/vr/ - Retro Games

I used to have a subscription to Playstation Magazine when they were doing PS1 demo discs. I learned about games like Team Buddies and Legend of Dragoon from that.

>dat atlantis theme later on in the console's life

I'd love it if I could find some of the openings for OPM demo discs, but all the ones on youtube are for ps2 OPM disks. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is "Blowfish!" attacking some city. I recall it being a pretty bad demo disk, they had some barbie crash-bandicoot ripoff inside. We used to have stacks and stacks of these things and my brother just pretty much left them lying around. Now I'm wishing I would've told him to hang on to them and take care of them.

>>1667017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2ejWZHYX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBAJH5AKBI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29k6t99WF04

>>1667020
Holy fucking crap thank you! I don't know why my google-fu has failed me so hard, but I'm glad to see these.
Have all of these been ripped? I would love to download them and relive seeing what's on each one.

>>1667030
I'm not sure. Took me a little while to find those.
Once I get back from work, I'll see what else I can find.

I played through the Final Fantasy VIII demo like 100 times. The music was awesome and the game was fun.

For some reason they changed the music in the actual game to something less good.

I played the disc with the first Tony Hawk demo probably a thousand times. Two minutes of the Warehouse level OVER AND OVER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky4wsBGmzMg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxjUo5g60g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzxCxB_P4G0

Sencond song always reminded me of Kenan & Kel

My girlfriend tells a story about playing a game on a demo disc that later would turn out to be Brave Fencer Mushashi. Upon reaching the boss, her father storms in and tells her she shouldn't be playing it, because it has swear words. "What?" "That guy just said, 'You prick.' That's swear words. Turn it off."

Now, mind you, I'd never played the game but looking at screenshots and shit, I assume this is a game that wouldn't have the main character calling someone a prick. Just not the right kinda game for that, you know?

So finally a few days ago she decides to look up the fight on the tubes.

The boss is named Rootrick. Her drug addict father heard it and thought he said "You prick."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBJBUK2GD7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jehlHZYcya4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edBQlVFSldc

I never got the demo discs from the OPM, but I've still got a bunch of demo discs that I got from Surge and Pizza Hut promotions.

I'd have never tried Star Ocean 2 or Grandia if it wasn't for those demo discs. Best times of my childhood.

i have a few of pic related, they came with really cool net yaroze game and of course demos (duh)
the demos i remenber were: a bugs life, tomb rider 2, soul reaven, crash 3, vigilante 8 and seamonkeys

>>1667247
My colega, Euro demo was great, it was the same for whole Europe I think, those memories:
bilter boy
psychon
terra incognita
bubsy 2
gravitation
haunted maze
that MGS demo
those videos
afrika shox

By the way, you(or anyone of you) would pay 1E per demo disc? I see them in a market they even have that ridge ricer demo special relaased with RRT4

>>1666978
I have all the PlayStation Undergrounds from 2.2 and onward. I really the imports sections, especially the one that had Ore no Ryouri.

When I was a kid i played these all the time. My absolute favorite was a game where you were a dog, but also robocop, and you stole kittens and then threw bombs at some cats in a hot air balloon.
A few years ago i decide i'm going to just find and play that game, but it turns out there's an official english release! So i played Tail Concerto all the way though and guess what
>it wasn't that great

>>1666978
<---I love these ones

>>1666978

That exact disk was the exact fucking disk i used to play the shit out of OP. My uncle got a ps1 on launch so i used to play it with him at my grandma's house before i bought one.

Listen to this demo disk lineup...

Spyro the Dragon
Coolboarders (2?)
Soul Reaver
Metal Gear Solid
Ninja : Shadow of Darkness
and Medival

How can so many great games even fit on that disk without it bursting into flames. Shit man.

>>1667487
It also had that kick-ass Parasite Eve trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPyR9qgcdAU

does anyone remember that disc that came with pizza hut

>>1667289
>import
Ones I remember the most fondly from the Imports section were Ore No Ryouri, Gangway Monsters, and Tail Concerto(which later got an english release, something I didn't find out until about 10 years later). Funny enough the demo for Gangway Monsters does have English text. Was the game going to get translated at some point?

>>1667939
Were there any imports in any of the early demos?

Tomb Raider (Behind the Scenes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McI_G_JU0Ak

Parappa the Rapper (Behind the Scenes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McmM6cVTa4

Alone in the Dark (Demo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_QcMqixcqQ

Final Fantasy Chronicles (Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YjiA4keqY

Final Fantasy VII (Trailer)
http://youtu.be/NnKljCh0w54?t=12s

Final Fantasy IX (Trailer)
http://youtu.be/6CCnJrOhUSY?t=5s

It's a bit weird looking back on all of this as an adult. As a kid, I always just played the games and never thought too much about them other than forms of enjoyment. Seeing the work put into these things is definitely eye-opening and of course, the technology being used back then as well just makes it seem even more alien.

>>1667487
>>1667678

Volume 8 was perfection.

>>1667708
Yeah, I mentioned them here

>>1667223

I wish I could still find them. I know I've seen the green Surge demo disc somewhere in my study at home. I remember one of them coming with a demo of Intelligent Qube, I think?

The UK ones had the funkiest music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aOlwOW_ECw

I've got Volume 3.3

>has interviews with the teams behind Um Jammer Lammy and Ape Escape
>has demos of Tiny Tank, Omega Boost, CTR, and NFL Blitz
>has speculatory vid piece regarding the PS2

Overall nice issue

>>1672310
PERRRRRRRRRRRFECT.

Sorry got nothin' else to add.

