/vr/ - Retro Games

OK. Final Fantasy Origins. I don't know what it is exactly, but it's so much more engaging than the FF1 port on PSP, which is as dull as dish-water.

>>2668352
really? i loved the psp version of 1,them sprites mang.

>>2668348
Threads of fate is fun, although I'm having issues with the guardian..I give the game 7/10

Replaying FFIX for the fourth time but the first time in ~6 years. At the opening credits and the memories are coming back.

I'm playing Rayman 1 and it's torture.

Actually I've dropped it at 'Space Mama's Crater' with a couple of lives left and no continues on my save. It's fun but can be ridiculously punishing.

im trying to decide what to start up,leaning toward ps1 rpg,but not sure which to fire up. torn between something ive never played before or something i have,like chrono cross or ff7 [which tbh i never played front to back myself] or ff9.

as far as unplayed,suikuden 2,legend of dragoon,vagrant story.

I really need to get back to Panzer Dragoon Saga.

I was also playing Sakura Taisen, but looking back and forth between the screen and the .txt translation file is a pain in the ass and takes forever. Specially when I have to compare the squiggly lines on one screen to the squiggly lines on the other screen.

Playing final fantasy tactics right now for the first time

Its hard but fun. If anyone has some tips they would be greatly appreciated, I just got to the town past the forest with the bombs in it and I got fucked over

>>2668402
With the male character you can just spam his down axe combo and auto win the game.

Mint on the other hand is a fucking pain and to this day I still have not finished her side of the story.

>>2668446
Mint has the same aerial kick attack. It's a pretty easy game either way.
Her story is more amusing because the dialogue is actually funny.

>>2668415
Play FFIX with me

>>2668445
It's a much better game to learn yourself. People on here will just teach you game breaking tactics.

I'm slowly getting the hang of it. Although I've played several other SaGa games, the flow of this one is a little difficult to get used to. Sometimes you break away from conventional dungeon exploration and have to engage in tactical battles with other political powers.

Character development is confusing because there are so many generational shifts. You never know when a character is going to die off, or you're going to be thrust into a scenario that takes place decades later with a completely new cast. You may waste time grinding with one party only to find out that you never get to play with them again. Thankfully, any skills you unlock carry over to other characters.

>>2668425
Wrong thread

I need to pick up Aconcagua again now that my japanese skills are decent.

>>2668406
This...

>>2668348
Playing through grandia, my first RPG in about 15 ish years.

bretty gud

Ace Combat 2. Moving onto AC3 once I've got 100%.

playan with your mums poon OP top kek

>>2669538
been playing through AC2 myself
on the last mission of Operation "B"ellisima right now
Last mission I did was that one where you had to escort a rescue convoy while protecting the downed plane they were coming to rescue at the same time, I'm not particularly great so it was kind of hard.

God, I love AC. Well, AC1 is kind of naff (also, I giggle a bit when I realize that they tried to get away with not drawing the ground, just using the background for it and some overlaid mountains), but other than that I love Ace Combat.

>>2668402
I remember playing this in a kiosk at gamestop forever ago when I was a kid. All I could remember is a girl in a forest with hula hoops in her hands. Thanks anon, you couldn't have picked a better screenshot.

I'm liking it so far. The combat is a bit clunky but atmosphere does more than enough to keep me immersed

>>2669491
dumb bitch forgot to put on both her shoes

>>2670678
Those boss fights tho

>>2670678
I still own the demo disc for that. Good god is it fucking terrible.

>>2668471
>You may waste time grinding with one party only to find out that you never get to play with them again.
You said you played other SaGa games, you should know that grinding is a no go unless you know what's going on in the game.
By the way, Wil is the only character you get to play with for all the generations on his side, so invest on him, if you need other info or tips come in the SaGa thread, explaining things in detail need quite some long posts and this isn't the place for that.

I recently played "Fear Effect 2" and came buckets on the lesbian scenes. The game itself I'd rate 7/10, but the visuals 9/10.

>>2670595
Was it your first or second playthrough? On the second play (Extra planes) you should have the XFA-27 by that mission. Makes it a whole lot easier.

>>2670678
One of my favorite games growing up

Playing through Star Ocean 2 for the first time here after finishing off the original again the other night. I've probably spent more time resetting so characters started with the Originality talent than actually playing so far though.

>>2669538
If you don't already know, Disc 1 of the Japanese version of AC3 has been translated so far, if you ever want to play with all the stuff that was cut from the English release.

>>2668415
you play Suikoden II right fucking now

>>2668415
Play vagrant story omg such a good game but it has to be played through 2 times to get the good sword

>>2668445
If you are planning on stealing equipment, make your thief a female. It raises the steal rate against males, and most enemies are male.

Don't put any points into charge attacks.
From the Knight job, only learn Speed, Power and Mind break.
If you are using any casters, be sure to plan ahead using spells by checking the turn list.
Time Mages can be extremely helpful later in the game, especially if you plan on stealing from important enemies and to out speed a lot of them.
You should probably grind for JP at the beginning, or at least learn JP Boost, +1 Move, and Auto-Potion.

There's a lot more here that you can check out, but these are some that come to mind:
http://www.cavesofnarshe.com/fft/newbie.php

I'm starting the Syphon Filter series, I've only played the third one back when it was released

Playing this. It's ok.

>>2668348
Started up Final Fantasy IV the other day because I was unable to finish it as a kid.

I started with the PSP remake but was pretty turned off by how ridiculously easy it is. From what I understand this version offers a bit more challenge. 3 hours in and I'd say its comfy/10.

>>2672540
Oh man, this is another one I never finished as a kid. I always get stuck on that level with the sand dunes.

Dragon Valor. Heard about it in another thread gave it a try its pretty fun. The only spell I use though is heal.

Persona 2. I am so lost and its basically the beginning of the game. It is my first time playing persona but I know the basics... So far I am pretty uninterested.

>>2672526

Every version besides the snes version should be the original difficulty. I'm at the end of the psp remake at a higher level than I've ever finished the snes version and I'm sweating bullets in every fight. Sylph cave, bahamut cave and core of the moon are ball busting.

