Games
The Sony PSP has many games out. Below is a list of the current top 10 games.
- 1. Lumines
- 2. LocoRoco
- 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories / Vice City Stories
- 4. Wipeout Pure
- 5. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
- 6. Tekken: Dark Resurrection
- 7. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
- 8. Burnout Legends
- 9. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- 10. Daxter
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Controls
Despite its movie and music playback capabilities, the PlayStation Portable has primarily gaming-oriented controls (as opposed to the controls typical to television remotes or MP3 players): two shoulder buttons (triggers), the iconic PlayStation face buttons (triangle, circle, X, square), start and select buttons, a digital 8-directional pad, and an analog input. There is also a row of secondary controls along the underside of the screen, for controlling volume, music settings (either switching the audio off and on in games or selecting different equalizer presets in the OS), screen brightness, accessing the system's main menu, as well as the standard Start and Select buttons. The PSP's analog input, often called the "analog nub," is not a traditional analog stick, but rather a sliding flat panel. It is used in the same way as the analog thumb stick of a modern console. The games are packed into Universal Media Discs, but Sony announced during their press conference at E3 2006 that before the end of this year the PlayStation Portable will be able to play original PlayStation games through an emulator from the Memory Stick Duo.
