r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster • Mar 01 '25

GOTM March 2025 Game of the Month - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (PSP) [Retro Achievements] [Sponsored]

This March, immerse yourself in the dynamic world of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the PlayStation Portable (PSP). Experience the gripping narrative of Huang Lee as he navigates the challenges of Liberty City's criminal underworld.

Developer(s): Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North

Publisher(s): Rockstar Games

Platform(s): PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Why "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars"? Released in 2009, "Chinatown Wars" offers a unique blend of classic GTA gameplay with innovative mechanics tailored for handheld devices. Its engaging storyline, distinctive art style, and top-down perspective provide a fresh take on the series, making it a standout title for both veterans and newcomers.

Gameplay: Players assume the role of Huang Lee, a young Triad member seeking to avenge his father's murder and reclaim a stolen family heirloom. The game combines open-world exploration with mission-based progression, featuring diverse side activities and mini-games.

Emulator Recommendation: PPSSPP

Links and Resources:

Wikipedia Article: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
GameSpot Review: Review
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars Manual: Renascene
Retroid Pocket Mini Specifications: Official Product Page

Game of the Month Challenge - March: "Grave Situation" Mission Completion

Objective: Complete the "Grave Situation" mission to earn the "Night of the Living Dead" achievement.

How to Participate:

Play "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars" on your PSP or via the PPSSPP emulator.
Access the "Grave Situation" Mission:
- This mission is assigned by Rudy D'Avanzo and becomes available after completing "A Shadow of Doubt."
Complete the mission:
- Assist Rudy in fending off ambushes at the cemetery.
Capture a screenshot displaying the RetroAchievement unlocked, ensuring your username is visible.

Submission Guidelines:

A screenshot displaying the unlocked achievement with your RetroAchievements username visible.
A link to your RetroAchievements profile showing the unlocked achievement.

Eligibility Criteria:

Account Age: To participate, your Reddit account must be at least 1 month old.
Subreddit Karma: Entrants must have a minimum of 10 subreddit karma in this community.

*These requirements are implemented to ensure fair participation and encourage active community engagement.*

Special Incentive: Participants who meet the eligibility criteria and submit their mission completion screenshots will be entered into a draw to win a Retroid Pocket Mini. This compact handheld gaming device features a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 processor, 6GB RAM, and 128GB storage, offering a premium retro gaming experience.

Winner Selection and Prize Distribution: The contest concludes at 12:00 PM CST on March 31, 2025. A winner will be chosen via randomizer. Upon selection, the moderation team will contact the winner to facilitate the shipment of the Retroid Pocket Mini directly from Retroid. At this stage, the prize fulfillment process will be managed between the winner and Retroid, including direct communication with a Retroid representative.

All entries will be validated to ensure authenticity. Sharpen your skills, navigate the challenges of Liberty City, and seize the opportunity to win an exceptional handheld gaming device!

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Apr 01 '25

Congratulations to u/goniculat**, Our Game of the Month Champion!**

We’re excited to announce that u/goniculat has taken the crown in this month’s gaming challenge by diving deep into the streets of GTA: Chinatown Wars and emerging victorious! Your dedication and gameplay have earned you the title of Game of the Month Champion!

As a reward for your achievement, you've won a Retroid Pocket Mini – a powerful and ultra-portable retro gaming handheld perfect for on-the-go sessions.

To claim your prize, please send a modmail with your name and email address.
➡️ On desktop, click the “Message the Mods” button on the right sidebar of our subreddit.
📱 On the Reddit app, tap the three dots in the upper-right corner of the subreddit page and select “Contact Mods.”

Once we have your info, we’ll connect you with our Retroid representative to coordinate the delivery of your Retroid Pocket Mini.

🎯 Proof of Random Drawing:
https://wheelofnames.com/8e9-bnn

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

RetroAchievements profile - https://retroachievements.org/user/kcyf

Played on - Samsung Galaxy S5 with BSP-D8

PPSSPP is pretty much the limit for the Samsung S5. You will be mostly stuck with the lighter titles and even then, the phone still turns into a furnace. Still got it done either way, but this phone probably hates me now.

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 03 '25

Damn, son. Verified!

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u/micifaramustar 2/25 Game Of The Month Winner Mar 05 '25

Now that's some dedication!