Rayman. I played pretty much every other game in the series but never the first one. It's a good game, very colorful, nice music. It's a lot harder than the new games.

i forgot i had this guy, replaying it for keks and nostalgia. Good stuff

I play it on the vita on my way to work and back home. It's pretty cool I'm liking it so far.

>>2673123
That is still the only one I havent played. I own all of them on my vita. I started with 3 on the psp, completed 4 on vita, then played a good chunk of 1 on the vita, but never started 2.

>>2672540
>>2672548

holy shit this game. hard as shit for me when i was a kid.
I could never make it past episode 4, but I could watch my dad play this game for forever.

>>2668402
Guardian is a cakewalk. Run around til the Guardian gets tired and begins to flash. Jump kick him with Mint. Master the jumpkick.

>>2674584
I love ME1 so much

>>2674591
I have been told that 3 is far better than 2, and 4 better than 3. But... I own only the second one and it was given to me by a buddy.
I am going to try to buckle down on it this weekend. If I can't get into it by Sunday I'm done with it and will try 3.

This.

>>2673121
>>2675689
My Nigga's.

I might play spyro later

>>2674584
>>2674993
I liked the second one too. The PSP remake not so much.

Just finished another round of Armored Core, now I'm giving this a chance.

Anyone know how you're supposed to find your way around?

>>2668348
We played Crash Bash co-op with my friend yesterday
shits pretty cash but the balling levels are still hard as fuck

>Suffering through through those ugly ass polys.

PS1 games have aged like spoiled milk.

>>2676687

loved this game and the atmosphere but I guess it just isn't a well designed game.

>>2676690
>aged like spoiled milk
How much worse could milk get after it's already spoiled?

>>2676695
by turning into fine ass cheese

>>2676690
I'm not sure what this even means. SNES and Genesis had their fair share of games with ugly ass sprites and use of their sound chips. Xbox 360 and PS3 had a run in ugly ass games. It comes down to how developers utilize the hardware.

>>2676690
>muh spoiled milk

Would you shitters pick a new phrase please?

>>2669530
I'd play it over and over if you could speed up battles somehow.

>>2676753

PS games are ugly as shit.

>>2676780
> 2015 still thinking graphics are the main reason to play a game.

Plebian.

>>2676780
Feel free to leave this thread any time.

>>2668348
Just got imprisoned in d block.

Really wish there was a text speed option, it feels slower then most RPG's.

Also even for RPG standards this game is pretty easy so far but still enjoying the story and mysteries.

>>2676690
>>2676780
So, like almost any other 5th gen 3D game? You can't say the graphical capabilities of the N64 (aside from the textures being perspective correct, but still suffer from being slightly to wholly blurry due to the texture cache) and Saturn were any better. 5th gen 3D in general was shit, but I still find that it had quite a charm to it, especially the old PS1 games even despite the slight jitteriness in a few parts.

I'm playing the same PS1 game I'm always playing...Rival Schools

I'm pretty predisposed to like this game just on aesthetics and music. The gameplay is just fine, nothing really special in that department. The battle animations are alright. Everything is top teir though, just never loved strategy games.

>>2676690
>>2676780
Fuck off back to /v/ underage.

>>2676923
>aside from the textures being perspective correct
and textures not being pixelated...and polygons not jittering...and polygons not being drawn in the wrong order...

Babbys first RPG but it really was great.

>>2676870
300B21D6 0001

if you playing on an emulator, use this code.

I dropped the game eventually because it was unbearable shit, but without this code I wouldn't have gone as far as I did

>>2677131
>textures not being pixelated
Funny, I liked that about the PS1. Kinda gave the games a rather "sharp" feeling.

Simultaneously playing Ocarina of Time and Super Mario RPG at the same time. I'm enjoying the shit out of both of them.

>>2672129
>>2668445
Seriously, one of the best tips is to check the turn list. There will come a time where your success will hinge on you planning properly (hence 'Tactics'), especially will spells/summons.

I'm bouncing between Diablo and I.Q.
Never done a Wizard character, and trying to beat my personal best of 307 (after a handful of plays) in IQ.

These days I only play PS1 games on my PSP, but I currently have Megaman Legends and Parappa The Rapper loaded up. Just random stuff mainly.

Do you guys have any friends to play your retro games?

I find myself playing old fighting games like Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom exclusively in single player because I can't find anyone interested in retro games anymore. The AI in these games are quite terrible.
LAN parties for Unreal Tournament, Age of Empire, Quake and more are especially hard to find as well.

It used to be much easier in my area, even without looking on the internet, but now everyone seem to have moved to Dota 2 and Hearthstone.

I miss LAN parties and staying until midnight in some dude's basement to play Marvel vs. Capcom, Darkstalkers, Bloody Roar, Virtua Fighters and more.

>>2679502
Look up fightcade

mostly pop in Ridge Racer Revolution
I'm not brilliant, and the fucking Extra courses are killing me.

Also, is there any technique I'm missing to exit drifts faster? I lose a fuckton of speed just due to how long it takes to exit a drift sometimes.

I started playing Rage Racer as well, but the handling is a bit iffy and the collisions are hilariously bad. Really fucking cool courses and slick visuals -- it's blatantly running on an updated version of the 1/Revolution engine and nowhere near R4 pretty, but the game oozes style. The announcer's voice is so smooth and sexy. Screaming around The Extreme Oval is a joy.

oh, and I'd played Bubsy 3D recently
the game is ass in ways I didn't even imagine before having played it
I got to the first boss and stopped playing, maybe forever. I was starting to get used to the controls, it was horrifying. They're really bad, made for a game with far, far more open levels.

>>2679502
I have some buddies I play KOF with.
and not much else, but I could probably get them to play something

couldn't get them to play Quake with me though
wish I had a PS1 multitap so I could play CTR and Quake II in 4player (and Quake II runs really damn well on the PS1 in 4p splitscreen, hot damn)

>>2671515
First playthrough.

>>2671570
I heard. I also heard the plane handling is a bit different, apparently (they made it easier in the US version). Will probably give it a go at some point.

>>2676690
they've got a certain charm

>>2677131
Here's a PS1 game that has a shitload of warping on the walls. Skip to 6:56 to see the in-game graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnjie2G7_gQ Even with the warping, it still looks miles better than anything I've seen on the N64.

