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PS1 Appreciation/Collectors Thread of Ugly-Ass Polygons
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Ivan Amiibo
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Are those different from the blue consoles? i thought i saw the blue ones for much cheaper last year.
NormalFish
Banned
I think the Net Yaroze is more like the PS2 TOOL unit. It can dev and test within the same unit (though it has some nasty limitations)
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
This is for Multimode 3, which is just a program installed to a super common microcontroller:
As far as I know it works fine for that model as well. Might be a bit harder to solder in since there are smaller components.
Net Yaroze seem hard to find. I saw one in Japan for ~$300 but looking on ebay... yikes!
So if my only goal is to be able to play all JP games, including the ones that require a stealth chip, will the Multimode 3 let me do that?
PumpkinSpice
Banned
AFAIK, yes. I mostly bought mine to play fan translations since I have a JP and US PS1. But everything I read about it said it should work with every released game.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Recently acquired a bunch of games including a black label FF VII. Already had a Greatest Hits version, but I'll take it. Oh, and it happens to have the typo on the back. Nice.
RadarScope1
Member
Since we're talking pickups, I recently snagged G-Darius and Gekioh: Shooting King (aka Shienryu) for $6 each on Craigslist. Seller had a bunch of junk games and a couple of niche shmups mixed in. Not a major steal but it looks like they're going for $20 or $25 on eBay.
It's a bit more than what I would pay, but you did well. I beat it years ago, and had a fantastic time with it. I should play the first one sometime.
Well I'm now the happy owner of game SCES-00004, and this numbering makes me want the first three for no other reason than completeness. Stupid collector behaviour.
Rapid Reload / Gunner's Heaven is great guys, you should all play it! 50Hz isn't really a burden, the action is frantic enough as it is and the English dialogues is a nice addition.
Rapid Reload / Gunner's Heaven is great guys, you should all play it! 50Hz isn't really a burden, the action is frantic enough as it is and the English dialogues is a nice addition.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
I want a copy of Gunner's Heaven.
Got Gradius Gaiden in the mail a few days ago!
edit: found gunner's heaven that ships from Nevada for about $18 on amazon. rolling the dice on condition, but w/e. also, amazon recommended Project Altered Beast for PS2 in addition lolllll
Got Gradius Gaiden in the mail a few days ago!
edit: found gunner's heaven that ships from Nevada for about $18 on amazon. rolling the dice on condition, but w/e. also, amazon recommended Project Altered Beast for PS2 in addition lolllll
Sword Familiar
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PS1 Appreciation/Collectors Thread of Ugly-Ass Lovely Retro Polygons
is more accurate imo =)
I adore how some PS1 games look. I even like the pixely textures. Mmmm.
Congrats. It's the best one, imo. Although I've always considered it more of a Salamander game than a pure Gradius.
is more accurate imo =)
I adore how some PS1 games look. I even like the pixely textures. Mmmm.
Congrats. It's the best one, imo. Although I've always considered it more of a Salamander game than a pure Gradius.
drtomoe123
Member
Threads of Fate deserves all the praise.
sixteen-bit
Member
As long as u leave some praise for MML too!
I have one, maybe two of the OG's sitting in a box with cables and controllers. I don't know if it's worth saving or letting go? mainly because I don't have many games for it and yada yada.
or I was thinking of maybe using the shell for a Raspberry Pi 2 sort of that SNES console mod somewhere on Gaf did
or I was thinking of maybe using the shell for a Raspberry Pi 2 sort of that SNES console mod somewhere on Gaf did
Ivan Amiibo
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got an opportunity to buy Tron Bonne complete and in somewhere between good and very good condition for $170ish. hmmm
edit: also learned that Gradius Deluxe and Salamander Deluxe for the PS1 both exist. expensive day!
edit: also learned that Gradius Deluxe and Salamander Deluxe for the PS1 both exist. expensive day!
sixteen-bit
Member
I love this game. Blue Skies optimism it a totally post-apocalyptic landscape. And the aesthetic is gorgeous. Low poly actually works in its favor.
MaschinenZimmer
Banned
What is the difference between black label FF7 and the normal FF7?
Black label is the normal FF7. The greatest hits version is the green label version because Sony decided to make their GHs as ugly as humanly possible.
MaschinenZimmer
Banned
Aaah, got it, thanks for explanation, Mzo.
welp, I just received Silent hill. Not that I really want to play it, but I'm being constantly told how a masterpiece it was. How scary is it? I'm a big sissy when it comes to these sort of games. It's definitely not next on my list, I guess I'm afraid to be afraid, but I'll play it someday.
Sword Familiar
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It doesn't really have jump scares. It's more of a scariness that creeps up on you due to the atmosphere. I think you can handle it.
It's scary until they start to explain what's going on. Then it's goofy. The atmosphere in that game is fantastic, though.
I had a greatest hits one I got rid of a long, long time ago and am finding it difficult to buy the game online again for whatever reason, and it hasn't come up locally. Hopefully one day I'll come across a shiny one.
I had a greatest hits one I got rid of a long, long time ago and am finding it difficult to buy the game online again for whatever reason, and it hasn't come up locally. Hopefully one day I'll come across a shiny one.
TheSadRanger
Banned
From someone who's played every SH except Origins and Shattered Memories the original has the scariest atmosphere in the series to me at least.
The original went into the "hell" version of Silent Hill way more than any of it's sequels. Navigating the environments in SH1 is flat out scary the first time, especially the school.
It's been a while since I've played the original but I remember the enemies being much more aggressive in the original. While I love SH2, when I replayed it recently I noticed that the common fodder enemies just are not really aggressive/intimidating at all. They all move really slow and are easy to avoid.
