Wednesday, December 12, 2007

More PSP Homebrew Games Worth Trying

I was so impressed with OpenTyrian that I went looking for other ports, by deniska and others. I found a few and some homebrew games that were originally created for PSP. This is only a few that I thought had promise. They may not be very new but are worth taking a look at.

Project Starfighter:
Ported by Deniska.



Space Shooter with RPG elements. Complete different missions to earn money to upgrade your ship.
Pros: Gameplay and game elements seem adaquate.
Cons: Controls feel sluggish in game and buggy in menus.


Kill Everthing That Moves (KETM):
Ported by Deniska.



Very similar to Tyrian. There are a few different skins that you can use to change the look of this game.
Pros: Lots of power ups and different weapons. Skinable is a nice feature.
Cons: Steep learning curve. Lots of enemies right from the start.

rRootage:
Ported by M.R. Brown.



Destroy the "ship" at the top of the screen while avoiding the different styles of missiles.
Pros: Graphics and animations are nice. Gameplay and controls feel solid.
Cons: The instructions in the readme file are hard to follow so you don't know what you are doing or why you are doing it.

Callisto:
by Fraglab



Side scrolling shooter.
Pros: Graphics are decent. Gameplay is fun but challenging.
Cons: The game is so challenging that it becomes frustrating from the beginning. Steep learning curve.

Attack of the Mutants:
by DeNitro



A basic shooter with many enemies, power ups, and mods.
Pros: Numerous mods have been made to this game. Many of the mods are funny and fun.
Cons: Same gameplay regardless of mods. The game is very basic. It is fun but looses its novelty quickly.

Overall:
I will only be keeping Project: Starfighter on my memory stick. I enjoy RPGs and I didn't get very far in Starfighter and I want to see what else it has to offer in the later missions. The other games are solid but not good enough to take up valuable real estate on my memory stick.

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