>>2679753
RR4 does some post processing effect to make everything look blue. Kinda neat.

What's the best PS1 emulator out there? RetroArch seems to be great to be besides the lack of internal resolution upscaling.

Is there anyway around that or am I forced to fiddle with epsxe or PCSX-R for this?

>>2679795
>am I forced to fiddle with epsxe or PCSX-R for this?

If you want HD - yes.

Replaying and having fun.

I got a question about metal gear solid. I'm just getting started playing twin snakes for the gamecube, is the remake worth playing? This is my first mgs game.

>>2679753
The lead programmer of World Driver Championship for N64 said his engine pushes double the polygons of R4, in addition to no jittering polygons or warping textures. Also slightly more sophisticated lighting. Here's video of the actual console output. Notice how unlike R4 you can actually see more than one opponent car at any one time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJRPX02A9yY

But I still think R4 looks better, but it ain't for technical reasons. It's for artstyle reasons which is a way nicer artstyle than WDC which just looks generic.

>>2679795
beetle-psx-libretro and the standalone Mednafen psx module it's based on only display at native resolution using software rendering.

Aside from the usual plugin shit, there is a PCSX based libretro core that's going to try to take Exophase's NEON-based software renderer and port it to x86-64 PCs. Right now it only uses the pure C codepath on PC so it's slow when using more than 2x internal res, but eventually a SSE2 codepath would be added to make if fast enough to run fullspeed on most machines.

>>2668445
Make a run using only samurais and ninjas.

>>2668415
Breath Of Fire 4 or 3 if you can

>>2679824
The remake isn't worth playing unless you've already played through the original PS1 game.

how long can a playstation memory card last till it dies on you?

>>2681038
Had one of those since about '02, still works for me.

>>2681038
My first one was bought on 1996 and it still works.

I'm playing Metal Gear solid with PCSX emulator(Linux MInt OS).

I bought a copy of Mega Man Legends to play on my PS3. It runs fine, but no matter what settings I mess with, I can't use the left stick. I've tried on two different controllers too.

>>2668348

This was the first playstation game I ever played when I got PS1 for christmas in 1998 or 1999. The controls are a bit stiff but not as bad as you'd think. I just love it for nostalgia sake

>>2681427

forgot picture

>>2681434
Tomb Raider 1 & 2 are stll great games, even without the nostalgia factor. People these days seem to think it was only popular because of a big titted heroine (though that did happen a bit latter). For people who hyped the games back then it was basically the 3D Indiana Jones we always dreamed about.

>>2681336
>texture filters
anon pls

its bretty decent

>>2681383
Megaman Legends isn't analog stick compatible. It came out long before the Dualshock.

>>2681475
http://pcsxr.codeplex.com/

but, in windows, emulator EPSXe is the best choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Cy5r1-aUw

>>2681510
Oh shit, that's right.
Guess I gotta suck it up.

>>2681336
Nice HUD filtering faggot

>>2681510
>It came out long before the Dualshock.
Nope, originally came out just one month after the release of the DualShock controller, and a few months after the release of the Dual Analog. Capcom was just lazy and didn't added it in in the final stages of development.

>>2668406

i still stand by the opinion that dali is the best jrpg town/village ever

first time playing this since '96, anyone else here who's played wild arms?

Final Fantasy 9. I like it, but not as much as 7 or 8. 8 is my favorite. I've actually never beaten 9, I always get to Disc 4 and stop

>>2683620

I've been thinking of replaying Wild Arms for a while now. Haven't played it since around 2001 and never finished it.

>>2676690
I actually really like ps1 graphics, they have a certain charm too them, also vaporwave

I just got this today what are some good shmups for PS1. I only have this and R-Type complete.

I like this thread.

Therefore, I bump.

>>2683726
Raiden Project is apparently a great conversion. Also Einhander and Dodonpachi.

>>2683812
Oh I forgot to mention I have a saturn and a lot of the ones on both systems I have the saturn version. I got gekioh instead of shienryu cause it costs 5x as much on saturn. I am looking for a good priced copy of raiden project though. Not in a huge rush as I can get my Raiden fix playing super raiden.

>>2683726
Can you play japanese titles? If so Gradius gaiden is an absolute must play and all the konami packs are available to so thats gradius,parodius and salamander series. Harmful park is good but expensive, sonic wings special is good and as stated einhander is amazing also. For something slightly difeent but immensely fun and cheap to get i'd recommend Sanvein it's kind of an arena shmup with an amazing soundtrack.

>>2683812
>Dodonpachi.
The port is kinda broken in the scoring department so i'd only recommend this to people looking to just play for any reason other than serious scoring.

>>2683878
I can play Japanese games. I don't own any yet but I was thinking of picking up gradius gaiden for sure.

How accurate is the saturn version of DDP if you play it tate? Not that it really matters to me cause I am not that good at those games and play them for fun. My brother came over once and his mind was blown when I flipped my TV on its side and we played some Strikers 1945 and Dodonpachi together. He is worse than I am but we still had a lot of fun together.

>>2683895
Neither are perfect tbh Mame is still your best option for ddp but that said the issues really only effect high scoring players so maybe take that into consideration. Gradius gaiden is way more fun anyway and also has 2 player for you and your bro.

>>2683620
>>2683641
You can cheese this game super hard by using the 255 item trick on the apples to raise all your stats to 999. You become functionally immune to pretty much every enemy even bosses.

>>2681534
You obviously meant Mednafen

>>2683917
What fun. Might as well just watch it on YouTube then.

Was playing this and finished Canyon Village recently; boy was it brutal. The gameplay gets a bit repetitive yes and the controls are a bit wonky (especially when it come to strafing) but it makes up in terms of challenge and level design. I think it's better played with a DualShock/Analog controller.

