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Fired Up for PlayStation Portable
Fired Up for PlayStation Portable is a vehicular combat game in which a resistance group fights the occupying Republic. During the campaign you control several fighters in turn and drive through four large areas. You carry out missions in fast buggies, armed jeeps, armoured personnel carriers and tanks. Each vehicle balances speed, armour and firepower differently. You attack enemy vehicles with the main weapon, while collected rockets and other temporary weapons make a direct assault more powerful.
The missions require more than simply eliminating opponents. You defend positions, escort allies, reach checkpoints and look for a usable vehicle when your current ride is destroyed. Drivers can get out and use fixed gun emplacements, so a fight does not always end when a vehicle is lost. The compact PSP controls divide steering, aiming and weapons between the analogue stick and buttons. Success therefore depends on keeping moving, finding cover and choosing the right vehicle for an assignment.
Alongside the campaign, Fired Up offers local wireless play for up to eight PSP systems. Deathmatch, team battles, Capture the Flag and King of the Hill use separate arenas and vehicles from the story. Game Sharing permits a limited match from one UMD, while every participant uses their own copy for the full selection of maps and rules. PSP online services are not required for the campaign; local ad hoc features need several systems and remain dependent on available players and compatible hardware. The UMD also contains playable demos of Wipeout Pure and MediEvil Resurrection.
Region and language
Our PlayStation Portable games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Fired Up uses the standard PlayStation Portable controls. The full campaign is stored on the UMD. Local wireless ad hoc play supports up to eight PSP systems; Game Sharing offers only a limited multiplayer trial from one UMD, while the full choice of maps and rules requires each participant to own a copy. Discontinued network services are not needed for solo play.
Manual
Fired Up for PlayStation Portable includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Fired Up
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released Fired Up for PlayStation Portable on 1 September 2005, alongside the handheld's European launch. SCE Studio London developed the game as a standalone successor to Hardware: Online Arena for PlayStation 2. The new title retained vehicle combat and arenas but added a complete campaign built specifically for portable play. The fictional conflict between a small resistance group and the Republic gave the separate combat assignments a continuing context.
The campaign alternated between five playable resistance members and a range of military vehicles. Small cars offered speed but little protection; tanks and armoured vehicles were slower and could withstand more damage. London Studio tied that difference to open areas, fixed guns and secondary weapons collected along the way. This created a mixture of driving and shooting that was not simply a racing game or shooter. The UMD also contained demos of two other early European PSP games.
Local play was an important technical feature at launch. Up to eight players could compete through an ad hoc connection, and Game Sharing allowed one owner to send a limited multiplayer trial to other PSP systems. Fired Up was released only in PAL territories and received no sequel under the same name. The central infrastructure of early PSP services is no longer available, but the campaign and local ad hoc play remain on the physical UMD. Multiplayer still needs several working PSP systems and, depending on the selected content, additional copies.
Similar games for PlayStation Portable
Twisted Metal: Head-On also pits armed vehicles against one another in freely explorable arenas, but uses eccentric drivers and a tournament centred on Calypso. Fired Up places military vehicles in a resistance campaign with tasks such as defending and escorting. Both combine driving with rockets and machine guns; Fired Up puts more emphasis on changing vehicles and local play for eight participants.
Wipeout Pure revolves around futuristic anti-gravity racing in which speed, corners and temporary weapons come together. Fired Up also has fast vehicles and collected ammunition, but no lap times or fixed race tracks. You explore larger combat areas, complete mission objectives and can drive heavy tanks. The included Wipeout demo immediately shows the difference between pure competition and freer vehicular action.
Liberty City Stories offers an open city where you complete missions on foot and in stolen vehicles. Fired Up limits its areas to military battlefields and makes vehicular combat the core, without a crime city or extensive life outside assignments. Both let you change cars and follow objectives; Fired Up chooses shorter battles, fixed weapon systems and a direct local multiplayer structure.
Star Wars Battlefront II on PSP combines shooting, vehicle use and capturing command posts. You normally control a soldier on foot there and occasionally enter a vehicle. Fired Up reverses that balance: tanks, jeeps and armoured vehicles define almost every battle. Battlefront uses familiar Star Wars armies, while Fired Up has its own resistance conflict and vehicle-focused arenas.
Pursuit Force mixes chases with shooting and lets the agent leap between vehicles at high speed. Fired Up also allows you to get out or take over another ride, but the change happens more calmly within open combat zones. Both reward aggressive driving and effective weapon use. Pursuit Force follows police chases on linear routes; Fired Up uses military missions and arenas in which eight local players can drive around.
