The PXP 3 is a handheld retro console from China. It has clearly been made as to look like the Sony PSP with the name even being similar. The PXP 3 won’t play any Sony games though what it will do is play classic Sega 16-bit Megadrive/Genesis games and although it claims wrongly to have 66666s games built in the actual number is more like just over 130.
Despite the name and looks the PXP 3 isn’t actually as large a PSP and is about 3/4 of the size. Build quality is a bit cheap and plasticy with a small 2.5 inch screen, which is backlit though which is a nice touch. It has quite a few buttons of which only a few work in the games. When you switch it on and you get a menu from where you can choose a list of 16 bit Sega games as well as a few other oddities such as an Angry birds knock off. While there are a few games that are not worth bothering with it does have some classics that are worth having the PXP for alone such as 3 Sonic the hedgehog games, Ecco the Dolphin, Mortal Kombat, Streets or Rage, Street fighter 2, Dessert Strike, Ghouls & Ghosts, Gunstar heroes, Atomic Robo Kid and Revenge of Shonobi. The games are clearly running in some sort of emulator and some of them fail to work which suggests they are just ROMs dumped onto the consoles memory without any testing, especially as some games appear in the list more than once. There also doesn’t appear to be anyway to save games so if your half way through playing Sonic and then want to switch it off you will have to start play from the beginning next time, which is a shame as if the console does have the advertised 1GB of storage then having a few meagbytes put aside for save games would have not been to difficult. The games do play smoothly with no noticable slow down or dropped frames. Sound wise the quality isn’t great as it’s a bit tinny but it is loud enough. What looks to be a headphone socket is in fact AV out so you can plug it into a TV with the supplied cable and let you play on a big screen, the AV out is only composite video and mono audio. But retro games never look brilliant on modern tellies due to the games being low resolution so the blurriness of composite video actually helps to give it more of an authentic 90s feel. The removable battery lasts a few hours and takes about an 1 hour to charge up and you can also power it using the supplied Mini USB cable.
Retro consoles are usually quite expensive while this retails for about $20 online so if you have fond memories of those 16 bit Sega games or looking for a cheap handheld games machine for the kids and aren’t expecting brilliant build quality then it is worth a punt on the PXP 3.
Full list of games built into the PXP console or on the cartridge
Built into the PXP 3
Addams Family
Air Buster
Altered Beast
Angry Birds
Arch Rivals
Arrow Flash
Atomic Robo Kid
B.O.B.
Bad Omen
Balloon Boy
Barbie Super Model
Batman
Batman – Revenge of the Joker
Battle Mania
Battlemaster
Battletoads
Beauty and the Beast
Bible Adventure
Bimini Run
Bonanza Bros.
Brian Cricket
Burning Force
Cadash
California Games
Cannon Fodder
Captain Planet
Chakan Forever
Chuck II – Son of Chuck
Cosmic Spacehead
Crack Down
Cross Fire
Cyborg Justice
Dark Castle
Darwin 4081
Decap Attack
Desert Strike
Devil Crash MD
Dick Tracy
Dino Land
DJ Boy
Doraemon
Double Dragon 2
Dragon Ball
Dragons Revenge
Draxos
Dream Team USA
Dynamite Duke
EA Hockey League
Ecco the Dolphin
El Viento
Elemental Master
ESWAT
Fatman
Ferias Frustradas do Pica-Pau
Forgotten World
Fun Car Rally
Gain Ground
Ghostbusters
Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts
Golden Axe
Golden Axe 2
Grand Slam Tennis
Gunstar Heroes
Heavy Unit
Hellfire
Herzog Zwei
James Pond
Ju Ju Densetsu
Kid Chameleon
Kujaku Ou 2
Little Mermaid
Magic Girl
Man Overboard
Marble Madness
Mario Hockey
Mean Bean Machine
Mighty Morphin
Monopoly
Mortal Kombat
Ninja Turtles
Phelios
Psycho Pinball
Pyramid Magic
Raiden Trad
Revenge of Shinobi
Ristar
Shinobi 3
Shove it
Simpsons
Smurfs
Sonic 3D
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Spider Man
Steel Talons
Street Smart
Streets of Rage
Strider
Strider 2
Super Battleship
Super Battletank
Super Mario Bros.
Super Skidmarks
Sword of Vermilion
Tekken Special 3
The Faery Tale Adventure
Thunder Force 3
Tiny Toon ACME
Toy Story
Toys
Twinkle Tale
Wani Wani World
Woogie Bowling
Wrestling Gaide
X-Men
Zool
Zuma Bubbles
Games On Cartridge
Air Diver
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Art Alive
Batman Returns
Battletoads
Blaster Master 2
Block Out
Championship Pro Am
Columns
Double dragon
Exodus
Fantastic Dizzy
Fatal Labyrinth
Final Zone
Flicky
Insector X
James Bond 007
Junction
Krusty’s Super Fun House
Lakers vs. Celtics
M.U.S.H.A. Aleste
Magical Taruruuto-kun
Master of Weapon
Paddle Fighter
Pyramid Magic II
Rolo to the Rescue
Samurai Showdown
Sensible Soccer
Shadow Blasters
Sonic Eraser
Spiritual Warfare
Super Volleyball
Tetris
The Desert
The Terminator
Thunder Fox
Top Gear 2
World Cup Soccer
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