In Silent Hill 1, there's enemies that will outrun your ass down. The original probably has the best common fodder in the series.
So whenever I replay SH2 or SH3, while I might be creeped out by the environments. I'm never really scared of anything in those environments. It's the exact opposite for me with the first game.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Man, San Francisco really is a black hole for retro game stores :/
Instant gratification plays a huge role in me purchasing old stuff. I mean the occasional craigslist ad pops up but that's starting to be risky nowadays as well. I recently had to return a busted copy of Tekken 3 I bought from eBay for like 13 bucks so this entire prospect has me burned.
But dude yeah, the PS1 is a rad ass system.
Instant gratification plays a huge role in me purchasing old stuff. I mean the occasional craigslist ad pops up but that's starting to be risky nowadays as well. I recently had to return a busted copy of Tekken 3 I bought from eBay for like 13 bucks so this entire prospect has me burned.
But dude yeah, the PS1 is a rad ass system.
NormalFish
Banned
I'd like to get more deals in person, but opening a package is so satisfying I can't complain.
Ok, I guess the jump scares are the worst.
I tried the first few minutes, until you first meet the ranger in the diner
and the pterodactyl attacked and killed me
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I have the complete opposite feeling. When I get a retro game in the mail, I kinda dread opening it, because I always wonder "okay, what's gonna be fucked up?" It happens often enough that I don't actually enjoy getting stuff that much anymore.
But when it goes well, that feels pretty great.
NormalFish
Banned
I've had pretty good experiences with ordering online. Typically the only times I'm disappointed are because I didn't read.
TheSadRanger
Banned
Eh, I would say the bigger issue is seller's not being nearly descriptive enough. Especially on amazon where hardly no one posts photos.
NormalFish
Banned
I just avoid those auctions. Generally I agree, though. I'm always too skeptical to order from amazon 3rd parties.
Lynd7
Member
Hey
I remembered a game I played as a kid back in the 90's on my uncles PS1, it would have probably been an early game, 96/97 maybe.
It was a spaceship rail shooter, it also had FMV cutscenes and when you lost it showed the doctor's looking down at you and stuff.
Not sure what it's called.
I remembered a game I played as a kid back in the 90's on my uncles PS1, it would have probably been an early game, 96/97 maybe.
It was a spaceship rail shooter, it also had FMV cutscenes and when you lost it showed the doctor's looking down at you and stuff.
Not sure what it's called.
sixteen-bit
Member
That game over screen sounds like Shockwave 2 on 3DO. I don't know if the PS1 version is similar.
Lynd7
Member
Ah, seems like your right. It's Shockwave Assault on the PS1. I thought it was in the 3rd person view though, maybe you can change it? Or I'm just remembering wrong.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
I roll the dice constantly. It usually turns out well or it's a game I don't care about being perfect. I've had one bad deal where I really needed to return it because of condition.
drtomoe123
Member
So I've been listening to Retronauts for the first time recently and everything was OK until I got to their episode about Xenogears. Talk about harsh. I understand the complaints that people have with the game but Parish's entire argument boiled down to the fact that there's not enough "game" in Xenogears. I get that there are a lot of great RPGs that are efficient and fun, but you'd think someone interested in a genre defined by its focus on narrative would appreciate a game that's trying to do something grand and cinematic.
Yeah, yeah, I understand why people wouldn't want to play a game where they're just advancing endless text boxes with dialogue they don't care about, a game they're not engaged with. I get that games are supposed to do the work to engage your attention, but I think that a game can only do so much when someone isn't willing to engage themselves with the whole experience. For instance, I'm very happy that I didn't play the game until I was around 19. I had a much better appreciation of gameplay and the ways a game could experiment with form, genre, spectacle, and player experience -- which Xenogears knocked out of the park. I could totally picture 12-year-old self just lazily trudging my way through the game, but I was looking for different things from games back then.
Yeah, yeah, I understand why people wouldn't want to play a game where they're just advancing endless text boxes with dialogue they don't care about, a game they're not engaged with. I get that games are supposed to do the work to engage your attention, but I think that a game can only do so much when someone isn't willing to engage themselves with the whole experience. For instance, I'm very happy that I didn't play the game until I was around 19. I had a much better appreciation of gameplay and the ways a game could experiment with form, genre, spectacle, and player experience -- which Xenogears knocked out of the park. I could totally picture 12-year-old self just lazily trudging my way through the game, but I was looking for different things from games back then.
I don't know, I received it by mistake so I was able to try the first few minutes of it and I was really put off by the presentation. I mean you start the game when your village is on fire AND you have amnesia AND guns and mechs are ancient tech from a mysterious civilisation. You can't really put more tired tropes in the first few minutes. And the writing is terrible, I really hope the plot is better than the script.
I want to experience it further though, so I may keep this copy and play it more later. But the first impression was definitely not good.
I want to experience it further though, so I may keep this copy and play it more later. But the first impression was definitely not good.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
i've started it a few times and have a hard time dealing with the camera and camera control. It just feels really weird.
Sword Familiar
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theSlacker
Member
Last few posts are breaking my heart.
drtomoe123
Member
Hahaha seriously. I feel you on the camera though, it sucked -- especially during some of the platforming sections.
Speaking of cameras though, I think the game has some of the coolest cutscene camera angles of its time, at least in JRPGs. Really makes the game into a "big" experience.
Speaking of cameras though, I think the game has some of the coolest cutscene camera angles of its time, at least in JRPGs. Really makes the game into a "big" experience.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gunbike is damn awesome guys. You race on a bike that can transform into a mech to destroy stuff. You also have boss battles for when you are a mech. You should definitely check it out!
Made by inti creates
I hadn't heard of it. Looks cool!
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