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Matthew gets a well-deserved week off! Samuel’s former colleague, Retro Gamer editor Darran Jones, steps into the draft dojo to celebrate Sony’s first gaming handheld device. You get about 30 minutes of Darran talking about his career, then an hour of background preamble on the PSP, followed by 90 minutes of draft. Apologies in advance for the length, but hopefully it’s a good listen! Vote for the winner @backpagepod on Twitter.

This week’s music is from the LocoRoco soundtrack by Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi.

PSP
PSP
Three Hours
Image Credit: Shugdaddy
Darran Matthew
Samuel's UMDs
What remains of Samuel's physical PSP collection.
Matthew's PSP
Family Guy
Edge
Edge
Clank Daxter
Talk Man
Reign of Fire
PSP
PSP
PSP
PSP
Perv Box
PSP Debug
Alan Stock writes "Extra points to Sam for picking Pursuit Force, I worked as a designer on that game. The memories all came flooding back when you were talking about the cursed PSP dev kits. They had this chonky thing that the top of the PSP connected to, and a big fat wire from that connecting your PSP to the dev kit, which was then linked to your PC. You could just boot your game via the PC and test changes so it was pretty painless, though you had to wait for the PSP to restart each time. It probably did my back and neck no favours craning over the PSP all day though!"
PSP Flat
Honourable Mentions
Star Trek
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Darran PSP
Bond PSP
Hannah Montana PSP
Hannah Montana PSP

Categories

  1. Perfect for PSP
  2. Console-level blockbuster
  3. Port, remake or compilation
  4. RPG
  5. Shooter
  6. The Rockstar Games category
  7. Racing or sports game
  8. Music-based game
  9. Free pick 1
  10. Free pick 2

Draft Order

Player Category Pick
Samuel Console-level blockbuster God of War: Chains of Olympus
Darran Shooter Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Darran Free pick 1 Metal Gear Acid 2
Samuel Music-based game Lumines
Darran Perfect for PSP Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Samuel Perfect for PSP LocoRoco 2
Darran Racing or sports game Wipeout Pure
Samuel RPG Jeanne d’Arc
Darran The Rockstar Games category Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Samuel Free pick 1 Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
Darran Music-based game Rock Band Unplugged
Samuel Free pick 2 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Darran Console-level blockbuster God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Samuel Racing or sports game Everybody’s Tennis
Darran RPG Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Samuel Port, remake or compilation Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Darran Free pick 2 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Samuel The Rockstar Games category Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Darran Port, remake or compilation Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Samuel Shooter Pursuit Force

Picks

Category Samuel Darran
Perfect for PSP LocoRoco 2 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Console-level blockbuster God of War: Chains of Olympus God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Port, remake or compilation Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
RPG Jeanne d’Arc Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Shooter Pursuit Force Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
The Rockstar Games category Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Racing or sports game Everybody’s Tennis Wipeout Pure
Music-based game Lumines Rock Band Unplugged
Free pick 1 Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Metal Gear Acid 2
Free pick 2 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Results

Samuel 24%

Darran 76%

(91 votes)