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Fade to Black, Theme Hosp, Motorhead.

Sony's PSN elves have polished up another trio of PlayStation One games and tossed them up on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable stores, hoping we won't notice that there's still no Everyday Shooter.

Still, those games are Fade to Black, Theme Hospital and Motorhead, which have an interesting if chequered history between them. Fade to Black, of course, is Delphine's sequel to Flashback, in which the man from Flashback wakes up on a spaceship, while Theme Hospital is one of the post-buyout Bullfrog games (and a goodie, if you ask me - at least on the PC) and Motorhead is a Digital Illusions (yes, them) racing game set in the future.

As PSone games on PSN, they all cost GBP 3.49 and can be downloaded up to five times onto any mixture of your PS3 and PSP that you can dream up.

It has of course been a busy few months for PSone games on PSN, which is why we've been busily rounding them up for you in review form. Most recently we've looked at Hardcore 4x4, Kula World, Populous: The Beginning, N20 and Destruction Derby. Also there are Crash Team Racing, Syphon Filter 1 and 3, Everybody's Golf 2 and Cool Boarders, while older-still titles were Crash Bandicoot, Jumping Flash and WipEout.

Meanwhile, PS3 owners are also able to get their pads on that Devil May Cry 4 demo everyone downloaded with made-up US accounts last week, and also a demo of MX vs. ATV: Untamed from THQ. One at a time, please.

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awb83 #1 4 years ago

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I might download Fade To Black

woohoo i get the first comment
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murphy245 #2 4 years ago

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i dun want ps1 games U_U already has them
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lordofdeadside #3 4 years ago

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I remember motorhead being pretty good, quite stylish and was very smooth at the time, should be good on the psp.
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Gaol #4 4 years ago

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I enjoyed Fade to Black, dunno how it will have aged though.
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bad09 #5 4 years ago

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@ Gaol

I played it a few months ago on my PS2, still plays pretty well but it was never a pretty game in the first place!
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BigStu #6 4 years ago

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Needs more (some) Resident Evil, Silent Hill & Dino Crisis.
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infoxicated #7 4 years ago

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Downloading Theme Hospital right now - that has never been bettered )
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neilch #8 4 years ago

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What about a racer like Grand Turismo 2?
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Andy247 #9 4 years ago

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I'll probably try Fade to Black, if only to see how it has aged.

However, it is NOT a sequel to Flashback. It was their follow up game but was not designed as a sequel, does not feature the same character (the first bloke was a Ginger) and does not follow the same plot/storyline. Rant over.
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byron_hinson #10 4 years ago

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My girlfriend keeps moaning that they haven't put Spyro back on the UK store yet after they removed it months ago due to a bug...anyone know anything about that?
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sickpuppysoftware #11 4 years ago

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I liked theme hospital on the PC. How does the PS One version rate?
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Agent_Llama #12 4 years ago

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Theme Hospital on PS was splendid. Yay!
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OnlyMe #13 4 years ago

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Wow, I want both Theme Hospital and Motorhead. Both excellent games! I was actually looking for that game on the PS1, now I don't have to anymore.
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Saladin #14 4 years ago

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Theme Hospital you say?

*readies shotgun for rat Armageddon*
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Agent_Llama #15 4 years ago

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You don't get to shoot the rats in the PS version. I was very disappointed when my friend revealed he could do this on his PC version.
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Saladin #16 4 years ago

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Rubbish!

That was the whole point of Theme Hospital! The building and planning was all in aid of creating a building in which you could shoot rats!
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Kon #17 4 years ago

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Great. Another week that the portuguese PSN doesn't get updated with all the PS1 games released elsewhere. WTF is going on anyway!?

Nobody on the pt boards over on playstation.com seems to notice or care (other than me). Anyone here care to point me to some official contact where I can pass on my concerns/frustration?
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OnlyMe #18 4 years ago

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Aaaargh! Motorhead isn't available in Norway! Fuck you Sony!
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SeesThroughAll #19 4 years ago

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As PSone games on PSN, they all cost GBP 3.49 and can be downloaded up to five times onto any mixture of your PS3 and PSP that you can dream up.

NO!
The limit is not on the number of downloads, it's on the number of devices!
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fluff_the_tiger #20 4 years ago

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andy : you sure about that? Flashback ending ----> Fade to Black intro

I remember it always being a sequel. Surely no 2 people inhabiting the same universe could dress so badly?
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Nithron #21 4 years ago

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Damn right, BigStu, damn right.

I'd also go for some Crash Bandicoot 3, actually...

Oh, and rollcage!
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Steroyd #22 4 years ago

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Theme Hospital on PSP. :')

God bless the world. :')
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Danj #23 4 years ago

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How about they do like Nintendo are doing with the VC and bring us games that never got released in our territory?

Like XENOGEARS!

(damn you square enix)
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polar #24 4 years ago

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Motorhead is great. So underrated!
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Cyhwuhx #25 4 years ago

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.::: Can Eurogamer start mentioning if these these updates are for UK stores only? It's rather annoying to keep reading about these updates only to discover the rest of Europe is getting nothing of interest again.

And you thought no Everyday Shooter was already annoying...
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mojo_x #26 4 years ago

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I actually bought a PS3 for Everyday Shooter two weeks ago without realising that it wasn't released globally. Yeah I was p1ss3d. Considering I live in Australia, Sony AU should probably consider releasing it sometime around the launch of the PS4. Anyone want a cheap gimped (40 gb) PS3?
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Steroyd #27 4 years ago

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Everyday shooter is supposed to come out tomorrows month.
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NinjaWilliams #28 4 years ago

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PSN is a joke, the sooner they release PSN cards the better! Grrr!!!...
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disjoost #29 4 years ago

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mmm, theme hospital. I played that game to death on the pc. Loved it so much, i think i even started again the second i finished the game. Good times!

Fade to black was good as well, but i fear it hasn't aged as gracefully as Theme Hospital, which still very much deserves a good sequel. Get to work already stupid devs!
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Steroyd #30 4 years ago

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Isn't the main guy of the bullfrog devs of yesteryear Peter Moloneux?
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Hunam #31 4 years ago

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Three very excellent games, shame TH isn't the best fit for a console game, but Motorhead is my fav racer ever.
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3william56 #32 4 years ago

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Bring the PAIN!

No, really. Bring it. Please.
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G3org3 #33 4 years ago

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fun factor: peeps complained PS3 for needless BC then again they ll buy PSone games in 2008
i ll shut up just bought Theme Hospital my self....Doctor attending psychiatry pleeeeaaase
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Beano #34 4 years ago

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"peeps complained PS3 for needless BC then again they ll buy PSone games in 2008 "

Well... they MAY have been different people with different opinions
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Blerk #35 4 years ago

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At last, some decent titles!

Theme Hospital is still great. Fade to Black.... looks like arse, unfortunately. But it's still fairly amusing.
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Steroyd #36 4 years ago

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What IS fade to black?

Everyone everywhere gets hot under the collar and mentions that game, what is it?
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Darren #37 4 years ago

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@Steroyd - Your best bet would be to go to Wikipedia and type in Fade to Black as you'll get far more info that anything posted here.
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Sneerk #38 4 years ago

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Meh, i want rayman..
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Vin #39 4 years ago

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Fucking hell, Motorhead spanked every racer on the PS.

Sold.
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