>>1667162

> Wake up early one morning
> Sitting in the living room half-awake
> My Grandpa turns the TV to this weird game news show with a CGI woman as your host
> As she was talking, she suddenly mentions a first look at Dino Crisis 2
> The excitement I felt, first hearing that was unprecedented
> Shows off the intro to the game
> My jaw dropped
> After briefly talking about it, they switch over to Parasite Eve 2 and begin discussing that in detail
> That was a good day

Seems like something lost within' time, but if possible: Could anyone somehow retrieve the clip of this? I have no clue where to start.

All i remember is that one of these had a demo for Assault Rigs (terrible game) and if you put the CD in an audio CD player it would play the level theme from it as one of the tracks. Which was some funny funky music that became a big in-joke with my friends.

These disks were so awesome! The imports were my favorite... irritating stick, Tail Concerto, and mgs1 with Japanese voice acting.

My brother and I played the hell out of the Small Soldiers demo in multiplayer.

lol at playing the Tony hawk demo in 2 minute intervals.

this thread takes me back!

>>1672743
Tech TV?

>>1667030

I bet you could have found them on underground gamer

RIP UG

>>1672316
Yeah, I'm ok with this, however UK ones were the same for whole Europe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuwr6O2zS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh3OAFqeV6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJii_xKBRw

>>1667317
I have those and loads of other official Playstation Magazine and other demos. Sadly the magazines got recycled because they were taking up too much space. I can take a pic if anyone is interested.

>>1672997
Oh man, this song would play during the 2 minute Tony Hawk demo, it was etched into my mind for all eternity. Well, the first 2 minutes of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHutq4iByw

>>1667678
I think that came with the PS1 after the dual shock was included because thats when I got a ps1 and I had that disc

demo discs were great for exposing people to games before the internet

I pretty much bought every game on that pizza hut one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKkwb9jqOTw

> go to friends house after school
> he has a new demo disc
> try out every game, everything is amazing
yes !

>>1676581
This

that tommy makinen demo
that tekken 3 demo
that psybadeck demo

>>1678613
For me it was

>dat Parappa demo
>dat Bushido Blade demo
>dat Armored Core demo (full {mindblowingly awesome} customization options, AC test level + the first two levels!)

This shit was great marketing because as a 14-yearold who was making money I made it a point to buy all of these games new at release.

>>1666978
I only have the Pizza Hut demo discs and the one with Crash Bash/Spyro: Year of the Dragon, which apparently you can play the full version of Crash Bash on for free thanks to lazy coders.

The best demo theme of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SwQr1Xsg9E

>>1680230
I'm really OK with this

>DEMO ONE

Versión.1 (SCES-00048) [1995-08-03]
*Games*
- Total NBA
- Destruction Derby
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- WipeOut
- Loaded
*Video*
- Warhawk - The Red Mercury Missions
- Tekken
- Twisted Metal
- Rapid Reload
- Star Blade Alpha
- Jumping Flash!
- Ridge Racer
*Tech*
- T-Rex
- Manta
*Other*
- V-CD

Versión.2 (SCES-00120) [1995-10-09]
*Games*
- Wipeout
- Jumping Flash
- Novastorm
- ESPN Extreme Games
- Loaded
- Total NBA 96
- Destruction Derby
- Battle Arena Toshinden
*Video*
- Tekken
- Starblade Alpha
- Assault Rigs
- Air Combat
- Krazy Ivan
- Warhawk
- Twisted Metal
- Rapid Reload
- Ridge Racer
*Tech*
- Dino
- Manta
*Other*
- V-CD

Versión.3 (SCES-00238) [?????]
*Games*
- Actua Golf
- Adidas Power Soccer
- Alien Trilogy
- Battle Arena Toshinden 2
- Descent
- Ridge Racer Revolution
- Tekken 2
*Tech*
- Dino
- Manta
*Other*
- V-CD

Versión.4 (SCED-00456) [1996-08-20]
*Games*
- Crash Bandicoot
- Destruction Derby 2
- WipeOut 2097
- Monster Trucks
- Formula One
- Tekken II
- Ridge Racer Revolution
- Adidas Power Soccer
- Battle Arena Toshinden 2
- Die Hard Trilogy
- Descent
- Actua Golf
*Video*
- Broken Sword
*Tech*
- Dino
- Manta
*Other*
- V-CD

I have about 10 euro demos from opm, I still play them once in a while. Man I miss those times

demo 68 was one of my favorites
>Mat Hoffman Pro BMX
>Driver 2
>Legend of Dragoon
>Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
>Spyro 3

>>1681491

>>1680290
Playable demo of RE1?

Had no idea there was even one. I wonder how much is playable; i doubt there'd be any difference with the final game to make it interesting though

>>1682841
As for the topic at hand; I didn't get that many PS1 demo, just like about 10; I did enjoy them though.

However, when I was a kid every 3 months would come out that PC magazine special issue with each time a cd with between 80 and 100 playable demos; a disc with tons of shareware and also cool things like usermade content for games like Duke Nukem 3D (i had no internet so ti was great), and a cd with 3 (older) full games.
That was so great, I literaly discovered a thousand games with it. We eventually stopped buying it because at some point, our computer was too old to run most of the demos of games that were coming out.

I remember having some (PAL) demos.

Tekken 3 with only Eddy and Ling Xiaoyu.
Intelligent Qube.
Kula World.
Overboard.
Lifeforce: Tenka.
Medievil.
I think I had a demo of Hexen and Tomb Raider 1, too.

That's all I can remember... Well, I played those mostly.