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PSP Charger Grip

With Nyko’s Charger Grips you’ll play better — and longer! The Charger Grips provide an additional 1.5x more play time for all your favorite PSP games. Get a more familiar grip to ease strain on the hands. The grips feature an easy to install clip for simple attachment and removal, a sleek black look to compliment the PSP and a lightweight design. The charger grips are great for longer, more comfortable gameplay sessions for any PSP owner. Rechargeable battery provides 7 additional hours of play time.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars great item
Great item makes the PSP way more comfortable to handle. It even works well with the PSP-1000. The only gripe is that mine had a bit defective battery pack where I have push and shake the power adapter into the slot to make it charge.

4 Stars A great little bonus but not all that great.
When I bought my PSP several months ago, I was browsing the accessories and noticed this little gadget. Upon reading the back of the packaging, I noticed that it adds a few additional hours of gameplay before you have to recharge the battery. So I went ahead and bought it and I was a tad bit surprised it didn’t work as well as I thought it would.

One of the reasons why I bought a PSP in the first place is because I travel quite a few times a year and I wanted something to get me through my 3 hour plane rides. With the ability to watch movies, I thought the PSP was perfect. But I knew that I would be playing games while waiting to board my plane or on the car ride to the airport and I didn’t want the battery to die on me. So I thought, yes, the charger grip is exactly what I need. I tested it a few weeks before my next plane trip and although it did provide a couple more hours of gameplay (like 2 or 3 hours), it didn’t provide the 7 hours that the Amazon description states. Not a huge deal since I don’t need it to last 7 hours but it is necessary to point it out.

Second, it’s quite easy to charge the grip. All you do is plug the adapter directly into the charger grip and then plug the charger grip into your PSP. Simple enough.

Third, although I like the grips for certain games, they get in the way for other games. And you have to remove the entire thing from your PSP in order to change games. Removing the charger grip is another issue.

I have scratched my PSP a couple of times in an attempt to remove the charger grips from it. There’s a certain way to do it and that certain way is certainly not easy. So either I put a game in that I can play for hours on end, or I don’t use the charger grip at all.

Although it may seem that there are more negatives than positives, I still recommend this product. Considering that I really only needed it to add a couple of additional hours of gameplay, it works for what I need it for. For that reason, I can put the negatives on a backburner.

5 Stars I got one just like with but without the extra battery charger option.
I got a model that looks just like this but made by a different company I believe. It doesn’t have the battery built into it. Although I really haven’t had the chance to play with mine yet but it does feel comfortable in you hand. Mind you I am a 6′3″ man. Mine also works with my Logitech Visor so that is a bonus. Overall I am satisfied so far with this product. I will write back if I change my mind on that.

4 Stars Great product – sort of.
The grips work great. They make gaming with the PSP very comfortable for adult-sized hands. The battery simply doesn’t work or I’d give this a 5-star rating.

4 Stars Pretty cool product
I bought this because holding the PSP for hours caused some hand cramping. I really like this product and the extra battery life is a big plus. My only complaints are the face plates won’t work with these unless you use a dremel to notch tabs in the removable faceplate (not the PSP). That complaint is for the faceplate though and not this product. My other complaint is that the tabs that hold the PSP to it are a bit bulky, obtrusive and easy to break. Also, it does not help in portability but it has a battery in it so what can you ask for? For what it is and what it costs, it’s worth it. Adds to the comfortability factor and extra battery are the true shining points to this product. Buy it. But look around because it’s cheaper elsewhere.

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The Lord of the Rings Tactics

Lord of the Rings Tactics puts players in the universe of Middle-Earth, for adventures that go beyond the books and films. This tactical RPG game lets players guide Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Gandalf and Sauron, among others. In turn-based action, you’ll use your strategic abilities to gain advantage over the enemy and determine the future of Middle-Earth. Simultaneous turn-taking in single and multiplayer

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great fun always ends soon
I love tactics games and LOTR, so bought this one by instinct without reading any review. The game didn’t disappoint me, is very fun, fast paced and the animation is amazing, besides the strategy and planning your moves you will enjoy just by looking the characters executing the attacks and spells.

The only negative is the fact that you will complete all the levels relatively in a short time (maybe with more levels I wouldn’t get enough either) so after completing it with the bad guys, I tried to start again with the Fellowship, and you get the same missions but on the other side of the ring. I have to admit that playing with Sam and Frodo is not closely fun compared with the Witch King attacks, so really don’t went too far with the good guys. I guess I will be playing again from the start but trying to win in less moves or getting different skills and items to slain the good guys faster (sorry for my sadistic side).

4 Stars Good effort by EA
This is a great game for the psp. For those of you that are Final Fantasy fans this game plays like Final Fantasy Tactics.

You can play either the side of Moria or the Fellowship. Some reviews call this a short game. If you only play it once with out getting everthing for your heros, it is. However I’m taking the time to get everthing and the memory stick claims I have about nine hours play time. I still don’t have all the Moria skills. I still need to lv the side of the fellowship and get there skills. I belive you could spend 20+ hours to get everthing.

The graphics on this game is the best i’ve seen on a handheld. The sound is great as well. The game also has clips from all three movies.

Now the down side. As you work your way through the game, all your heros gain exp. It don’t matter if they was in combat or not. However, you still have spend the credits on your heros skills. The highest lv you can go is lv 15 which = 8,700 exp.

Over all this was a great effort by EA.

3 Stars Oh well
I’m a big fan of tactics games. For that and only reason I bought this game.This is a good game for short term simply because it’s too short. All you can do is follow the movie story (the movie was damn long one) no alternatives. Dissapointing.

5 Stars Any LOTR fan should own this….
I must say….This game is all that! It resembles the game releases on PS2, but at the same time, is so different. I highly recommend this game. There is a slight freeze problem that will occur every now and again, but simply pop out your disc and put it right back and you are off again where you left off. The game is so addicting. Especially if you are a fan of LOTR. I was lucky to catch this on sale at Best Buy at $39.99 for the week it dropped in price, but now it’s back up to $49.99 there and is well worth even that. It is basically chess with the LOTR characters. Strategically position your characters to meet the objective. I was a bit confused when I did the tutorial, but after I tried it, I figured it out and have been tearing the computer up for now. I’m sure it will get tougher though. Different levels and difficulty levels will keep you entertained for a great while. I could not put this thing down when I started playing it. It is truly worth every penny.

3 Stars EA has screwed a good thing up again!
Overall it’s a good game that keeps you wanting to play the next mission. It’s also fairly difficult which is a good thing (I usually have to play each level twice before beating it). But BEWARE, EA has not done their quality assurance checks again (as in the major malfunctions with the Madden 06 for PSP game). This game has often froze up and turned my PSP off right in the middle of a mission. So frustrating… I smell Class Action! I’m about to boycott EA games. Well, if you want to keep playing this game, please remember to save often!

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