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If I were poor and could afford to buy only one video-game machine, I would go with Sony’s hand-held PSP. It’s an extraordinary little miracle on par with the PS 2, and now there’s an even slimmer, lighter PSP on the market.

Sony just started selling a redesigned PSP for $170. It doesn’t weigh much more than my BlackBerry. The excellent screen is still a 4.3-inch LCD, which beams movies and games with a crispness that beats iPod and other techy devices.

The pros: For this PSP, you can buy an AV cable that hooks up to TVs, so you can put PSP images on a big screen. Games load a little faster. And the system comes with a nice, 1-gigabyte memory stick.

The cons: If you already own peripherals for your old PSP, they probably won’t work. My amazing, 15-hour Blue Raven battery booster ($80) doesn’t fit my redesigned PSP. Neither does my $30 Griffin iFM adapter (to receive radio signals), nor my $25 Griffin iTrip (to send PSP audio to my car radio).

Plenty of gamers complain the PSP doesn’t offer as many great titles as do the PS 2 and Xbox 360. This is true. But there are enough games to keep you busy for months, such as "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08."

And a handful of new and recent games spin spectacularly.

"NBA 08" is just as fun as the slate of basketball games on Xbox 360 and PS 3.

This summer’s "Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas" lets you zip through a huge and showy action-adventure both as a solo mission and as an online shooter.

And perhaps the best of a new bunch is "Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow," a sequel shooting game that looks better than most PS 2 games. It allows you to shoot and stab bad guys with aplomb.

The hand-held system may get a boost next spring with the release of "God of War: Chains of Olympus," which looks like it may be the greatest PSP game of all time.

("NBA 08" retails for $40 for PSP Plays very fun. Looks great. Challenging. Rated E for "Everyone." Grade: A.)

("Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow" retails for $40 for PSP Plays addictively fun. Looks great. Challenging. Rated T for "Teen." Grade: A.)

("Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas" retails for $40 for PSP Plays fun. Looks great. Challenging. Rated T. Grade: A-.)