Think the electronic versions of classic-style board games and puzzles are just boring adaptations? Think again. Putting these games onto the PSP platform opens a whole new dimension of game playing.
Even such a venerable board game as Scrabble becomes a much more interesting exercise in wordplay on the PSP. With pattern recognition features, hints to help you strengthen your vocabulary, and many more training exercises, your skill level will rise to a new peak.
Similar advantages accrue to chess players who explore the new ChessMaster game. You'll be greeted with a guide to increase your level of play by leaps and bounds. The game lets you try out new strategies and shows the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Any chess player will improve with this electronic version of classic and popular games.
Now get ready for over 5,000 questions in Buzz! Master Quiz. Buzz may look like a cross between a geek and a game show host, but he knows his stuff. Let him be your guide as you roam over topics ranging from music to sports, nature to movies, science to celebrities.
Up the action with the Quickfire Challenge or exercise your visual imagination with the Picture This feature. Stretch your mind to the limit with the Virus Challenge section. Use its multiplayer mode to test your knowledge and skills against that of friends and family. As the Quiz Host probes your ability, you can learn more than you ever thought possible.
Now relax your gray cells and work on your hand-eye coordination with the Namco Museum: Battle Collection. Contains 80 classic arcade games and many new ones like Galaga and Xevious. In Galaga you're challenged to hold off a swarm of bee-like aliens. Xevious puts you in the pilot seat as you destroy enemy targets in the air and on the ground.
Enter the world of the Bosconians and struggle to survive against a galaxy of space stations as you avoid asteroids. Come back down to Earth in Rally X and drive through a challenging maze while you penetrate smoke screens and avoid the other cars. You can be part of a 4-player game using the PSP's Wi-Fi feature.
Is your thinking machine cooled off now? Good. Time to explore the Seven Wonders. Featuring civilization's most amazing sights and sites, you'll travel to the Great Pyramid of Giza. You'll become breathless with awe as you wander through the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or trek through the Mediterranean islands of ancient Greece.
Struggle to match three magical rune coins that will supply you with the materials to build the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Fail and you may be the one to suffer the Pharaoh's wrath. With 49 different levels you may be a mere stone hauler one day, but soon you'll be the master architect.
Whether you want to test your store of trivia, exercise your motor skills, or become the greatest builder of the ages, you can find a Puzzle or Board game to suit you. The PSP will let you explore all those in ways never before possible.