80
Excellent value for money and something every PSP owner must experience: it's fun, visual and audibly impressive and is perfect for a quick blast to and from the shops on the bus. Although it isn't perfect, it's more down to the hardware than it is the software, so I'll let it off just this once.
65
If you're a hardcore Super Stardust HD player, Super Stardust Portable will feel totally alien to you. If you're trying this out for the first time, things won't be as tough but the game is still very clearly designed around different hardware -- it just wasn't made for the PSP.
80
Although it would've been nice to have more modes besides Arcade, Planets and the boost-happy Impact (there's no sign of Survival or Endless), this gorgeous shoot-em-up is worth its $10 price tag.
4
Nothing special, wasn't challenging enough in this genre of game for me to enjoy it and felt very monotonous.
6
A cross between asteroids and Robotron like the similar Geometry Wars with added polygons. And like Geometry Wars, it's okay fun in small doses but gets very, very samey.
9
It seems im the only one, but i like this version more than the ps3 one! I think its because graphics are way more clear (You can actually see what You're doing - and thats some achievement given the fact, that the games pace is really frantic), and It has this old shool feeling to it. I thought I'd like all Housemarque games and was later really disappointed with Dead Nation. This is one of the few games that I really enjoyed on psp. Even the lack of second analog didnt bothered me. Overall - One of the best twin stick shooters on PSP.
Super Stardust Portable
PSP
Released On:
Dec 4, 2008
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69
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5.6
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80
If you are expecting Super Stardust Portable to replace Super Stardust HD, you're going to be disappointed. However, SS Portable does a great job of translating the experience to the PSP.
80
Although it would've been nice to have more modes besides Arcade, Planets and the boost-happy Impact (there's no sign of Survival or Endless), this gorgeous shoot-em-up is worth its $10 price tag.
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Oct 27, 2014
9
It seems im the only one, but i like this version more than the ps3 one! I think its because graphics are way more clear (You can actually see what You're doing - and thats some achievement given the fact, that the games pace is really frantic), and It has this old shool feeling to it. I thought I'd like all Housemarque games and was later really disappointed with Dead Nation. This is one of the few games that I really enjoyed on psp. Even the lack of second analog didnt bothered me. Overall - One of the best twin stick shooters on PSP.
Jun 19, 2023
6
A cross between asteroids and Robotron like the similar Geometry Wars with added polygons. And like Geometry Wars, it's okay fun in small doses but gets very, very samey.
70
Where this version loses out to its bigger bro is that the zoomed-in perspective feels claustrophobic by comparison. [Mar 2009, p.94]
70
Super Stardust Portable is still an exemplary Western shooter, but for fans of the PlayStation 3 original, there is little here to inspire repeat purchase, the convenience of portability offset by the hardware's other limitations.
67
Not bad, but not essential. [Mar 2009, p.75]
65
If you're a hardcore Super Stardust HD player, Super Stardust Portable will feel totally alien to you. If you're trying this out for the first time, things won't be as tough but the game is still very clearly designed around different hardware -- it just wasn't made for the PSP.
60
Super Stardust Portable suffers from exactly the same problem as Everyday Shooter – there is no second analog stick for PSP. And without it all the fun from the game disappears, even if everything else looks fine. [Issue#174, Jan 2009]
Dec 14, 2012
5
Its extremely hard to recommend Super **** Portable as it only does what it can get away with. There's no big draw like for Delta. Its just the very basics. Which is a shame.
May 16, 2025
4
Nothing special, wasn't challenging enough in this genre of game for me to enjoy it and felt very monotonous.
Summary[Playstation Network] Super Stardust Portable brings the PlayStation Network favorite, Super Stardust HD, to the PSP system. In this classic arcade shooter, the player's mission is simple: destroy everything in sight! Controlling a ship, the player must defeat enemy forces and save his home solar system from total annihilation. Based on... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
Platforms:
- PSP
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Dec 4, 2008
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Publisher:SCEA