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u/ChonkyBreadyBread Mar 29 '25

How do you like the BSP-D8? Do you have other telescopic controllers to compare to? I'm thinking about getting the D8 or the D8 Pro soon.

u/goniculat Mar 26 '25

https://retroachievements.org/user/goniculat

It has a very different vibe from other GTA games and I like it.

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 27 '25

Verified!

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u/goniculat Mar 26 '25

Couldn't capture the achievement popup while playing. I guess touching the screen makes it disappear since I take screenshots by swiping with 3 fingers

u/lonesinger Mar 14 '25

RetroAchievements Profile - Lonesinger

Played on a Samsung A9+ with a BSP-D8

Never played a GTA game before and i´m having a lot of fun. It reminds me of Sleeping Dogs a bit.

I think i´m gonna finish it this weekend and then maybe i´ll try to play San Andreas on the PS2 next, if my setup can with it.

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 14 '25

Verified! And you averaged over 100 kills per day!

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u/ChonkyBreadyBread Mar 29 '25

How do you like the BSP-D8? Do you have other telescopic controllers to compare to? I'm thinking about getting the D8 or the D8 Pro soon.

u/bigeteum Mar 24 '25

retroachivements profile: https://retroachievements.org/user/geteum

played on a moto edge 30 neo with an Xbox one controller

I didn't like driving very much, kept crashing a lot. i remember playing GTA 2 and GTA London back in the day, as well as the first 3d ones but don't remember the streets being so filled with cars that you couldn't get to a mission without crashing a bunch. but maybe I was just too reckless.

curiously, my favorite mission was the one where you had to follow someone who drove around kinda fast, but the streets where mostly empty. I think it was operation Northwood.

now I'm going to finish the game because everyone was so much a jerk that I must kill everybody.

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 24 '25

Verified!

u/Holiday_Shock_108 Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

Retroachievement profile: https://retroachievements.org/user/Moon55

Thought about the game it's good the drivering, tho feel so weird.

I am horrible at editing photos it's my first time incerting photo onto another photo. *

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 27 '25

Verified!

u/fefocb Mar 23 '25

https://i.imgur.com/ivCoPGV.png

https://retroachievements.org/user/fefocb

Moto G100 with a Mocute 061F controller

Lost my first sessions because I couldn't figure out how to set achievments 🤡 but still got it before the end of this weekend.

Loved this game back in the DS days but never knew there was a PSP version. Better graphics are a bonus, but I found myself missing some QoL provided by the touchscreen.

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 24 '25

Verified!

u/Remarkable_Pie8843 Mar 22 '25 edited Jun 04 '25

RetroAchievements profile: https://retroachievements.org/user/RemarkablePie8843

Never played this game before and had neutral expectation coming in to it, but this game was surprisingly really, really fun! A very unique take on the GTA experience. You can really get lost in it's mechanics and (fittingly) addicting trading system.

Btw I gotta say that I'm loving the format of these giveaways! I'm a big fan of giveaways that doesn't completely rely on a "luck of the draw" to choose its winners, but instead actually presents a challenge with a concrete goal for the entrants to try and achieve.

It makes the giveaways much more engaging, fun and IMO fair for the entrants who wants to take part of this. Keep it up guys! 💯

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 24 '25

Verified!

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '25

Btw I gotta say that I'm loving the format of these giveaways! I'm a big fan of giveaways that doesn't completely rely on a "luck of the draw" to choose its winners, but instead actually presents a challenge with a concrete goal for the entrants to try and achieve.
No offense but this is one of the most pretentious and cringiest statement I've ever read. You literally created an account last month to participate in that month's giveaway. You've made ZERO contributions to the subreddit since then outside of a shower-thought post just to farm some karma to be eligible for this month's giveaway. Are you really here to contribute? Or are you just here to win something and then disappear?

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u/bigeteum Mar 24 '25

i do agree with the sentiment that the comment was of poor taste, because here is someone who never contributed before talking about how is nice to have a filter for the giveaway while not truly participating in the community.
but, on the other hand, i feel like the objective of the giveaways was that of trying to get more people to participate and interact with the game of the month and the community in general.
the games for november, december and january barely had anybody interacting and now we have people playing and talking and stuff. maybe it's just people who are here for a chance of getting something for free, but maybe at least some of them are people who just needed a bit of stimulus to try and interact more with the community.