>>2668348
Just replayed :

>Megaman Legends
Awful first hour but the moment they let you explore, it's pure magic. Kattelox is one the most comfiest place in video game.
>Megaman Legends 2
Don't take the S rank license before doing the Nino/Glyde fortress. It turns the game into a nightmare. The whole section around the second key is utter nonsense, the rest is pretty enjoyable. Legends 3 never.
>FF7
Way too easy but the magic is still here. Remake will never get what made the game original game popular right.
>Crash Bandicoot
One hell of competent platformer. Lack of analog can be annoying.
>Crash Bandicoot 2
Don't go after gems from the beginning, it murders the fun. Just have fun with the levels and then come back for 100%. Tons of fun.
>Crash Bandicoot 3
Mini games shit for more than a third of the game. Lame designs, lame music, lame characterization, shit replay value. Better bosses than 2 I guess aside from mute your TV NGin.
>Rockman X4
Massively overrated. Controls feel heavy as hell next to the Snes, level designs is ridiculously bland and uninspired. Bosses are nonsense with half of them spending half of the time away from the screen.
>Rockman 8
Japanese version since US is untolerable. Solid but too easy. Hard mode required.
>Jumping Flash
This game really was made to promote 3D. Comfy but the collect carrot gimmick greatly limits the interest of replay.
>Robbit Mon Dieu
How to kill a franchise by doing stuff no one wants or asked for.
>Spyro the Dragon
A neat collectathon. It's nice to relax.
>Spyro the Dragon 2
Like Spyro 2 but with fetchquests galore. Fun is replaced by chores. Could have been great, ends up annoying.
>Dino Crisis 2
RUN. SHOOT. ARCADE. So much better than the first.

>>2683625
FF9 gets less and less appealing with each CD. By the time you hit CD4 the plot has been utterly derailed.

This is what I have in my collection, any suggestions for new games?

>>2684109
medievil

>>2684127
Oh yeah I want that one I have my eye out for it always!! Good suggestion though thanks

>>2684109

Jumping Flash 1 and 2

>>2684067
>Like Spyro 2 but with fetchquests galore.
Eh. Still enjoyed it nonetheless personally. I could understand why the fetchquests and minigames and shit would annoy some people AND admittedly some of them were rather eh but the ones that were executed well did offer a bit of variety the first game admittedly lacked. I also liked that they added more to Spyro's moveset which helped improve the level design itself in some ways. 3 is where they really shat the bed though.

>Megaman Legends
I thought it was decent but the combat system and camera were pretty awkward and I found some of the dungeon designs rather bland. The story, visual style and some of the characters were rather neat though Never played 2 but would look to see if it improved on things in the the future. Overall I thought 1 was okay but it was clearly dated in a few aspects.

>>2674587
A great game if you start to think about every little thing that happens. I get teary eyed every now and then throughout the game.

>>2679898
R4 in practice does get 3-4 cars on screen (including your own), but it's pretty damn rare.

never ever seen more than that ever in R4
Fun fact: there's pretty noticeable texture issues that happen in all of the pre-R4 Ridge Racer games on PS1 when you get too many cars on screen, this usually happens during the Extra races. Some of the scenery will have garbage textures until some cars leave the screen. IIRC, it's running out of VRAM for everything.

>>2684131
>I have my eye out for it always!!

>>2684540
i've never seen more than 3 cars in R4 at any one time (including your own car)

i wonder if it's possible to jam the road somehow to force more cars into view

>>2684109
Syphon Filter 1

>Play this game on ePSXe
>Like it
>Feel strange
Still trying to complete it since fucking March.

>>2679502
>have very few friends
>most play CoD/Halo exclusively because they are terrible people
>one friend into retro games, played together recently
>takes one look at Contra and declares "fuck that"
Funny, I have access now to more games than I ever have before, yet nobody to enjoy them with. Is this what drove Scrooge Mcduck to become a bitter old man?

>>2683917
Don't fucking do this. The game isn't all that difficult, and you'll just get bored and quit.

Were you talking with me or with the other guy?

>>2676690
There are too many exceptions for this not to be a dumb recycled meme spouted by poorly informed idiots.

> People shitting on the PS1's graphics

> Yet its early game lineup had this graphically unmatched beauty on it

Fine, MOST games on the PS1 look pretty bad, but you can say exactly the same about the N64's lineup.

For the ugly games, it comes down to personal taste.

Detailed and varied, but pixelated and glitchy polygons and textures, or perspective corrected 3D, but with low poly count and blurry and repetitive textures? Pick your poison.

>>2684792

nice console war b8, but this is a playstation thread, nobody is shitting on its graphics, we're just posting games.

>>2684792
I don't think they look bad. You just gotta get used to it and use a blurry enough filter. Also cartoony games aged better than realistic styled ones.

>>2684067

You talking shit about the N.Gin boss fight in Crash 3? One of the best fights in the series.

>>2684804

Of course games with some artistic flavour will always age better. Realism in games is nothing but bad design.

I just started Aconcagua,i'm liking it so far.

>>2683726
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/phenominal-playstation-ps1-2d-shooters-shmups-library

There you go.

Playing this. Really wacky, kinda ugly, relies heavily on memorisation and has a bit too many loading times. I still really enjoy it.

My Ascii Sphere 360 finally came in the mail so I decided to test it out with my PC via an adapter.

The joyball does not work as intended, unfortunately. But the buttons feel nice and so does the d-pad so I'm keeping it.

playing ape escape. Love it honestly

>>2684836
Mute your TV.

>>2684962

I don't get it.

>>2679898
who cares about polygons when the textures look like smeared shit

>>2679898
Beautiful, no doubt. Now if only N64 games had this PS1 level of texture mapping all over. The polycount here is beautiful, but it can't carry all of the graphics. I remember I bought Forza 2 for Xbox 360 and was absolutely shocked at how ugly the game is, despite having obviously more polygons. I just came from Gran Turismo 4, which was arguably photorealistic for a PS2 game, and Forza 2 was plastic all over.

>>2685225
But in the case of that game, they don't.

>>2684639
you should
the stage design is raw ass, ignoring the fact that the controls are terrible

I like the idea of it though, I just want a pretty ordinary fully 3D platformer, just get to the end of a bunch of levels.

