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PS1 Appreciation/Collectors Thread of Ugly-Ass Polygons
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ResidentDante
Member
Nice! Now we need a large blue ball with a S shaped metal pipe around it, standing next to it!
davidwhangchoi
Member
Hi all,
i just came back from dinner and got this:
i just came back from dinner and got this:
alf717
Member
Dude nice pickup davidwhangchoi. I was into Legend of Mana, Threads of Fate and Chrono Cross during that summer of 2000. Squaresoft held the Summer of Adventure event. I ended up with all three soundtracks samples and the Chrono Cross clock. Of course CC came out late August which gave me next to no summer vacation time to complete the game. =P
sixteen-bit
Member
I gotta try those lesser known Square games. BFM was great but I haven't explored many others of them.
davidwhangchoi
Member
Thanks man! 2000 was when in 2nd year of college so i stopped playing RPGs.
I picked on up crono cross but never finished it. there were so many rpgs back then.
did you ever play vandal hearts I or II? i was thinking about grabbing those.
sixteen-bit
Member
IrishNinja
Member
congrats on Legend of Mana! i think it was a stump post years back that made me wanna replay that, i totally did it wrong in the day
Threads of Fate is the only one from that batch ive yet to play beyond the demo
also Vandal Hearts is great if you're a Shining Force/FF Tactics fan, ive not played 2 but had a blast in the day with 1. it's bloody & the first game i saw back then go "...SHIT."
this, 1 was the RPG i needed before FF VII opened the floodgates, and 2 is still one of my all-time favorites
Threads of Fate is the only one from that batch ive yet to play beyond the demo
also Vandal Hearts is great if you're a Shining Force/FF Tactics fan, ive not played 2 but had a blast in the day with 1. it's bloody & the first game i saw back then go "...SHIT."
this, 1 was the RPG i needed before FF VII opened the floodgates, and 2 is still one of my all-time favorites
davidwhangchoi
Member
oh yeah! those are good. i got them on PSN but haven't had time to finish them.
thanks Irish, i see... so Vandal hearts is like tactics.
IrishNinja
Member
in that it's a strategy RPG that gets tough sometimes; you're not gonna see it get super complicated (like tactics did with affinity) or introduce characters that replace your whole team later, haha.
i wanna say it holds up, i had fun with it in the days before FF VII - i just recall this one prison fight being brutal!
Flizzzipper
Member
I just played through vandal hearts this year, holds up great.
RadarScope1
Member
Loved VH as a rental at the time. Would like to play it again someday.
davidwhangchoi
Member
thanks guys. i realized i have vandal hearts from a pickup before
and want to get part 2 as well =)
davidwhangchoi
Member
update: i just picked up VH II today to go with part one =)
davidwhangchoi
Member
^ thanks man!
hey ps1GAF,
i picked this up a 2 days ago before christmas: i never played it bc i took it for granted when RPG's were all over the place plus it was made by Sony so i didn't think much of it.
hey ps1GAF,
i picked this up a 2 days ago before christmas: i never played it bc i took it for granted when RPG's were all over the place plus it was made by Sony so i didn't think much of it.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Legend of Dragoon isn't bad. It can be very comfy and has some gorgeous looking locales. I'm glad I played it.
But it's extremely generic with every jrpg archetype in the book at its most bare, and the difficulty was toned down for the American release because they think we suck
You can pretty much just attack and heal for 99% of teh game lol
But it's extremely generic with every jrpg archetype in the book at its most bare, and the difficulty was toned down for the American release because they think we suck
You can pretty much just attack and heal for 99% of teh game lol
Palom
Member
I just played through Legend of Dragoon last month. The translation is one of the worst PS1 JRPG translations I've played, about as bad or maybe a little worse than Wild Arms 2. I really didn't like the game, and there were numerous times I fell asleep playing because the battles were so slow. If you still insist on playing it, I would suggest playing on a real PS1 with wired controllers on a CRT TV, though. I played it with a wireless controller and on an LCD TV. The difference in input/display lag with modern hardware makes the game excessively difficult and frustrating because the combat timings are so tight.
stargateheaven
Member
i have a PS1 collection i'd like to get rid of. But the games i have aren't exactly classics. is there anywhere that buys them or i just gotta be lucky that someone wants them?