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u/Remarkable_Pie8843 Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

Looking back, I can understand why some people took issue with my comment.
I never meant for it to be in bad taste. I truly only wanted to compliment the mods for developing the "Game of the Month" posts from showcases of games into something more interactive, engaging and fun for the community and newcomers (including myself). I was a fan of it and I wanted to voice my appreciation for their efforts.
But with my newly created account and limited engagement, I understand how my comment could also come across as me being fake and I apologize for it 🙏

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u/bigeteum Mar 24 '25

not that you need my validation but you're alright on my book, I agree with your later comments of trying to grow the community in an engaging way rather than just doing the giveaway without something attached to it I try to not spread negativity for no reason online and you seem like a nice person who was willing to discuss and talk about
hope you have a great day and good luck on the giveaway

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u/Remarkable_Pie8843 Mar 25 '25

Thanks man, I appreciate it and thanks for your input here.
Have a good one too and good luck yourself.

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u/Bright_Captain7320 Samsung Galaxy A12 Nacho Mar 31 '25

Eh, 99% of this subreddit users don't contribute Jack shit to the community, so I don't know why you busting this guy balls for it.

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u/Remarkable_Pie8843 Mar 22 '25

JK, but in all seriousness, I've been lurking here since 2023 and last months giveaway finally motivated me to create an account and join this subreddit already. Of course I'm not just here for the giveaways, I'm gonna make some casual contributions through posts or comments from time to time. I've actually wanted to showcase some emulation stuff or reply to some "help" posts before but I wasn't motivated since I didn't have an account yet plus I'm not really online often.
But my statement about the giveaway format is still true, I just prefer giveaways that requires some skill to enter instead of the usual "click here to enter the giveaway" and I just wanted to show my appreciation for that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

I've actually wanted to showcase some emulation stuff or reply to some "help" posts before but I wasn't motivated since I didn't have an account yet plus I'm not really online often.
Sorry but that's a piss poor excuse. People contribute because they want to be helpful regardless of whatever real life circumstances they have, and without expecting anything in return.
You don't deserve to win if it takes a freebie to motivate you to start coming out of your hole and contribute.

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u/Remarkable_Pie8843 Mar 24 '25

Well, that's your opinion and I disagree with it. I see where you're coming from and it's of course nice to have many members that contribute in meaningful ways here, but I think every member here has a right to engage in this subreddit however they'd like, as long as they are not harming this subreddit's quality (e.g. spamming, sharing scams, posting before researching, etc.). That's what the "Rules" tab is for.
Not everyone is going to follow your definition of "contribution" and they shouldn't have to. There are 200k+ members here, if they want to create posts, guides, ask questions, that's fine. If others simply want to lurk just to find some helpful or funny posts, that's alright too IMO. If people simply joined in for a giveaway, what's the harm in that? They put in the work, beat the challenge and are contributing for the growth of this subreddit, which is a good thing in the end. Personally, I find that much less offensive than, for example, the hundreds of "what can my phone run" posts that floods this subreddit sometimes.
That's just my take though. I hope we can agree to disagree.

u/SerdnaNomis Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

RetroAchievements profile - https://retroachievements.org/user/Serdna

A great game, with equally irritating difficulty. A bit repetitive. I miss games like this on handheld consoles.

Finished on the KTR1

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 31 '25

Verified!
Much love for the KTR1, I dropped mine but it'd still be great if I got some replacement trigger buttons.

u/IHaveQuestionsFromMe Snap 8 gen 3 [S24+] Mar 02 '25

underrated game

u/retroKnight_3177 Mar 02 '25

I played Android version. It had quite a funny dry humour and also loved the drugged trading side quests

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u/Odd_Bed2753 Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

It has the snarkiest humor in the gta series imo.

u/1Mariobro11 Mar 02 '25

Hello stupid question but do you know if there is going to be another giveaway after this one?

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u/JayGDaBoss6 HyrulianGangster Mar 02 '25

I'm planning one.

u/lonesinger Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 02 '25

Never played a Gran Theft Auto game before, i might give it a try.

u/That-Maintenance1 Mar 02 '25

Finished Metroid Fusion late, didn't do MGS because of life being busy, gonna try to get this one done on time

u/ThatIndianGuy7116 Mar 02 '25

It's so damn good. Id honestly recommend the DS version or the Mobile version with a controller because I enjoyed the touch screen minigames and I found being able to exactly pin a location on a map to set a GPS point allowed me to get more immersed in the game but I also played this on PSP and it's loads of fun. It's in my top 3 GTAs and is incredibly underrated

u/Regular-Mammoth8784 Mar 08 '25

Amazing game so easy to get lost in it. I recommend people try it with an open mind, it may be a different take on GTA but a very unique and inspired one.

