looking for a quick gaming fix on your psp?

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:46 pm

then don't pick up Smackdown vs Raw 2006

[EDIT]replaced youtube link with google video link provided by |darc|

TyBO · Post by **TyBO** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:54 pm

This isn't the only game on Sony's new portable that suffers from extreme load times... GTA and Madden are notable as well.

Oh well, sucks for $ony fanboys!

*hugs his DS*

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:58 pm

The link doesn't work.

This one does.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... .+Raw+2006

Cyphix · Post by **Cyphix** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:45 pm

TyBO wrote:This isn't the only game on Sony's new portable that suffers from extreme load times... GTA and Madden are notable as well.

Oh well, sucks for $ony fanboys!

*hugs his DS*

Good call, I will hug mine aswell.

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:14 pm

It's all true. It's damn near unplayable if you want to take a created character through career mode, I swear I only got one match in during my half-hour bus ride. But if you just want to do single matches without touching the career mode at all then the load times are fine as long as you turn off the entrances.

ian · Post by **ian** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:03 am

Lunchbox wrote:I only got one match in during my half-hour bus ride..

to the point of being

and making you

Post by **melancholy** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:27 am

A quick gaming fix on my PSP? Anything that doesn't use a UMD. If it wasn't printed on the box, I would think UMD stood for 'Unreasonable Mobile Delay'. I'll stick to my PSP being pretty much solely an emulation handheld.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:53 am

I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.

The games that suffer most are ones where you spend a lot of time switching between menus and actually playing the game, so you have to reload again and again. Its a shame really, but youve just got to learn to live with it I guess. Id love to use my PSP just for emulation, but the same old retro crap just doesnt do it for me anymore.

Smackdown is rather excessive though...nogame Ive got takes anywhere near that long to load.

Mattiethomas · Post by **Mattiethomas** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:01 am

video error...

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:04 am

Mattiethomas wrote:video error...

Just search for it at the top and find the one about extreme load times or something. Its on the first page.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:30 am

Is it any wonder though? I can't stand playing SvR2k6 on PS2 because it takes soooooo long! Sure there are some terrible loading times in DoR2 on GC, but mainly when created a wrestler/entrance or playing a game with entrances on. Other than that, navigating menus, etc. is quite good. But I can't stand SvR2k6, it takes so long! Playing online takes about 30mins before you even start a match.

So really, this is no surprise to me. (haven't watched this video yet, doing that now

)

I watched it. Wow.

navi · Post by **navi** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:24 am

I only use my PSP for Emulation and Homebrew so this doesn't effect me... and I have PSP and DS

Post by **melancholy** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:56 am

BoneyCork wrote:I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.

I wouldn't know, I can't play GTA.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:02 am

melancholy wrote:
BoneyCork wrote:I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.
I wouldn't know, I can't play GTA.

GTA only upgrades to 2.0 doesnt it? And Fanjitas eboot loads up every decent emulator available on 2.0 now...

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:39 am

melancholy wrote:
BoneyCork wrote:I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.
I wouldn't know, I can't play GTA.

Someone released a GTA boot loader. So, you can play GTA on <2.0 PSP's.

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:00 pm

Anyone know what the longest load time of any game available in the past three generations is? That is, SNES era to the current? I know some of the Neo Geo CD games have very long load times...

This game has the longest loads I've seen in a current gen game.

Yonke · Post by **Yonke** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:14 pm

Lartrak wrote:Anyone know what the longest load time of any game available in the past three generations is? That is, SNES era to the current? I know some of the Neo Geo CD games have very long load times...

This game has the longest loads I've seen in a current gen game.

in my opinion Soldier of fortune for DC ...........those loadings just kill the game.........

Post by **melancholy** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:15 pm

Crazy Caboose wrote:
melancholy wrote:
BoneyCork wrote:I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.
I wouldn't know, I can't play GTA.
Someone released a GTA boot loader. So, you can play GTA on <2.0 PSP's.

I seen that, but doesn't it require some kind of flash to the PSP's bios to trick it or something? I didn't understand all the technicalities of it when I was trying to read the tutorial.

TyBO · Post by **TyBO** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:15 pm

melancholy wrote:
Crazy Caboose wrote:
melancholy wrote:
BoneyCork wrote:I wouldnt say GTA has unreasonable load time, because once its done the big load once, thats pretty much it, and you can leave it on sleep and only ever need tiny loads after that.
I wouldn't know, I can't play GTA.
Someone released a GTA boot loader. So, you can play GTA on <2.0 PSP's.
I seen that, but doesn't it require some kind of flash to the PSP's bios to trick it or something? I didn't understand all the technicalities of it when I was trying to read the tutorial.

It's my understanding that using the GTA boot loader only lets you play about 85% of the homebrew out there.

neoak · Post by **neoak** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:22 pm

Better than the 0% before the release of the loader.