Should have took second place: Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories

(tags game, PlayStation Portable, hacking, emulation)

I'm not bored with my Champagne Gold PSP yet. But nevertheless there are some things that need to be acquired. Last friday was my lucky day, because I found an early U.S. English version of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (GTA:LCS), at my Kobe Sofmap.

The back cover showed promise. Hey, what's a 3480 yen bet on fun these days? BTW, the "070405" means the shelving date, and I nabbed it after only one day on the shelves. (Check the meta-info on the picture.)

The upgrader version shows "2.0". Looks like I'm "golden". woot, I mean, sorry for the pun.

There's only one reason to obtain this game, that is, it is a software "trojan" vector for downgrading the firmware of your PSP. What can you do after you downgrade? Hm. Hm. Heh hehehehehehe.

But I lie. This is not the only reason to buy this game. I played a little bit of it, instead of trying to finish Comic Party. Wow, is it great! This is another A-list game for the PSP. I could even try my hand at that taxi game I was raving about. No load times driving around. What was I thinking when I claimed that Simple 2500 My Taxi game was fun? I had to forcibly put it away in order to concentrate on Comic Party (which I will discuss when I finish a scenario). Definately I am going to spend some more time with this game, though it reminds me that I haven't finished GTA:LC, and I haven't started GTA:VC and GTA:SA for the PC (yes I have them).

So yeah, this GTA:LCS may be the key, but my current PSP can't be downgraded. Luckily again most stores that I canvas advertise the firmware version of the PSP and the scratch conditions. I've decided to get a silver PSP, because it sparkles just like my Champagne Gold one. The other colors, Blue, Pink, White, Black, look icky to me.

There is a window between the release of the Silver PSP (2006/12?) and the release of the 3.10 firmware (2007/01/30), which is about less than two month. There are some stupid dumbasses who upgraded their Silver's firmware to 3.10 or higher and sold it off, so I gotta avoid those, but I already saw 3 units that fit the bill.

I don't need a second PSP now, and if I get one now I will be distracted. But the longer I wait, the less likely I will run into a Silver PSP that I want.

Edit: I forgot to mention. I want to get a second PSP so that I can use it as:

1. A battery charger
2. Lend it to Mr. Alvin so he can test it for user-converted videos.
3. PS1 gaming. (pinky to mouth)