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Post by anayo on Jun 25, 2019 5:13:25 GMT -5
I dreamed I was browsing the Internet on my phone where I learned that Capcom had planned to release a PSP version of Street Fighter IV, but they decided against it because it was too late in the PSP’s commercial lifespan. Some fans obtained the code and restored the game to make it 100% playable. I watched a video clip and the graphics looked impossibly good for a PSP game.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 25, 2019 10:13:00 GMT -5
You know, surprisingly, I think they could have pulled it off. I mean, SFIV is on the 3DS, a system that isn't a ton more powerful.
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Post by Ex on Jun 25, 2019 10:17:06 GMT -5
I watched a video clip and the graphics looked impossibly good for a PSP game. Well Capcom did manage to get SFIV working on the 3DS, who knows maybe they could have done so on PSP as well. You may be surprised at how good 3D fighters can look on the PSP though. Here's two 2009 genre releases on the platform: Edit: ninja'd by Sarge
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Post by Sarge on Jun 25, 2019 10:53:43 GMT -5
I think people forget how powerful the PSP was. The reason folks thought the DS was doomed was because of that strength. While the DS absolutely cleaned up, the PSP did pretty well, too; a whole lot better than the Vita, at any rate!
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Post by Ex on Jun 25, 2019 11:08:02 GMT -5
I think due to the hardware differences and power disparity, the DS ended up excelling at particular genres, and the PSP excelled at others. I love both equally, and remain impressed at the breadth of both systems' respective libraries.
The poor Vita's potential was primarily hamstrung by ubiquitous powerful smartphones. But that's a conversation for an apparently upcoming new board section.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 25, 2019 11:36:46 GMT -5
That and prohibitively expensive memory cards. I mean, come on, Sony!
By the way, PSP/PS1 games look fantastic on that screen (even the LCD one!). I used to think the PSP screen was great, but the Vita kills it. Really impressive stuff.
I used my PSP for all manner of homebrew. It never did comfortably run SNES games (I would lock to 30 FPS), but Genesis and under worked really well on there. It strangely mirrored my original emulation experiences on my first x86 PC, actually.
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Post by anayo on Jun 25, 2019 20:04:04 GMT -5
I watched a video clip and the graphics looked impossibly good for a PSP game. Well Capcom did manage to get SFIV working on the 3DS, who knows maybe they could have done so on PSP as well. You may be surprised at how good 3D fighters can look on the PSP though. Here's two 2009 genre releases on the platform: Edit: ninja'd by Sarge In my dream this imaginary PSP version of SF4 had lighting and shaders closer to a PS3 or XBOX 360 game. I remember one fighter's arm had his muscles accentuated by normal maps and there was some kind of environmental bounce lighting going on. It was way beyond what PSP could do in real life. In real life, when I was 18 or 19 I got Tekken Dark Resurrection on my PSP. It may not have looked like a top of the line gaming console at the time, but I still couldn't believe it was handheld I. It was like playing a crazy future game brought to me by time travelers! Playing so much Gameboy as a kid conditioned me to think of handheld games as 8-bit toys.
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Post by Ex on Jun 25, 2019 21:30:15 GMT -5
I still couldn't believe it was handheld I. It was like playing a crazy future game brought to me by time travelers! That's how I felt when I first played Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. Those graphics were mindblowing for a portable in 2006. Speaking of, I still think MGS: Portable Ops is a grossly underrated and underappreciated series entry.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 25, 2019 21:48:55 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, Portable Ops looks great, too. While the PSP never lived up to the "PS2-level" promise, it was certainly impressive all around, and easily the most powerful portable we'd ever seen, barring maybe the TurboExpress when it came out.
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Post by Ex on Jun 25, 2019 22:11:38 GMT -5
I used to jokingly call the PSP the PlayStation 1.5
It really did seem like a halfway point between the PS1 and PS2 in terms of power.
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