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It seems like every gaming site has their own “Best of the Year” lists, but here at Racketboy, we will be taking a look at the best new games of 2007 that focus either focus on old-school gameplay or are remakes of classic games.

With high-powered portables and game downloading services on all the new consoles, […]

Yet another set of classic games is coming to the PSP — and this time it may be a very big deal. Two of the most popular games in the Castlevania frachise, the until-now-import-only Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood and series highpoint, Symphony of the Night are both being remade in the […]

I still find it funny that after all the initial hype of the power of the PSP, the biggest PSP game announcements as of late have been remakes of old games.
Anyway, this time around, Final Fantasy I and II are once again making their way to a new device. The PSP version might just […]

Nothing like fresh and original content on the PSP. (Ok, that’s my poke at the PSP for the day) Anyway, Sega is bring the Crazy Taxi franchise to the PSP.

The new Crazy Taxi title is not a direct port or anything new. Instead it is a freshly developed version that implements the […]

It turns out the Sony PSP is actually good for something after all! (I kid.) Some ambitious software hackers have cracked Sony’s PS1 emulator for the PSP. Yes, that emulator — the one that is used to play the PS1 games that they sell on their PS3 store. Except for […]

A couple of days ago I posted a little round-up of the Wii’s backwards compatibility and Virtual Console and I thought I might as well take a similar look at the similar features for the Playstation 3 and PSP.
After getting spoiled by the near perfect PS1-on-PS2 emulation, the hit-and-miss backwards compatibility is a bit of […]

Sega seems to have gotten out of its rut of producing not-so-creative new games and has focused on republishing many of its old-school classics via the Wii’s Virtual Console, the PSP and PS2 Genesis Collection, and possibly even the XBox Live Arcade and the PS3’s upcoming online service.
This topic leads me to a juicy little […]

Konami’s underground success of their Gradius Collection on the PSP has convinced them to bring three more of their popular shmup franchises to the PSP as well.

Salamander, TwinBee and Parodius will all be given a similar compilation treatment and will most likely retails for for 4179 yen (around $35) and will be released in Japan […]

Even though I’m not particularly interested in the PSP as a whole, it does have a handful of redeeming retro games under its belt, and as I elluded to earlier, Konami’s headlining shmup series is one of the latest additions.
With the latest PSP compilation you will receive five beloved Gradius titles in one exciting game […]

The PSP will soon be recieving a big shot of retro action. During GDC 2006, SNK announced that a Metal Slug Collection will be released for the Sony PSP. It is scheduled for a November 2006 release.
This is looking to be the biggest official compilation of Metal Slug games for any system as it […]

I saw this photo on Flickr and had to share it with you:

It shows off three great ways to play Gradius on the go:
Gradius - TurboGrafx 16/PC engine game via the TurboExpress/PC Engine GT
Gradius Advance/Galaxies - Gameboy Advance
Gradius Portable/Collection - Sony PSP
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As you may have noticed Capcom is on a rampage of releases for the PSP. They have also been pushing their Megaman franchise harder than ever. Soon after the MegaMan X Collection for the PS2 and Gamecube, we have Maverick Hunter X for the PSP — essential a remake of the original Megaman […]

Puzzle games are one of the best genres for portable gaming, IMO, so I’m a little jealous to see the PSP getting such a nice compilation.
Capcom Puzzle World will include 5 classic puzzle games, including:

Super Puzzle Fighter II
Block Block
Buster Bros. Collection (Buster Bros., Super Buster Bros. and Buster Buddies)

Super Puzzle Fighter II is one […]

Power Stone is one of those great Dreamcast series that I’m surprised that have gone this long without a port to a newer system. But now, Capcom has announced the Power Stone Collection for Sony’s PSP. It will include the following features

Ports of both Power Stone and Power Stone 2
Four new characters in […]

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max for the PSP has made it over here to the US and from what I’ve seen in this video clip, it looks impressive.
This PSP version also includes Yun, Maki, and Eagle, characters that were added for the GameBoy Advance version of the game — plus Ingrid, who was introduced in […]