>>2684565
>i wonder if it's possible to jam the road somehow to force more cars into view
now I'm curious to see this myself

>>2684660
Original Contra?

it's an somewhat easy game, but it gets stupid really quickly in co-op (mountain stage in 2p is the worst, even when you're actively trying not to screenkill your buddy)
like, I'm pretty sure all the issues I had with it as a kid were entirely from playing it in co-op all the time

>>2684858
Ape Escape is wonderful.
that soundtrack is the coolest damn thing, the dynamic channel system always impressed me

>>2668348
Been playing Grandia.
Pretty good. My only gripe is the loading times, but I guess that's an issue with every Playstation RPG

>>2685260
>the stage design is raw ass, ignoring the fact that the controls are terrible
The graphics also look ass as well, even for its time. Everything was ass in that game. It's fucking amazing this game shared the same dev studio that would later make the Syphon Filter (which while not for everyone admittedly, was pretty enjoyable to me).

>>2685259
um yes they do

>>2685265
>muh filters

fuck off shill

>>2685292
I don't even have any filters on. Are you retarded or just a shitposter?

>>2685292
u mad bro

>>2685298
scanlines aren't that visible on a crt through component. I play my playstation 1 games on component and they don't look like that lol. You can barely see the scanlines actually

>>2685297
it's upscaled bilinearly

>>2685304
depends
my TV has pretty visible scanlines
maybe not as intense as that picture, but pretty close
I also play like, 2 feet from my TV, so that's probably a factor.

if there's one thing I don't understand, it's wanting display curvature

>>2685273
>It's fucking amazing this game shared the same dev studio that would later make the Syphon Filter (which while not for everyone admittedly, was pretty enjoyable to me).

I did not know this, what the fuck.
also, I should go back and play Syphon Filter again, it's been ages and I dropped it kind of early on last time

>>2684792
Crash Bandicoot cheated though. Because the levels are linear, the developers realized the game doesn't need to calculate polygon/texture visibility in real-time (because the camera's path through each level is the same every time). So Crash isn't truly real-time 3D.

Mario 64 actually had to calculate everything, all in real-time because of the freedom you got to go anywhere or look in any direction.

Now I'm not disparaging Crash's graphics, they look great and it was an ingenious technical idea, but considering no N64 game uses the same "cheating" technique, it's apples and oranges to suggest comparisons.

>>2685335
my TV has scanlines too when playing on composite or svideo but component you can barely see them.

>>2685471
Tons of N64 games used limited view to cull polygons. The ñ64 had hardware specifically for this. It's a modern rendering technique. Even games now do this and have a dedicated data spool process. Are you stupid?>>2685471

>>2685495
No, I don't think you seen to understand. That visibility cull is still a calculation that has to be performed on the hardware (and it's fairly intensive for an older 3D system).

Crash Bandicoot bypasses the calculation all-together by streaming pre-calculated visibility data from the CD. You can ONLY do this with linear levels, because otherwise how could you pre-calculate based on unpredictable viewing frustums?

>>2685471
Please don't ever post about technical subjects again.

>>2685278
>um
Kill yourself anytime.

>>2684804
>>2684841
Go fuck yourselves.

does R4 run in hi res?

>>2685503
It's like you didn't read what I said at all.

>>2685471
>it's cheap if it isn't open world
>it's cheap if it uses LOD
>it's cheap if it uses culling
>it's cheap if it is prebaked
I know you are suggesting that is not comparable, but when anyone start to go into this direction, it makes me a little upset. Well no fucking shit things are not or don't need to be rendered if they won't be a part of the player's viewport. How is this laziness or suggesting the opposite of craftsmanship? It isn't. Everyone is just acting spoiled by taking what we have now and retroactively using it as criticism.

With consoles back then, for every positive, there is a setback. Super Mario 64 had fantastic true 3D roaming, but implementation of the camera fought against this design. With that freedom comes a hefty price, the texture mapping was absolute ass, the blurry ass thumbnail-for-a-skybox was visible most of the time, levels were just floating structures, had no context of a boundary unlike Crash where it was properly dressed up.

tl;dr "real 3D" isn't objectively a positive, at least not during that era of 3D capabilities

>>2685538

Literally spoiled milk.

>>2685730

:^)

>>2685634
Because it was irrelevant. Other PS1 games, N64 games, and modern games actually calculate visibility in real-time. CRASH DOES NOT. Visibility was pre-calculated on Silicon Graphics workstations, so while the calculation process itself was probably quite similar to N64 (its GPU was made by Silicon Graphics after all), the actual process was absent on the PS1 itself.

>>2685720
> it makes me a little upset.
There's no need for emotion in a discussion about technical facts.

>How is this laziness or suggesting the opposite of craftsmanship?
Nobody said or suggested it was. Only that you cannot compare games that involve pre-calculated visibility with those that calculate visibility in real time.

It's almost as bad as somebody pointing to FFVIII's FMV intro and saying HAHA WHY CAN'T DO THE N64 DO 3D OF THIS QUALITY LOOK ITS RIGHT THERE ON MY PLAYSTATION

>With that freedom comes a hefty price, the texture mapping was absolute ass, the blurry ass thumbnail-for-a-skybox was visible most of the time, levels were just floating structures, had no context of a boundary unlike Crash where it was properly dressed up.
That's because Mario 64 prized gameplay innovative over graphics. But I digress, this is irrelevant to a technical discussion.

I'll copy some choice quotes from the Naughty Dog blog to help people understand where I'm coming from.

http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/04/making-crash-bandicoot-part-3/

>It is easy to underestimate the value of the pre-occlusion and vertex animation hacks. But let me tell you, this was everything. The occlusion meant more polygons in the background, and more polygons meant we could do the levels. Without it we NEVER could have made the world look as good as it did.

http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/07/making-crash-bandicoot-part-6/

>Mario 64 couldn’t be open and any more detailed than it was. Miyamoto-san had chosen open and that meant simple.

>>2685774
Yes, it's true that Crash, or Playstation, had a convoluted way of achieving "3D graphics" by using hacks and a degree of illusion under the hood, meaning not an illusion to fool the end user. So you can't really say this invalidates PS1 because it wasn't "realtime" 3D graphics. Honestly I think comparing hacked rendering to prerendered FMV is cheap as fuck. One is a hack to help push as much detail from the machine to the display, and the other is premade stuff to look like original CG assets from a PC, with the intention of fooling the end user, not the machine. Of course nobody bats an eye at say, Mario 64 or Mario Kart using prerendered frames to give the illusion of perfectly round bob-ombs or even the entirety of the karts themselves. At least CTR only used this trick for the wheels only and the kart body still used polygons.

