forums.
