/vr/ - Retro Games

Here is a pastebin /vr/ made to counter these endless what is the best version of FF[number] threads:
http://pastebin.com/qZighVrF

And yet I'd recommend the PSN version for PSP. Most comfy.

>>1963487

>Those gorgeous backgrounds
>on a tiny ass screen

>>1963495
yeah, totally need atleast a 32 incher to enjoy that 240p resolution!

>>1963495
>Those gorgeous backgrounds
>stretched the fuck out on a widescreen


Anyway, the best way to play it is probably on PC using the Bootlegger mod. Can at least increase the resolution of the backgrounds. There's a massive assortment of other mods to customize and choose from if you so wish as well. I personally like getting rid of the lego characters and having everyone look a little more normal, of course without going overboard on the detail. Just something more akin to the FF8 models.

>>1963540
example

>>1963542

>>1963495
>prerendered backgrounds
>gorgeous

Video of FF7 on Bootleg if anyone cares,

http://youtu.be/8e18Ay2kJE4

>>1963216
steam version is better they even have the old music back

>>1963520

24 inch CRT TV is great for this.

>>1963540

>implying

>>1963543
>>1963542

Giant battle models do not fit.

>>1963570
The filename on the second is just for you.

>>1963570
I disagree. Can make it where almost everyone's models are unchibified, so it doesn't really make them stick out. The filename on >>1963543 is just for you.

>>1963546

The steam release is actually pretty good with the recent audio update.

But I haven't figured out how to bring Aeries bath to life yet

>>1963592
The models will always look ugly and out of place no matter what they're replaced with.

This is the best version.

>people not liking the chibi models

Born in the late 90's babby detected.

>>1963830

>that slow as fuck battle screen that could last longer than the battles itself
>cutscenes longer than FF7
>completely drops the ball storywise in the 3rd disc

Final Fantasy 9 was great for the first two discs, and then took a massive nose dive in quality.

>>1963849
-Can't be argued against. The games biggest flaw by far.
-Cut scenes help build the story
-I've heard a lot of people say this but I completely disagree. My favorite parts of the story are on disc 3.

They both have a lot of flaws for sure. Both great games, though.

I loaded my save after a couple weeks of not playing and the Diamond Weapon is nowhere to be found. Am I fucked?

>>1963830
>ff9fags are invading /vr/ now

>>1963542
>text box
Why?

>>1964193
Just one of the many options to choose from. Nothing to stop you from using the normal one.

>>1963847
Early 90's, com@me. I don't mind them, just prefer actual representations of the characters. I think they look better being that the backgrounds are prerendered and have a more realistic look in the first place.

>>1963570
If you look closely, the big models take exactly the same space as the chibis. They aren't taller. Compare the screenshots, where the characters' heads and legs are. They take almost exactly the same screen space.

>>1963216
Obviously PSX version is better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZfkt0GR8hk

>>1965781

The shitty midis got fixed in the steam version and replaced with the actual music from the PSX version.

>>1963542

Looks like they're standing in front of a wallpaper

>>1963543

Things actually look like they're part of the same world.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the PSX version.

Play on a PSX or a PC emulator. The PS3 PS1 emulator is shit.

>>1970464
>The PS3 PS1 emulator is shit.
I hope you do know that it's literally the same as the PSX version.

>>1970782
It is, but the emulation in the PS3 is shit.

Lots of graphical glitches.

>>1963216
PC. Better reading text, a patch that retranslates the whole game based off the japanese source text, mods to have music that matches (or exceeds) the psx version, 1080p resolution and optional updated character models that do not clash with the game style (battle model for character are all bumbed to a level of detail slightly higher than the one used for the cloud model in the last battle)

If you can get the 1998 release of the pc game, is going to be substantially easier to install those mods. If you get the steam release, you'll have to work more.

>>1970853
I never saw one graphical glitch playing FF7 on the PS3's emulation and I used my original cds instead of the PSN version.

>>1971750
Not the guy you responded to, but they're definitely there. Summons suffer from slowdown where there isn't any running on a PS1 or PS2, like Kjata and Knights of the Round. Audio can get fucked up at times, too, like the "whirl" sound before a battle starts sounds completely distorted.

