You Can Now Play One of PSP's Best Games on Mobile 1

Lumines Remastered, the 2018 re-release of a stone cold PSP classic, has now come to mobile devices.

Available now for both iOS and Android, the game is free-to-start, and you can unlock the full thing for $7.99/£7.99 ($9.99/£9.99 after the launch discount).

The free trial grants you access to the Basic Challenge mode, the tutorial, and the 60-second Time Attack.

The port is co-developed by mobile studio Sound Games and original creator Enhance. It's a fully featured port of the console version, with all modes, stages, and music included.

You can play the tutorial, a chunk of Basic Challenge mode, and the 60-second Time Attack for free, while everything else is behind the paywall.

Lumines is a music-based falling block puzzle game originally made for the PSP, designed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Rez and Space Channel 5 fame. In my opinion, it's up there with Tetris as one of the great arcade puzzlers.

I've had a very quick go with the mobile version, and while using physical buttons is preferable, the touch controls are serviceable.

There are three options; the default, which doesn't feel intuitive if you're used to how Lumines plays elsewhere, a classic control scheme which feels closer, and a gesture-based scheme, which felt more natural to me on a touch screen.

While the game plays perfectly well on PS4, it feels right to have the original Lumines accessible in your pocket.

In other news, the Lumines Remastered soundtrack is available to stream/purchase now for the first time. It's out on all the services you'd expect, which you can see through the link.

Will you be checking out the mobile release of Lumines Remastered? Tell us in the comments section below.

[source x.com]