No Nonsense Review: SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 PSP

Games included are...

Art of Fighting
Baseball Stars 2
Burning Fight
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
King of the Monsters
Last Resort
Magician Lord
Metal Slug
Neo Turf Masters
Samurai Shodown
Sengoku
Shock Troopers
Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory
The King of Fighters '94
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy
World Heroes

Is it no wonder why the Neo Geo is still highly prized by collectors. The games are just damn fun. There is really not a bad title here, although Neo Turf Masters for a golf game is fair  at best. I have played better and easier to control golf games. My favs include Metal Slug, King of the Monsters and Last Resort. But the one I play the most is Top Hunter: Roddy and Cathy. It has it all, battling bad guys, interesting environments, with real good end level bosses. The final boss in this game is down right excellent. It's hard to argue with a real good game.

This is one you have to get.

No Nonsense Review: Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords

As strange as this sounds, it's quite true that it was the box art for this game that got my attention. When I picked up a copy of Puzzle Quest at a flea market this past weekend.

It says on the back "Experience a puzzle game like nothing you ever experienced before". That is quite true. This game which is basically the same as Candy Crush, also contains elements of a good RPG, which includes (I am not kidding) a great plot. It is really such a unique game, this one deserves a space on your shelf. Also it's one of those games, you should try at least once in your life, incredible game. 

No Nonsense Review: Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play PSP

Games included

720°
Arch Rivals
Championship Sprint
Cyberball 2072
Defender
Gauntlet
Joust
Klax
Marble Madness
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Paperboy
Rampage
Rampart
Sinistar
Spy Hunter
Toobin'
Wizard of Wor
Xenophobe
Xybots

It really doesn't matter if you played these games in the arcade or just playing them for the very first time. All these games are except for Paperboy are downright fun. To me who started to get into gaming when these games 1st appeared in the arcade. I love most of them, they are the kind of game you can just pick up and play, and not even think twice about it.

No Nonsense Review: Pac World 3 PSP

I have been checking out videos on this game for years, and when I finally got it. Wow!! Ever play a game that is both good and bad at the same time. Pac World 3 is really a mixed game. You're doing the basics. IE working your way through the level,  gathering items as you go. Defeating enemies, you know the standard that has been around since the 1980s.  Then you throw in Pac Man type, fully 3D levels and this is the problem. You get a combo of super easy elements and extremely difficult ones at the same time. I am being honest here, more than once I had to refer back to YouTube videos in order to find the items in order to complete the levels. There is quite a bit about this game, that isn't obvious. Sometimes that is a good thing, but not in this case. In one level early in the game, you have to defeat a handful of enemies, in order to get an item in order to go on. The real problem is you can bypass these enemies, and get all the way to the checkpoint and get stuck. Mainly because you don't have that one item. Worse yet this happens time and time again, and sometimes those items are in crazy locations. Ones I am not joking, you actually need someone telling you exactly where they are to find them.

In short Pac World 3 is a good but also very frustrating game. Prepared have to use YouTube...more times than you could imagine, I also would say having it available when you play this game is a must.

No Nonsense Review: Pac Man 20th Ann PS1

The odd thing is after a few years I decided to play Pac Man 20th PS1 again. I almost even forgot why I had this game. It's really a fun platformer/treasure hunt kind of game. Platformer because that what it is. Now treasure hunt will take some explaining, in this game there is fruit hidden, okay really items you'll see if you ever played the original Pac Man, such as bananas, apples and etc. These are actually keys that opens doors, to either say a switch, a maze, or a bonus letter. In this case spell out PacMan you get a chance to play the bonus round for more points and extra lives. Which you will need in 2 levels, believe me these 2 levels are the hardest levels in the entire game, the hardest being Spin Dizzy, where you have to jump to moving platform to moving platform. No joke, the last time I played it, I swear it took 43 lives just to get through the level. But really the rest of the game is easy. There is a plot about this robot sorta pacman monster taking over Pacland. It really doesn't matter, he is a fairly easy boss to beat. I really recommend picking this one up, it can be found practically everywhere.

On the other hand I just managed to find Pac World 2 GBA, I bought it more as a curiosity. 2 words Total Crapfest. It has to be the worst GBA game I ever played.

No Nonsense Review: Pangya Fantasy Golf

Surprisingly when I went looking for Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2, when I first heard of Pangya Fantasy Golf. Which an excellent game as well as a very unique one. First of all the courses  9 in fact, in free play you choose the number of holes anywhere from 3 to 18. You can also choose between front, back, even random. But the biggest element is a pseudo RPG mode, where you earn experience points which gain you a ranking. A shop where you can buy outfits, with money earned from playing.

I mentioned it was unique, the courses are a cross between mini golf and full fledged regulation golf course.

You have to see this gameplay video

Yes it plays good but I know it looks weird. 

Did You Know? Converting PS1 Saves

One of the oddest facts I have discovered since I first bought my PSP that it's actually possible to convert your old PS1 and PS2  saves so they work on any Playstation including PS3 and PS4 and let's not forget the PSP. I don't know all the facts and I am hoping someone fills in the gaps before I buy a PS3. But it seems from all that I read, all you need is a Memory Card to USB adapter and a PS3. Which has a built in program that can convert the saves.