Both cheat, and neither should be shamed because they used tricks so these potato machines could draw serviceable graphics.

Grinding at the end of Dragon Warrior 7.
Gotta get those better classes, man.

It's taking a long, long, long time. So long that I took a break for several months and played other games, so I could hop back into it refreshed. Since I'm at the end of the game I don't need to worry about forgetting where portals lead and shit.

>>2685791
>So you can't really say this invalidates PS1 because it wasn't "realtime" 3D graphics
Who the hell has been saying it invalidates the PS1? Or Crash for that matter?

Naughty Dog did the right thing by pre-calculating visibility/occlusion for their corridor platformer. It would have also been the right thing to do had that game been developed for N64, or even Saturn. It was a decisive technical trick that took advantage of the linear nature its level.

But that still doesn't mean you can use it to technically compare wth non-linear games that don't rely on so much pre-computed data.

wow n64 fanboys are seriously butt mad

>>2668406
Playing through this for the first time myself. Never had a ps1 because my parents were poor.

I like the game but it does drag on sometimes. I do like how you really get to use all characters without being specifically forced to use any of them.

The skills are not really clear to me though. It's very hard to predict if spell A will do more damage than spell B. For example, Vivi's Bio is usually a better choice than the elemental spells, even against enemies weak to them. And status effects like Doom and Heat seem like such bull shit. Aside from that I'm enjoying the game, though. It'll be the first FF I'll bother finishing. I got pretty far in VI, too, not sure why I stopped with that one, but maybe the next one I'll pay will be V since I like the class system.

>>2684971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kncIep-gGyw

You guys have to stop. My backlog is getting massive.

>>2685802
How is technical discussion over the rendering processes of two games being "buttmad"
all of a sudden?

>tfw in only a matter of months I will be playing Crash Bandicoot 2 on my PS4
Backwards compatibility is an inevitability.

Are there any real differences between playing PS1 games on a PS2 as opposed to an actual PS1?

>>2684792

Are there any other games that are as tailor made to look good on a specific console as Crash Bandicoot is to the PS1?

God of War 2 to the PS2, maybe?

hifi gran turismo

>>2686660
>using RetroShill(tm) ever

Kill yourself.

my ps1 top 10. how casul i am?

>>2686724

>SOTN instead of Chronicles
>FFT instead of Ogre Battle

casual with good taste

>>2686724
>Dino crisis 2

Mah nigga

>>2686729
ogre battle not looks fun as fft

>>2686732
it's really good action game tho

>>2668348
I'm about to finish Warhawk right now. Really fun game. What are some other good fliyng sims on the psx?

>>2686741
I meant that, it's a great game.
Playing on hard is a real challenge also.

>>2686724

No Crash, no cash.

>>2686751

Crash sucks

>>2686753
If you prefer Super mario 64 over any of the crash games, you're a dirty casual.

Not that you said that tho, I just never understood how Super mario 64 got so much praise, actually I think it's pretty boring.

AmI weird?

>>2686758

Nobody mentioned Mario 64.

>>2686753
I fucking love this meme.

>>2686758
But he didn't bring up Mario anywhere.

>>2668348
I'm really enjoying it so far after beating Wild Arms 1 last week. FP system took a little getting used to but after a while I started to really enjoy it over the standard MP system.

>>2686758

I prefer any Jumping Flash over any Poochy Bandicoot game.

You are the casual, anon.

>>2686768
Not that anon, but while Jumping Flash was an interesting experiment, I prefer Crash in the long run.

jumping flash has a better ost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KURqnq92hRI&

>>2686753
>>2686768

We've been through this multiple times. Crash is fuckall like Poochie, and you're a tasteless failed abortion.

>>2686771

No shit, Crash Bandicoot is a solid, classic platformer that doesn't try to reinvent the wheel completely, like games like Mario 64 and Tomb Raider did. In return, it's far more playable today.

>>2686791
>We've been through this multiple times

Maybe you have, I'm not a sperg that lives on an internet board.

>>2686790

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUGlhLsU_0k

>>2686703
>stop using what I don't like

Fuck off

>>2685297

It's an insane shitposter with a vendetta against anything with "Retro" in its name, report and ignore.

>>2668348
FFV, and some Mario hacks. All good.

>>2686724
that's not bad

my top 10 would probably be (no particular order, too lazy to rank them, too lazy to go make a picture of it)
>Ridge Racer Revolution
>Wipeout XL
>Ape Escape
>Sanvein
>Armored Core
>Ace Combat 2
>Omega Boost
>Street Fighter EX2+
>Silent Bomber
>Tales of Destiny

>>2686624
There's a couple. Some games will slow down at different points on the PS2, and there's a very short list of PS1 games that have major issues.

>>2686768
Jumping Flash is way too easy by an order of magnitude. Neat game, probably the first good 3D platformer ever, but it's not as satisfying to play as Crash.

>>2687127

Crash is pretty easy too.

Also I found Jumping Flash 1 and 2 more satisfying to play then any Crash.

>>2673123
Are you in Seven Sisters HS? You have to talk to the teachers, then try to find the Principal in the courtyard outside (main floor), then shit hits the fan and it's monster time

>>2675689
Just found my Spyro disc. Been playing a lot of that and Crash Bandicoot over the last few days.

Also have one of those adapters that plays GameBoy games through the parallel port, it's pretty fun for the games that support it.

MGS to wash the taste of MGSV out of my mouth.

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but what would be the best way to go about playing some PS1 games on my old Sony PVM?

>>2687540

You mean via what connection? As far as I know the PS1 doesn't output component but does output RGB so SCART is an option. If you're using a PS2 it does output component and these cables are easy to come by.

>>2687545
Well I have a female euroSCART to BNC cable. So, all I'd need is Sony Playstation RGB Male SCART cable with CSYNC or sync over luma?

