Sony started the UMD Legacy program for their PSP Playstation Store in fall of 2007. This program composes of PSP titles that were first released at retail via UMD discs. These games are then converted into downloadable data that can be stored and played on the PSP Memory

 Stick Pro Duo. The main advantage for UMD Legacy titles compared to regular UMD PSP games is that the former usually sport faster loading times. So without further adieu, here are the top five UMD Legacy games for the PSP so far.

5. Ultimate Ghosts ’n Goblins

Publisher: Capcom, Developer: Capcom, Release Date: January 15, 2009, ESRB Rating: E 10+

The Ghosts ’n Goblins series is known for their high difficulty. Even with the frustration, the games always deliver a fulfilling experience. Ultimate Ghosts ’n Goblins brings the classic series into the modern era with 3D graphics. Old school fans should be happy to learn that in spite of the new visual style, the trademarked gameplay remains intact. With a mix of old and new, Ultimate Ghosts ’n Goblins is a first-rate UMD Legacy title on the PSP.

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There are many gamers going around the Web indicating that 2009 is the year of the PS3 or Xbox 360. However, another platform that many gamers have undermined may be picking up steam to take over 2009. According to reports PSP may have an awesome lineup in store for 2009 with unrevealed titles as well as existing franchises.

The PSP is one platform that many gamers overlook as a contender in the gaming device arena. The PSP truly is a portable multimedia device considering you can play games, watch movies and listen to music all from a single device. However, gamers have been complaining about the lackluster lineup in 2008. The PSP lineup did start spectacularly with titles such as Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and God of War: Chains of Olympus, but quickly died down near the last quarter.

The latest rumours about the next model of Sony’s PlayStation Portable are that the PSP-4000 is set to get a sliding front-screen.

"The rumour makes sense – Sony need a headline grabbing feature to re-launch PSP – but with no fundamental changes to the hardware or controls (especially the controls), PSP’s shortcomings are the same as ever; lack of killer titles, and decent ports crippled by inability to use right analogue stick," agrees PSM3 magazine editor, Daniel Dawkins. 

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Sony announced the worldwide shipment of PSP has reached 50 million units since its launch in December 2004 in Japan; over 2000 UMD games have been released and 200 million games were sold.

Here are some new images of Koei and Omega Force’s PSP four player combat action game Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid [Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce]. The game will be released in Japan on February 26, 2009.

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Here are some new images of Capcom’s PSP fighting game Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable, based on the Fate/Stay Night visual novel/anime series from Type-Moon. The PSP version is based on the arcade/PS2 version, with various enhancements like simplified controls, balance adjustments, new Reflect Dash move, new costumes and ad-hoc versus mode.

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Here are some new images of Falcom’s Brandish: The Dark Revenant for PSP, a remake of the classic dungeons crawling action RPG originally released in 1995. This game supports 2 player cooperative over Wi-Fi connection, and will have additional play modes such as map editor and mini games like slot machine.

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Dark Alex releases another update to his 5.00m33 custom firmware for the PSP. This is update number 4 with a few fixes.

Changes:

- Speed selected for umd/iso was not properly locked in some new games that used scePower_EBD177D6 instead of scePowerSetClockFrequency to change speed.
- UMD/ISO speed settings now apply to PSN games too.
- Fixed libupdown.prx connecting to dark-alex.org instead of sony when npsignin_plugin checks for a new version and m33 update is enabled.
- Iso file descriptor was not closed in driver deletion
- Added a shutdown command to vshmenu.