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Me and My PSP Slim #1: Downloads and Demos
Anarpis | 9:26 PM on 10.08.2007 8 comments


The first post in what will, hopefully, be periodic updates on my experience with my new PSP Slim. So far I've been very impressed with it; using the system's menu is extremely intuitive - icons are clearly labeled and moving through them is easy - just use the D-pad to scroll through them.

Having just set up a wireless network in my apartment, one of the first things I tried out was the PSP's internet browser. Getting the PSP to work with my wireless network was painless and in no time I was checking out the PSP "homepage". The PSP homepage is pretty damn nice - it has a good ammount of PSP info that is easily accessible, including game demos, industry interviews, trailers, and a bunch of other stuff.



The game demos were the real draw of the site and now that I've experienced it, this is now something I wish Nintendo's DS had (WiFi demos you can get from the web, not just from download station in stores). There are only a handful of demos, but hopefully (a lot) more will be added as time goes on as being able to try out games is a fantastic feature.


The first demo I downloaded was LocoRoco. The download only took one or two minutes (about an 8mb file) and after it downloaded and installed, I was experiencing the sugar-sweet world of LocoRoco.





I was very impressed by LocoRoco. Despite only being able to play the one demo level, I can see why people went crazy over it. The game is a super-cute platformer featuring singing blobs that has a great visual style.

Since I'm still plugging through Phantom Hourglass and Pokemon Pearl, I didn't want to start Daxter yet, but hopefully in the next week I'll get a good chance to get into it and get some good impressions on what gaming on the PSP is like.



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vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
http://pspdemocenter.com/ has a lot better demos than you'd find on the Sony homepage. Check that out from your PSP's browser, yoh.
iPoodz's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, the PSP is cool, but after a while, the Sony demos and support doesn't satisfy, and you turn to either a. pirating, or b. watching movies until GoW comes out. But then again, if you have never owned a PSP before, you have a lot of good games to catch up on.

Start off with (imo)
MGS: PO
DJ Max
Jeanne D'Arc

Those kept me entertained for a loooong time :D
ConsFEARacy's Destructoid Blog
God of War: Chains of Olympus demo!

Also, *cough* HOMEBREW! *cough*
BahamutZero's Destructoid Blog
fucking gitaroo man, man
ArrestedDeveloper's Destructoid Blog
I think I might pick a psp up tommorow but I'm undecided. At first I wanted the Star Wars one but Battlefront Renegade didn't look great. Also someone said that the PSP slim feels cheaper than the original psp, something about the UMD holder feeling like it will snap off. What do you think, any regrets?
Tristero's Destructoid Blog
I can't wait to hear about your homebrew adventures. That is, if you decide to have any.
Anarpis's Destructoid Blog
It does feel "cheap" each time you first pick it up, but after holding it for a little bit it feels fine; it might just feel cheap because it's so damn light!

As for homebrew... it's something I need to read about further before deciding if that's something I want to do
cjpkiller's Destructoid Blog
www.psp-hacks.com
for all your psp hacking needs anarpis
also, try dead head fred, awesome title that seemed to slip through the cracks...


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