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Jackass: The Game for PlayStation Portable
Jackass: The Game for PlayStation Portable turns the MTV show into 35 short stunt games. After the regular director is injured, you take charge of producing a new season. Seven episodes each contain five assignments featuring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man and others. You ride through San Francisco in a rubbish bin, launch a character with a shopping trolley or try to cause as much damage as possible during a failed jump.
Every stunt has its own rules and controls. Some are all about timing and balance, while elsewhere you steer a vehicle or determine the angle and force of a collision. The score rewards completed objectives, destroyed objects and injuries sustained. Challenge lets you replay unlocked stunts with additional conditions. You spend the money earned at Jackass-Mart on characters, clothing, props and classic video clips from the television show.
The PSP version includes an exclusive Director Mode. It lets you edit saved replays from different camera angles into your own episode. Local ad hoc play allows two to four PSP owners to compete in a stunt or complete episode; every participant needs their own system and game. The original infrastructure feature for two online players and the servers for shared videos are not offered as operational. Story, Challenge, Director Mode and local matches are stored on the UMD.
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.
Jackass: The Game uses the standard PSP controls and needs no additional accessory for solo play. Local ad hoc play supports two to four PSP systems; every participant needs their own copy. The original infrastructure feature for two online players and video sharing are not offered as available. Story, Challenge, Director Mode and local play are stored on the UMD.
Manual
Jackass: The Game 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 Jackass: The Game
New Zealand studio Sidhe Interactive developed Jackass: The Game for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Red Mile Entertainment and MTV Games released the PSP version in Europe on 23 November 2007. The game did not adapt a single film but was designed as a new virtual television season. Members of the Jackass crew contributed their voices, likenesses and ideas for stunts that had not previously been performed on the show.
The creators divided 35 stunts among seven episodes and built every assignment as a separate action game. Physics-based movement and an injury report made collisions part of the scoring. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn and other familiar participants returned. Bam Margera was absent because of existing contractual arrangements involving other games. Unlocking clothing, props and archive footage tied the separate assignments to a longer progression system.
For PSP, Sidhe added Director Mode, which allowed players to edit replays from different angles and share them online at the time. The handheld version also supported local ad hoc matches for up to four participants and infrastructure play for two. Those original online facilities later disappeared; they belong to the game's history and are not a promise of present availability. The physical UMD preserves the seven episodes, Challenge, local multiplayer and editing feature without requiring the old servers.
Similar games for PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation 2 version uses the same seven episodes and many of the same 35 stunts but offers multiplayer on a single console. The PSP release uses several handhelds for ad hoc play and adds the exclusive Director Mode for editing replays. Both reward damage, completed assignments and unlocked Jackass content; the portable version places more emphasis on personal videos and wireless matches.
MTV Pimp My Ride likewise uses a television programme as its basis, but has you collect, repair and customise cars within a time limit. Jackass: The Game consists of short physical stunts in which pain and destruction earn points. Both feature the presentation and voices of an MTV licence, while one revolves around vehicle customisation and the other around varied action games and replays.
The Simpsons Game turns television characters into continuous platform and action levels with a story and changing abilities for each character. Jackass: The Game divides its content into separate stunts that together form episodes. Both use familiar voices, humour and scenes that refer to the source material; Jackass focuses on scores, injuries and replaying events rather than exploration and story battles.
Ape Academy 2 also offers many short assignments with rapidly changing rules and local wireless matches on PSP. The apes play light-hearted card and dexterity games, whereas Jackass uses adult stunt comedy, collisions and an injury score. Both ask you to grasp new controls quickly; Jackass groups five stunts into an episode and lets PSP players edit their best replays in Director Mode.
Like Jackass, Hot Pixel consists of dozens of short PSP assignments with varied actions and a strong visual identity. Hot Pixel alternates abstract street culture and pixel jokes within extremely brief reaction games. Jackass builds longer stunts around recognisable cast members, concrete objectives and physical damage. Only Jackass connects the results to television episodes, unlocked clips and an extensive replay-editing feature.
