10 best PlayStation Portable games of all time, ranked

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The first time I powered on my PlayStation Portable I felt like the future had arrived. I’d enjoyed my trusty GameBoy Advance, but here was a fully-fledged multimedia device in a deeply stylish form factor. I booted up my copy of Wipeout Pure and my jaw hit the floor at the silky smooth 3D graphics and toe-tapping dance soundtrack.

Then and there I decided that Nintendo’s reign as the King of Handhelds was over, and whatever they were cooking up with their weird DS thing. That’s definitely going to flop! PSP forever!

We all know how this story ends. Nintendo crushed Sony, the DS was ubiquitous and, while the PSP wasn’t a disaster, its successor the Vita was a tragic failure. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some wonderful PSP games! So, here’s the ten best.

10. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2012)

The PSP wasn’t short of Final Fantasy titles, but the Dissidia series was the most unique. These are a bizarre twist on the fighting genre featuring Final Fantasy heroes and villains drawn from across the series’ long history. Dissidia Final Fantasy arrived in 2008, though the 012 version is an expanded deluxe remake with many new features and characters. It may not be the most technical fighting game, but what it lacks in depth it more than makes up for in razzle-dazzle.

9. LocoRoco 2 (2008)

Low development costs made the PSP the perfect home for more experimental titles. The Patapon series is perhaps the best known, though I never quite got on with their strict rhythm-based battles. The far more chilled-out LocoRoco series was way more my speed, seeing you simply tilt the world to move the LocoRoco about. LocoRoco 2 was more of the same but better, and I was pleased to see it get remastered for PlayStation 4 in 2017.

8. Lumines (2004)

The GameBoy launched with Tetris and the PSP launched with Lumines. Coming from famed designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Rez fame, this musical puzzle game shares some broad similarities with Tetris, but with a focus on music and block-clearing