DS Rumors are flying like never before.
According to the German site, Gamefront.de (translated by Babelfish):
“19.02.06 - Konami renewed the trademark protection for Snatcher Click Picture to 13.12.05 with the Japanese patent office. Possible way is that a reference on the fact that the Action/Adventure classical author by Metal Gear inventor Hideo Kojima is converted on […]

I kinda have a thing for games that obviously takes cues from older games, but do so in a stylish way. Exit for the PSP is one such game. It borrows heavily from the environment of the Elevator Action series and action from the older Prince of Persias, but brings a different type of objective […]

Just when you were getting over the fact that you could play Sonic the Hedgehog games on Nintendo platforms, you can now play an original Super Mario game on a Sony PSP.
While it is not made by Nintendo, Super Mario Mini is a beautiful hombrew effort by Arguru. This is by far the best and […]

Sony has released a number of patches to try and bring the PSP homebrew community to a minimum, however, Fanjita released just a few hours ago an eLoader that takes advantage of the GTA exploit that works on PSPs with 2.60 firmware.
You can now load these confirmed working homebrew programs:
Super Nintendo Emulator
Sega Genesis Emulator
Atari Lynx […]

The Capcom action classic, Ghouls N Ghosts is on its way to the Sony PSP and even though this “Extreme” installment isn’t sprite-based, it still looks slick and plays well.
The game has maintained its fierce difficulty but there are a few differences, such as Arthur’s ability to shoot down while jumping in the air, haul […]

Those cute little worms are back in full force for some classic 2D brawls on your Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.
Multiplayer always was the most fun you can have with Worms, and the new versions won’t disappoint. PSP owners can enjoy hotseat matches if there’s only one copy of the game available, or if each […]

I love Bubble Bobble as much as any other Taito freak, but from the sounds of it, I won’t be loving the upcoming Nintendo DS or PSP remakes too much.
It’s a shame, since I thought that either the DS’s dual screens would be really fitting for the high-stacking platforms or the PSP’s screen could make […]

Another Outrun installment is scheduled to be released on the PS2, PSP, and PC in March. That’s right — no XBox version right now, however the game is devloped by the same guys as the XBox Outrun 2. I can’t blame Sega for moving platforms — the XBox version didn’t quite […]

The PSP is getting a bit more retro power to round out its library. “Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play” for Sony’s PSP is due out within two weeks. It’s a compilation of 21 of Midway’s most popular classic games. Looks like a very nice roundup with a few of my favorites. Hopefully […]

Capcom is making a neat little addon to the Playstation Portable to complement its release of Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper/Alpha 3 Max.
Japanese gamers that pre-order the game will be able to purchase a PSP D-pad cover, to make portable 2D fighting that much easier. (Vampire Chronicles is another fighting package on the […]

The Sony PSP is finally getting some good Shmup lovin’ — at least in Japan. No word on a release anywhere else, but Gradius Portable will be a compilation of Gradius I, II, II, IV and Gradius Gaiden. That’s not a bad lineup at all — especially when you consider the formerly PSX-exclusive […]

Taito announced there will be 20 titles in Taito Memories Pocket for PSP, four titles will be enhanced remake of the original games. Taito Memories Pocket will be released in Japan on January 5, 2006.
Alphine Ski
Elevator Action
Rainbow Island Extra
Crazy Ballon
Chack n’ Pop
Lunar Rescue
Balloon Bomber
Legend of Kage
The Fairyland Story
Rastan Saga
The New Zealand Story
Raimais
Cameltry
Qix
Kiki Kaikai
Kuri Kinton
Crazy Ballon […]

Personally, I’m not much of a Megaman fan, but I do support remakes of classic game — if done correctly. So my interest was piqued when I read about a new game or two that are essentially older Megaman games that have been polished and modernized to be given new life on the PSP.
The two […]

The Magic Box has some new images of Namco’s Playstation Portable classic compilation Namco Museum, a total of 7 games + 4 rearranged games are included. The rearranged versions will have enhanced graphics and multiplayer option via Wi-Fi wireless connection. Here’s the list of games:

Pac-Man […]

Gamepro has an informative preview of Vampire Chronicles: Chaos Tower for the Sony Playstation Portable. They said the visuals are nice, but the controls pretty much suck. If you are a fighting game enthusiast, you know that tight controls are very important.
I personally find this quite disappointing. The Vampire Chronicles game was […]