Craigslist, local retro game stores (if you live in an area that has them), or Half Price Books will usually buy them if they're complete. There's also this thread.
davidwhangchoi
Member
that's what i heard too about it. lolLegend of Dragoon isn't bad. It can be very comfy and has some gorgeous looking locales. I'm glad I played it.
But it's extremely generic with every jrpg archetype in the book at its most bare, and the difficulty was toned down for the American release because they think we suck
You can pretty much just attack and heal for 99% of teh game lol
yeah i have my hardware hooked up RGB to a Sony BVM =) thanks for the heads up
davidwhangchoi
Member
speaking of threads of fate, i saw it today while picking up dinner and remembered you mentioning it here so i grabbed it =)
IrishNinja
Member
^ah nice! that's prolly not a bad price for it, man...lemme know what you think when you get around to it! i only played the demo in the day, think i had that mini OST they were giving out somewhere
davidwhangchoi
Member
yeah, will do, i've been consumed in trying to beat the secret dungeon in FF15 (no enemy, platform puzzles) but definitely want to try all the ps1 games i missed in college.
IrishNinja
Member
did you have a PSX in college & were broke, (like most of us) or were you a saturn/N64 type dude then, dave?
davidwhangchoi
Member
awe man, i was broke and mooched off my older bro's ps1.
i had an N64 but a friend borrowed it and never returned it but no saturn. i think i stayed away after the Sega CD, 32X, all coming out so quickly after another.
the first full price games i brought were alundra, raystorm, einhander and lunar 1+2.
Flizzzipper
Member
Was just at the local store, they had einhander for $70. Which actually seems like a good price for what it's going for on ebay. I've already spent way too much lately though.
davidwhangchoi
Member
that's a good price. if i didn't own it already i would buy it in a heartbeat.
i re-brought einhander around 2003-2004, even back then before the retro craze, it was more expensive than the going prices of ps1 games. (about 30-40 bucks). that same year, i ordered R-Type Delta directly from agetec for 19.99. after i found retroGAF and realized the prices of these games, wishfully, i tried going on the agetec site again. lol
I've been trying out some PS1 imports lately and fell unto Adventures of Little Ralph and boy, did that one surprise me. It's kinda like a SNES-era platformer enhanced to the max with great music, graphics, and good level design. I couldn't get past the damn mine cart ride though but I will definitely try more later, since there seems to be infinite continues.
Curious why they never brought it to the west, since the locations and GUI is already in english. (maybe they thought it would be easy enough to import?) or maybe they thought that PS1 gamers of that era won't care for pixel art and platformers - it's gotta be 3D?
Also recommend more PS1 imports on the same vein. I already know of Harmful Park.
Curious why they never brought it to the west, since the locations and GUI is already in english. (maybe they thought it would be easy enough to import?) or maybe they thought that PS1 gamers of that era won't care for pixel art and platformers - it's gotta be 3D?
Also recommend more PS1 imports on the same vein. I already know of Harmful Park.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gunner's Heaven is a fun 2D Run-and-Gun that never made it to North America
Sony had a very famous anti-2D stance back then, could be the reason why it was never brought over.
davidwhangchoi
Member
i grabbed this while getting dinner tonight:
anyone know anything about it? i never heard of it but i wanted to grab something random:
anyone know anything about it? i never heard of it but i wanted to grab something random:
Bad. Entertaining to watch, though.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoAFmgzYW18LYrriY8wDF-ECKUSKIxyKj
davidwhangchoi
Member
interesting to see on youtube, thanks for the link. i just read a few reviews on amazon and they gave it high remarks. also this is some pretty interesting info:
from Hardcore gaming 101
davidwhangchoi
Member
thanks Morfeo, with all the Yakuza 0 and switch talk, it's been hard to fire up the ol' BVM. lol
but i love resident evil so i think i'm going to try it soon.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
For those wondering (so nobody lol), the fast load option on PS2 for PS1 games actually does help improve the infamously bad load times on the PS1 version of FFVI.