>>1970782
Nah, i played it on my PS3 for the first time off the original hardware and i noticed a lot of changes.
>Finger-pointer glitches out (black box around it) and flickers while selecting enemies to attack
>Cloud's attack sounds are much squelchier, and battle transition sounds sound like they're being played through an anus
>Summons sometimes bomb the framerate and almost freeze the game occasionally
>Menus flicker while summoning Ifrit
Etc.
But it's still very playable.

>>1963819

Chibi models with hands mod look way better.

>>1963830
FF9 was the worst game on the PS1

>>1972583
This is how I know you grew up on PS1/N64 gaming. People blinded by "my first RPG was FF7" and "my first game was fucking Mario 64" has ruined gaming by having expectations for games lowered and debased to hell and back, and it's sad. Now all we have is shitty, style-over-substance garbage in gaming and these kids are to blame.

>>1972583
I know this is trollbait, but fuck it I'm biting. I wanna hear your argument. there are over 1,200 PS1 games and FF9 is the worst? What makes it worse than, say, Bubsy 3D or Action Man?

>>1972590
>SM64
>FF7
>style over substance
Kek

>>1963216
>PSX

>>1963520

>complaining about resolution on a retro vidya board

what is wrong with you

>>1963216

PC version has shitty lighting.

>>1972620
PSX is correct. PS1 refers to the stripped down 'portable' model

>>1972643
Nope. This is a PSX.

>>1972620
>>1972643
>>1972714

>>>/v/

PS1, because of emulator fastforward, which is required for any JRPG.

>>1972639
dem shadows

>>1972643
lol my friend said it so it must be true! :D

>>1972727
not the same anon

PS1 has become standard nomenclature these days but I can assure you everyone called it PSX back then

>>1972718
PS1 = playstation
PSone = smaller remodel
PSX = PS2 dvd recorder combo, but is also used by retards to refer to the PS1. That's like calling the nintendo 64 ultra 64 or calling the GC dolphin.

>>1972729
People said a lot of stupid things back then. Doesn't mean there was anything from Sony that indicated it was called the PSX. Everyone I've been around has called it the PS1. Never seen PSX spoken except from people on the internet.

>>1972731
no, it's what people who actually were around during the PS1 era called it

>>1972735
you wouldn't fucking call it PS1 during the first Playstation era because you didn't know it would be the first one of a series

PSX might be a retarded acronym but it has sticked to most people who grew with it, including myself

>>1972739
Everyone called it fucking playstation during the playstation era. PS1 is a retroactive nickname after the PS2 was launched/announced.

But PSX was just the code name and fucking nobody used it in daily life

You don't. FF7 is terrible. Its only reason to exist is to show you its beautiful read: shitty, uninspired, retardedly low poly grafix

>>1972742

19 year old detected.

>>1972741
because people don't use acronyms in their daily life speech for the most part. same way you wouldn't actually say "N64" or "SNES", but that's how it was written online and in some magazines

>>1972748

Lower

>>1972742

Will you people go back to /v/? We don't act like that around here.

>>1972620
>>1972643
>>1972714
>>1972718
>>1972729
>>1972731
>>1972735
>>1972739
>>1972741
>>1972750
I'm so fucking tired of this Playstation/PS/PSX/PS1/PSOne/PSX(that other one) bullshit and challenge /vr/ to came up with a term everyone can agree with.

>>1972761

(Original) Playstation

>>1972761
Gay station prime

>>1972761
PS1 is pretty hard to misconstrue. People tend to use PSOne if they feel the need to refer to that specific model. That said, there's no reason to mention the PSX (DVR) here anyway since it's not retro, so anyone who feels the need to mention that can kindly fuck off.

>>1972761
GreyStation?

>>1972761

Altough I prefer PSX because I grew up reading this in magazines and get used to it (shit, how can someone deny PSX being a used name if even in South America it was common to call it like this?), only calling it PS is fine to me.

>>1963216
>Mods filter PSX to Propane
>eventually people just start using the term Propane

Problem solved.

>>1972789
dude should've bought a Saturn instead.

>>1972784
PSX DVR

I hope my mentioning of it shattered your pre-2000 immersion

>>1972961
you sure showed me.

>>1972639
Wow, damn. that PC version looks too clean. It's like the difference between the dirty, lived-in original Star War trilogy vs the prequels.

>>1972741

>But PSX was just the code name and fucking nobody used it in daily life

All PSX magazines referred to the console as PSX, well before the PSOne came out

>>1972959

Did you said... propane?

complaining about people saying PSX should be a bannable offense as should mentioning the PSXDVR