>>2687552

Pretty much.

>>2687553
And would that setup work with the PS2 as well?

>>2687556

Should do.

>>2686758
Crash 3 blows.

Absolutely fantastic to play with a friend.

>>2672396
aw shit nigga you are in for something truly great that plays well even today. prepare for some actual challenge too.

>>2670678

Oh man, love that game.

By the way, just in case you didnt know (like the majority of people who played the first game, ironically) theres a sequel. Check it out; many say that its not as good as 1 but I did enjoy it quite a lot.

>buy guncon so that I can finally play Ghoul Panic properly
>hand starts to hurt after hour of playing
fuck

Also what other good guncon games are there for ps1?

>>2688015
Time Crisis and Time Crisis: Project Titan are awesome, also literally the only video games my dad ever played.

Point Black was also good, and I think the PAL version of RE Survivor works too with the GunCon.

>>2687139
Eh. I find the Crash games more satisfying to play in comparison. The JF titles are really interesting on paper, but I found the gameplay too disorienting to be fun. But hey, if they float your boat, then so be it.

dem n64 textures lol

>>2689403
blurry vs pixelated aside, n64 version is superior since ps1 version had simplified levels(and a lot areas are missing) because it couldn't handle them, also one entire level is completely missing too. And dreamcast(and pc) are only versions that actually runs 60fps.

>>2689403
dat no textue filtering superlol

>>2689403
>those warped textures on the bottom left

>>2668471

There are a couple ESSENTIAL tricks/grind methods to this game. Some guy made out elaborate guides to this game. I forget where they are but if you search, you'll find em soon enough. Final boss is hard as hell, but fun. Good luck. Have fun.

>>2689683

The textures are completely different, it's about resolution in this case.

Hey, can anyone recommend me some games to play? To be honest, I played only Crash, Tomb Raider, Spyro, Tekken, Bloody Roar and Pandemonium, Medievil games as kid. Not sure what I missed, what are PS1 hits and such...

>>2687539

It's not a bad game, it's a different one.

>>2668348
persona 2 eternal punishment.

the battles are odd since its my first time playing this series and grinding can be a chore at times but other than that im digging the story and the music is great.

Anyone?

>>2689824
forgot pic

>>2689403

you are one of the reasons /vr/ isn't a good board anymore.

>>2689403
>emulation being used for console war screenshots

>>2689403
Alright, so the PS1 version has better textures.

Here's what the N64 version has
-Much larger areas with more complex geometry and special effects (and therefore, actually more texture variety overall)
-Rayman, his friends and some enemies use more polygons
-More elaborate lighting
-Significantly more use of transparency
-No jittery polygons
-No texture warping
-Filtered textures (that also aren't dithered)

If you wanted to find a multiplatform game that was shit on N64 you could have picked something like Mega Man 64, but instead you picked Rayman 2 which is massive downgrade on PS1. All it offers are largely empty rooms with decent textures.

>>2689930

Eh, Mega Man 64 also has its pros and cons depending on the version. Capcom did a lazy port and it could have been much better on the 64, but it still has overall more consistent graphics (the PS1 version has a lot of weird camera angles with invisible walls that were fixed on 64).
The only real complaints I had for Mega Man 64 was the butchered voice clips and the (slightly) shorter draw distance (anyway draw distance on ps1 is also shitty).

Sadly there is no definitive version of Legends. PS1 is the original but has a lot of glitchy/jittery graphics, N64 has the sound and draw distance issues and the PC version, which looks the best of the 3, has awful fucked up cutscenes with out of synchro audio

Currently:

FF1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, and Type 0.

They're good, I'm going enjoying them.

>>2685307
I don't know retroarch, how do you do that?

>>2668348
just tried this. really enjoyable so far

>>2686724
We have pretty similar taste, only game I didn't play from your list is Final Fantasy
While Metal Gear was awesome I ended up liking RE3 more in the long run.

>>2686724
>Silent Hill

Everything is good as long as you have this on there.

Got these today. Medal of Honor controls oddly but it's fun/

>>2689930
>>2689707
>>2689683
>>2689403
just play the dreamcast version

>>2689824
man, I still need to finish Innocent Sin before I start on Eternal Punishment
but battles are so fucking slow holy shit

the story is really cool, it's just fighting is slow and I've been able to auto-battle my way though most everything

>>2690184
this x1000

>>2686748
man, I should play that
just looked up a video, the graphics are kind of weak (was this a launch release?), but holy fuck those missile trails make my dick hard and it looks like fun

Easily one of my favorite games for the system.

>>2683917
i'll never get what the fucking point of that is.

>>2690231
Ain't no tunguska!

I recently started replaying Driver, emulated on my PSP. I don't know what to think of it yet. The car handling is worse than I remember it to be, and the mission design as well as the general game design are pretty haphazard. But it's still alright I guess.

One of my favorites

>>2690446
What's the appeal of Oddworld games? I never understood it.

What is your favourite niche PS1 game? Pic related for me.

>>2690590
definitely. but probably not played that much ps1.

>>2690539
For me, they're very neat cinematic platformers with great art direction.

>>2690742

hadn't heard of this... it looks awesome!

>>2684853
DIAVOLA

Playing through pic related right now, it isn't the FF7 killer I expected it to be but I still like it.

Also playing through the Sonic games on the Genesis, just started a Knuckles playthrough in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

>>2690161
>Medal of Honor Underground

Firing a HMG at a tank caused it to explode. Good times.

>>2686753
Crash only speaks two words in the entire PS1 trilogy ("Uh-oh!" and "WHOA!") and other than his appearance is nothing like Poochy. Heck, Sonic has more in common with Poochy than Crash does.

>>2668348
Playing some THPS2 on my ps3 and fuck this game was awesome. 90's all over again.

>>2691554

Sonic doesn't talk in his Genesis trilogy, like, at all.

>>2668415
GOAT rpg.

>>2693187
Talking is ultimately what killed him, at least in the games.

>>2693203
yea talkin was the only thing wrong with the games. it was just the talking. that's right.

>>2689973
Spent many, many hours going through every CD I could find with my friends when I was young. That moment something awesome pops out.

>>2691465
I think it was the FF8 killer, not FF7.