Normal load:
3 seconds to enter menu
5 seconds to exit menu
PS2 Fast load option:
2 seconds to enter menu
4 seconds to exit menu
Timed multiple times on each setting. It is STILL NOT a pleasant way to play FFVI but I was happy to see that it does help a little.
Normal load:
3 seconds to enter menu
5 seconds to exit menu
PS2 Fast load option:
2 seconds to enter menu
4 seconds to exit menu
Timed multiple times on each setting. It is STILL NOT a pleasant way to play FFVI but I was happy to see that it does help a little.
Yeah I can relate. Been renovating my living room myself, so hasnt been able to play anything for sometime. Looking forward to soon getting all my gaming stuff back up.
Englebert3rd
Unconfirmed Member
Interestingly enough, the fast load option speeds up the voices in Silent Hill which can be quite funny.
davidwhangchoi
Member
oh good info to know, i have that on file to play eventually and using a ps2
yeah hopefully you get your gaming setup by the time Yakuza 0 releases.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Played a bunch of Momotaro Dentetsu 7 today. Not having good knowledge of Japanese geography (and being a slow reader) made it really hard but my wife insisted it's a good way to learn. It's pretty fun! Shame none of the releases are playable in English in any way but I guess it's understandable.
Also did a few rounds of Crash Team Racing right after a bit of Mario Kart 8. Still holds up really well, the tracks are really well done, the racing feels tight, and the "rubber banding" difficulty is pretty spot on to make things competitive.
Also did a few rounds of Crash Team Racing right after a bit of Mario Kart 8. Still holds up really well, the tracks are really well done, the racing feels tight, and the "rubber banding" difficulty is pretty spot on to make things competitive.
PassiveObserver
Member
Playing Parasite Eve 2 after completing PE1 last week. I find it hard to stick with survival horror games after a certain point, but I'll try with this one. One of the better looking games I've seen on the system, but damn the NMCs look goofy.
SkyMasterson
Member
That's funny, I just saw a copy of this at my local game store last night and was wondering the same thing.
sixteen-bit
Member
Neat video on PS1 emulation history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
sixteen-bit
Member
Kim Justice did a video that looks at a lot of Net Yaroze software. Interesting stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswSNF8gsHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswSNF8gsHY
Before there was Bloodbourne, there was Dark Souls.
Before there was Dark Souls, there was Demons Souls.
Before that there was Armored Core.
Before Armored Core, there was Kings Field.
Holy shit this is fucking hard. Meet my latest addition to the collection.
How do you like it? I love the Souls-games, but the Kings Field-series just look so clunky that i havent been able to motivate myself to check it out yet.
Dangerblade
Member
Massive nostalgia rush for me, getting OPM every month is one of my fondest gaming memories and I always plyed the Yaroze games to death. Glad Kim did a video on this as I love her videos.
SkyMasterson
Member
So I finally bit the bullet and found a decent price for Vanark recently and I'm happy to say that for the most part, it lives up to the hype.
It plays like Star Fox and the gameplay is surprising smooth and the visuals are nice to look at for a PS1 game(budget title no less!).
It also has some interesting third person(Resident Evil style) areas in between the shooter levels where you can explore. Get's kind of old after awhile, but I appreciate the variety.
Anyone else here ever play? What do you think of it? It's too bad it never got a PS1 classics releases on PSN.
It plays like Star Fox and the gameplay is surprising smooth and the visuals are nice to look at for a PS1 game(budget title no less!).
It also has some interesting third person(Resident Evil style) areas in between the shooter levels where you can explore. Get's kind of old after awhile, but I appreciate the variety.
Anyone else here ever play? What do you think of it? It's too bad it never got a PS1 classics releases on PSN.
