MattyH
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i do have outrun 2 on the xbox as well but i had brought Coast to Coast same day as the CRT so it was close by
PS2 Appreciation & Celebration Thread, long live the King!
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i do have outrun 2 on the xbox as well but i had brought Coast to Coast same day as the CRT so it was close by
Guess I need to check out Coast to Coast then. Is Xbox again the best version?
Edit: Holy shit at those Xbox prices, guess Im just staying with the PS2.
Xbox is indeed the best though. Direct arcade version basically in terms of graphics and all that.
RadarScope1
Member
The PS2 version has more content overall, though. My understanding is they are both really good versions. I certainly love the PS2 game.
A Black Falcon
Member
Which version of C2C is best? Well, graphically, it's probably the now-kind-of-impossible-to-buy (since it was delisted from Steam years ago) PC version. Beyond that, the overpriced Xbox version is next, followed by the PS2 version, with the PSP version in last. It's a really fantastic game even on the PS2 though; yes, the graphics aren't as good as Outrun 2 for the Xbox, but it looks good enough, plays great, and has a lot to do. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is my favorite racing game on the PS2. Awesome game!
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is the same on all platforms as far as I know; you're thinking of the first Xbox version of Outrun 2, I assume.
PC version can still be bought on amazon and such, but it's even more overpriced than the Xbox version.
Square2015
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Been replaying The Bouncer, and wow this game is fun. Loving the beautiful Square-esque art style of the 2000-01 era and dem CGs. Beat it twice today, Sion maxed out.
Nice! It's on my list to get. I have never played it.
davidwhangchoi
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yeah i need to get to bouncer =)
It's a beat 'em up. I have seen very little of it as well but it's always been on my radar.
Oh, wow, interesting since I love beat em ups. I thought it was an action adventure game at 1st.
I actually love how short and simple this game is. Back when mid tier games existed
Wow, calling The Bouncer mid tier... Can't tell if you're being generous or if you just gave it a really solid burn. It was most certainly not positioned as mid tier when it was released
Shin Johnpv
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I'm starting to get into freemcboot and I'm spending my Friday night ripping my PS2 library to the computer. I know imports need to be patched but I'm not finding any info on how to region patch them. My googling is turning up nothing so any help would be appreciated.
NormalFish
Banned
It depends on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to play on an HDD or play a burned version of the imports? If the latter, what you want is to masterpatch it. I'm not sure what program people use, though, so I'm not of much help. I think Sheepy has talked about this in the past?
ESR Patcher is probably what you are thinking about, hope I'm right.
NormalFish
Banned
Yup. ESRDiscPatcher seems to be the program.
That's what I use and works perfectly.
Shin Johnpv
Member
I'm going to play it off a HDD. I got the board to change the connector from IDE to SATA and buying a HDD tomorrow for it.
MattyH
Member
You can install from the pc with winhiip and your pc dvd drive just hook the hard drive up to your pc
NormalFish
Banned
Yup. Don't even need a patch AFAIK.
I'm kinda apprehensive about giving definitive advice to folks with normal ps2s, though, since I use a debug unit and sometimes that allows for different things
Shin Johnpv
Member
Well I'm super disappointed so far with my experience using HDL. Right now I feel like I wasted a lot of time and money (40 bucks for a hdd, and like 40 bucks on the sata adapter with shipping). I spent all weekend ripping my PS2 games to my computer, and getting them installed on this hdd. Took a boot to get HDL to actually fucking load with the hdd installed and now it only shows me about 20 - 30 of the 130 PS2 games I installed to the hdd and I have no fucking clue why. : (
NormalFish
Banned
Why are you using HDL instead of OPL?
Shin Johnpv
Member
I tried OPL but it didn't give me an option to boot from the HDD, it wanted to boot from USB media, or it seemed like a network drive.
I did finally get HDL though to see all my games. I don't know what made it finally decide to do that.
I did finally get HDL though to see all my games. I don't know what made it finally decide to do that.
NormalFish
Banned
you have to enable the HDD in OPL's settings. it's not running by default because that would be a major inconvenience if youw anted to play via LAN or USB. OPL is better than HDL in every way, though.
MattyH
Member
you can still those after you activate the HDD
NormalFish
Banned
Yes, but if the HDD was constantly running while doing those things that would be annoying.
MattyH
Member
no if you select USB or network the HDD section gets switched off
NormalFish
Banned
When you boot opl with HDD automatically enabled, the HDD runs. That's why it's an option defaulted to off. If I wasn't using my HDD at the time, it's better to never have it warm up. Again, hence the option.
Shin Johnpv
Member
I haven't had a chance to but Ill have to try that.
MattyH
Member
yeah theres some games that wont run in HDL that will in OPL off the top of my head i think Kingdom hearts 2 is one of them
B1gg_Randall
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I really wanna go back and play some games I miss.So PS2 fat or PS2 Slim?
NormalFish
Banned
Fat if you're at all interested in homebrew. Slim otherwise.
Fat probably. You can just put your games on the HD when your disc drive inevitably dies. Easier to make region free as well.
The PS2 version of Outrun 2SP: Special Tours has some extra minor visual enhancements. I can't remember exactly what they are, but I remember one of the C2C developers saying that they used the extra time they had before this version came out (in Japan) to further enhance the game.
Stealth edit: Found some old messages from another board saying that Sega themselves handled this version, and it is generally seen as the best home version of the game available:
Interesting. I haven't played the PS2 SP in years and always just play it on PC. Need to boot it up...
Yup, The Bouncer was easily the first big over-hyped/under-delivering game of that generation. I remember E3 2000 only running the game's cut scenes instead of showing or demoing gameplay, which was a major sign that something was wrong. Imported the game when it came out and found it to be pretty crap. Mediocre at best game play. The best part of the game was the multiplayer mode, which let up to four players fight each other in a simplistic arena match.
Not a game I'd be actively hunting down to play. There are much, much better 3D PS2 beat-em-ups out there. Check out games like Raging Bless, Urban Reign, and of course...Godhand!
Phenomenal Flea
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Man, I have had such a headache trying to work out which is the definitive version of Outrun 2. So is it definitely better than the Japanese Xbox version, as well? Interesting to hear that it may even be better than the XBLA/PSN version! :O
MikeHattsu
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There's no other versions of that Outrun 2SP than the Japanese PS2 version. Wasn't released on Xbox in Japan.
Phenomenal Flea
Member
Yes, I'm aware that SP was only released in Japan on PS2. I was referring to Outrun 2 as a whole. I wanted to know if SP was actually better than all other ports of Outrun 2.
NormalFish
Banned
haven't played enough of the others to say for sure, but the Suikoden games generally have references to characters/events throughout the series, but each game is self contained.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Wild ARMs games are also self-contained, from those I played (1-2-3).
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
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IrishNinja
Member
wait, MGS2 was better on PS2? didn't know that
I really worry about my phatty. He's 14-years-old now (jesus christ...) and has always been loud, but I noticed couple years back he started having issues reading blue-back discs. Now this isn't an issue cause that's only a couple early PS2 games, but the fact it's having issue with one type of disc isn't a good sign, is it?
Man, I was looking right at a brand new PS2 Slim for $30 a few years back when GameStop was clearencing them out, but I was literally broke... now look at how much they are.
Man, I was looking right at a brand new PS2 Slim for $30 a few years back when GameStop was clearencing them out, but I was literally broke... now look at how much they are.