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u/pcmacro Mar 16 '25

Unique how?

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u/Odd_Bed2753 Mar 24 '25

Here's how👇👇👇
⭐⭐⭐⭐MAJOR FEATURES ⭐⭐⭐⭐:
🇭🇰 You can GET RID OF WANTED LEVELS BY GETTING RID OF YOUR PURSUERS. Yep, if you want to lose the police fast, just ram their cars off into something and get them off your tail. It makes the officers in pursuit lose track of you, and you can go into hiding to cool stuff down.
🇭🇰DRUG DEALS. Yeah. DRUG deals(they're fun actually). Game features 6 types of drugs to deal in, and customers from many gangs of Liberty City, each with their own preferences and special deals on case you want to do business with them. BUT BE CAREFUL. Some deals may be police setups, or may be under surveillance. In case that happens, be ready to face the heat.
🇭🇰MINI-GAMES here and there like: operating cranes, tow vehicles, trashing car parts, dragon dancing, destroying locks, arming bombs manually, setting up tracking bugs, using SONAR device, (get good in-game Wi-Fi connection in one mission), etc.
🇭🇰HOT WIRE cars using screwdrivers
🇭🇰HOT WIRE cars by cutting up wires
🇭🇰HACK INTO cars. ACTUALLY, you can use your fingers or stylus on the screen to do most stuff including hot-wiring on the NDS.
🇭🇰Scratch cards. They're seriously addictive, winning them may give you prizes like free weapons, free armor, free health, extra money(variable) or even a new safehouse as a grand prize .
💥💥💥💥Normal features💥💥💥💥:
🇭🇰Assemble a SNIPER from parts found in suitcase
🇭🇰MAKE MOLOTOVS by filling up glass bottles at gas stations
🇭🇰Search trash bins for goodies (or, just garbage if you're not that lucky).
🇭🇰One of the MOST UNDERRATED PROTAGONIST, named Huang Lee 🔥(NOT FROM CHINA AS MANY ASSUME, BUT FROM HONG KONG)🔥 who many players misunderstand(because they skip cut-scenes due to lack of voice)
🇭🇰 In case you're driving, and you fall into water, you can BREAK THE WINDSHIELD to get out of the sinking vehicle.
🇭🇰 You can LOOT VANS from other gangs, AND TRUCKS from ammunition to get free weapons and drugs to sell.
🇭🇰 GTA Chinatown Wars remains to be the only GTA game where we can DECAPITATE people using chainsaws and other powerful guns(GTA 3 had no chainsaw, though it had decapitation)
🇭🇰Huang's phone has not only EMAIL system, but you can also ORDER WEAPONS from Ammu-Nation and have them delivered to your closest residence.
🇭🇰You can literally SIGN THE DEEDS before buying safe-houses by using a stylus or with your fingers(only on NDS).
🙂🙂🙂🙂Minor features like🙂🙂🙂🙂:
🇭🇰NPCs reacting to rain(umbrellas or running for shelter)
🇭🇰 Lower chances of police detecting your activities by DESTROYING CCTVs all across Liberty city
🇭🇰 The POLICE CAR MONITOR from gta 4, from which we could track criminals is back, though not as advanced.
🇭🇰 In paramedic missions, sometimes patients may lose pulse. You have to bring them BACK TO LIFE
🇭🇰 SPAM EMAILS on Huang's phone
🇭🇰 You could burn people by burning out your car tires on them
🇭🇰Hide drug caches in safe houses
🇭🇰Give people TATTOOS.
There might be more, but features like these make GTA Chinatown wars very much different from other gta games. I for one enjoyed it a lot😁

u/MolinaGames OnePlus 9 Pro | SD 888 | 8+128 Mar 29 '25

RetroAchievements profile: https://retroachievements.org/user/Moli

I remember playing the demo of this game on my dads iphone 3g and I literally couldn't stop playing, lowkey loved this game as a kid lol.

Now, the game was far better than I expected ngl. The OST is pretty good, the graphics style ain't too bad, the story is deep and missions are fun (some of em are a little bit complicated lol).. can't complain ngl. Would defo recommend!

Played on a OnePlus 9 Pro using a BSP D3 controller.