Massive PS Store update includes PS1 games, Super Rub a Dub, and more

by Andrew Yoon { May 3rd 2007 at 1:45PM }

Most gamers won't miss the lack of Calling All Cars in today's update to the PLAYSTATION Store. Why? Because there's just so much to see and play:

PS1 titles, now playable on PS3. 2Xtreme, Crash Bandicoot®, Destruction Derby, Jet Moto®, Jumping Flash™, MediEvil™, Rally Cross™, Syphon Filter®, Tekken®2 and WipeOut® are all available for only $5.99. Players that previously purchased these games for PSP will be able to download these updated files at no additional charge. For reviews of all these games, visit PSP Fanboy and read their Retro Reviews.
Super Rub a Dub starter pack & full game. Get a free taste of Sony's quirky motion-sensing duck game. Addicts can get the full game for only $7.
Gauntlet II full game. The retro classic is back for only $5.
Game Trailers: Super Stardust HD, Rampart, BlackSite: Area 51
Movie Trailers: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Get your PS3s ready to download. It's going to be a long night.

Tags: 2xtreme, crash bandicoot, CrashBandicoot, destruction derby, DestructionDerby, gauntlet ii, GauntletIi, jet moto, JetMoto, jumping flash, JumpingFlash, medievil, playstation, playstation store, PlaystationStore, ps1, rally cross, RallyCross, store, super rub a dub, SuperRubADub, syphon filter, SyphonFilter, tekken 2, Tekken2, wipeout

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sean @ May 3rd 2007 1:53PM

you forgot the super rub a dub demo. but that game isnt that good. and im glad i can finally start buying the PS1 games. i only have a 32 MB memory card for PSP so i couldnt yet.

Matt B @ May 3rd 2007 2:19PM

Is that 5.99 per game for for all of them?

Tyler @ May 3rd 2007 2:28PM

I'm definatly gonna be playing some Gauntlet, anyone care to join?

PSN Hitokiri151

stockstar1138 @ May 3rd 2007 2:29PM

where is the gran turismo movie!!!!!????

Maxx @ May 3rd 2007 2:46PM

When are the PS cards comming. I don't want to give up my CC #.

antec @ May 3rd 2007 2:48PM

apparently if you signed up for the HOME beta, it was in your store.

it wasnt in mine.

/sadness.

Question for PS3 AND PSP owners.

Before PS3 launch there was some news about PSN downloads being able to be shared with up to 4 or 5 other PS3 users or PSP users (ie...save to Memory Stick and you could bring it with you and leave it there or something....)

Did this ever happen?

I'd like to get the games for PSP but don't have the PS3 yet so I'm wondering if I got someone to download on their PS3 could they then give me the file?

Sorry...very noobish question perhaps.

Colin @ May 3rd 2007 3:04PM

That sounds like an awesome idea Anthony. Let us know the name of your blog when its up and running.

Colin @ May 3rd 2007 3:09PM

Anthony...you do know you can set up a US account right?

Stef Geiger @ May 3rd 2007 3:19PM

Doesn't look like there's much that's appealing here. I'm not one of those people who feels that a couple of trailers and the same LAME PS1 games are a "sweet update".

mccomber @ May 3rd 2007 4:18PM

Well, I'll be getting ps3 versions of Jumping Flash and Destruction Derby since I've already bought them. Probably grab Wipeout as well, I always loved that game, and there isn't better version available yet, unlike on the psp itself.
Gauntlet II... is a maybe. I remember it being a lot of fun, but then again I also remember Casa Bonita being a great restaurant. Some things are best left as memories.

Now... how about some more game demos? Ninja Gaiden was a great start, if we got something like that every other week or so to start...

Justin @ May 3rd 2007 4:35PM

@ #8,

I think the way they do that is by signing in to your PSN account on any of your friends PS3's and downloading it to their system from there. I don't think they'll allow you to save their game file and travel around with it giving it out.

That would take pirating to a whole new level.

Naaiif @ May 3rd 2007 4:41PM

I've made a US account and i'm in the UK, and all the demos and stuff work, i'm just wondering will the Playstation 1 games work on my UK ps3? Argh but then i'll need an American credit card?

DAMN IT I REALLY WANNA PLAY WIPEOUT. I got the sequel, wipeout 2097 and it was AWFUL, always loved the original though. Guess i'll wait for the European release.

warwog @ May 3rd 2007 5:00PM

whens the european store gonna get the ps1 games

Laurens Holst @ May 3rd 2007 5:01PM

@11, I don’t think that NTSC/US PS1 games will work on a European PAL system. Plus, you need a US credit card to be able to purchase.

I’m having the same problem in Japan, I do have an address and an account, but I don’t have a Japanese credit card and I don’t aspire to get one either. So I would love it if I could buy ‘PS money cards’ in shops here before I leave.

That said, given that some PAL games don’t work on my JAP system unless you have HDTV (e.g. that Tekken 5 download that I spent money on), it’s already not as ‘universal’ as they promised it to be. In the end, they still put up quite a number of barriers and inconveniences for people who happen to move to a different continent at some point.

~Grauw

Colin @ May 3rd 2007 6:12PM

Yes dean...

I'm not trying to bootleg ... I just want my PS1 without hacking and without the PS3 for now...

Anyone know of a clear tutorial?

Bored @ May 3rd 2007 6:54PM

RELEASE ALL THAT IN EUROPE!!!!

NOW!!!!!

Sorry, I'm just pissed.

matjet @ May 3rd 2007 7:41PM

yoon posts on ps3 fanboy as well as psp fanboy...
awsum.

Shinobi @ May 4th 2007 5:11AM

I just wish Sony would start releasing all the same stuff worldwide at the same time now that the console is everywhere.

I keep reading about all this great content on the other stores and in the UK we haven't seen an update for weeks.

And then there's the interview with Sony where that woman said their "goal was to release new content every Thursday" - that just rubs salt in the wounds. Every Thursday goes by without adding any content in the UK...

mohsen @ May 11th 2007 4:35PM

sounds interesting, I also have uploaded everything I had from tekken
series in this URL: http://tekken.divshare.com/

dean @ May 16th 2007 2:13PM

@ Colin #8

what i think you asking is if your friend bought a ps1 game, can you copy it to your card on your psp

and the answer is yes.. sorta
i bought crash and destruction derby and i gave both to my nephew. you have to hook up your psp to your friends ps3. thats what i had to do to my nephew. you cant just pop in a mem stick.

Steve @ May 19th 2007 3:06PM

PS1 games do work on a PAL (UK) PS3, I downloaded Destruction Derby from the US store. You don't need a US credit card, just use Mastercard.

Be warned though, if you have custom firmware on your PSP (I have 3.40OE) the game wont start. Bit of a bummer as I really bought it for the PSP and now I'm stuck with Destruction Derby looking rubbish on a next gen console. Hopefully something DA will fix in the next version.