Playing through the FF Chronicles version of Chrono Trigger. Just got Marle the Iron Bow, still gotta get her new hat and armor, got Chrono fully upgraded.

Earlier this year I beat FFVII and a couple weeks ago I beat Megaman Legends. This has been a great PS1 year for me!

>>2693312
I see your point but even that's debatable, though personally I'd go with LoD since I detested almost everything about FF8. I see more comparisons of it with FF7 for some reason despite coming out 3 years later.

>>2693374
slow loading times are slooooooooow

>>2693483
you people always have to find something to complain about
it's 20x cheaper than the SNES version and better than emulating.
I think waiting a few seconds here and there isn't a big deal... it's not that slow.
Ever tried playing Morrowind on Xbox?

>>2693374
>>2693483
>>2693643
CT is really the only one on PS1 that has really really bad loading times. I think its mainly because CT's battles took place in the same screen, so it was really fast and there wasnt really a transition.

I played 4 5 6 recently on PS1 and while its better on SNES, its definitely playable. CT is much worse, and its playable, but you know, CT had amazing pacing and it was really fast to play, so when the loading times start slowing it down, it kind of sucks.

I agree that its a nice alternative to the SNES version, but it is definitely an inferior version (outside of the neat animu cutscenes)

>>2693654
Even still, you play it on a ps2 or ps3 and it cuts those loading times right down.

>>2668402
Threads of Fate was the shit. Only thing I hated were those minigames with Fancy Mel.

>>2668348
It's the PSX. How can you have a ps1 before a ps2? No.

>>2684109
Darkstalkers 3
Legacy of Kain
Rayman 2
Rayman

>>2693704
I hope you get banned

>>2693769

>DS3
>Rayman2

Eh... only if you really want to add something for your PS1 collection and you don't know what, otherwise there's better versions of these games in other consoles.

>>2693704
What's the X for then?

riginal king's field with english patch, people faces has no features, and it weights 30mb

>>2693704
>How can you have a ps1 before a ps2?
Simple, 1 is the number that comes before 2.

>>2694476

Not him but the actual, official abbreviation of the first PlayStation is simply PS. Not PSX, not PS1.
I don't know why people need to write PSX or PS1 when it's actually simpler than that.

In the west, anyway. Japanese overlords do use the correct PS abbreviation.

Just started playing FFVIII for the first time since it was new, I remember beating it back then but having no clue what the fuck was going on story wise.

Let's see if adult anon can comprehend this shit. Just gotten up to the first mission in Dollet.

>>2693483
>>2693643
>>2693654
The only load time that particularly sucks is when you open/close the menu, it's a good 5-6 seconds of black screen. Just have to put up with it though, I don't care for emulation and the SNES version of CT is more than $100 now.

Hey, is it worth it to keep grinding to get 4000 gil and buy the Lode Sword off the blacksmith at the fair? I get 48 gil every time I kill three Hecates, I'd have to fight about 80 groups of Hecates to afford the Lode Sword.

>>2694498
Sorry bro but you were better off not knowing that god awful fucking plot

>>2668348
Bushido blade

Playing FFVIII on pcsxr with a DS4. Feels pretty good.

Sort of not /vr/, but RetroArch got ported to Vita, however the Mednafen PS1 core has not been ported yet. I'm really stoked to play PS1 games on it since I missed the 3.18 PS1 exploit boat.

>>2695081
Mednafen PSX is more than likely too slow to run fullspeed on a Vita, especially if the Vita only clocks at 400mhz.

PCSX-ReARMed is more likely option there, since it has a 32-bit ARM dynarec

>>2678970
Solid choice. Just finished replaying it last week. Stands the test of time.

I've been revisiting my lightgun games. Been playing a lot of this, along with Point Blank 1-3, on the TC/GunVari collection on the PS2.

It's a lovely set of games... The port from arcade of Time Crisis especially.

So to preserve the life of my copy of MGS1 (which is already in rough shape), I got the PSN edition of MGS1 via PS3. Now, suppose I was some schmuck who didn't know that you need the case for a codec number and also didn't want to cheat with a walk-through. Would the theoretical person be fucked? What about switching controllers for Psycho Mantis? How the hell is this supposed to work?

>>2696654
This game is so bad ass. The arrange mode where you shoot through some fancy mall place was bad ass.

In terms of physical games, well... SnoCross Championship Racing. Only because I seem to not get how to burn PSX games.

But the game's a solid racer. Features Yamaha snowmobiles.
But really I want to get more games and not thrift store it just yet.

>>2694490

I feel you, but the entire ROM scene, which is much more established than just your opinion. would disagree. It is referred to as PSX.

>>2694490
Because when there are sequels, a 1 is needed to differentiate between referring to first installment, or the series/brand.

My of FF8 disc 1 is getting stuck at a FMV anyoen got tips to clean disc. I think I am pretty much fucked at this point.

First Resident Evil I play, didn't want to bother with the REmake since it would take some time to download.

Liking it so far, not as spooky as Silent Hill, but I like exploring, finding out where to go next and solving puzzles.

Really enjoying it, I started again though because I had no ammunition left for the creature during the self-destruct sequence just before the platform elevator. I really should have minimized the use of my weapons. Now I've been playing it a bit more strategically. Avoiding groups of zombies can be really tough.

>>2697647
Blind run of sorts? I wonder how do people who play RE2 for the first time in 2015 perceive it. I just hope you are somehow playing it on a real console/CRT tv.

>>2697647
There's hidden ammo in lots of places as well. Try checking things like lockers, cupboards and in the shadows and you'll frequently find more stuff.

Which character/Scenario are you playing?

>>2696956
I've not even started on the arrange mode yet. Trying to work out how to beat the default best times on the arcade mode - I manage to be minutes ahead by the end of the last boss but I'm always way behind before that. I've no idea what's going on.

>>2694831
Nice. Truly nothing else out there like bushido blade.

>>2697432
That seems to be a common problem with ff8. I managed to pick up two copies in a row that both freeze during the intro fmv.

>>2697501
You did well by playing this before remake. When you do get to remake, you'll realize why it is so awesome

>>2697647
You should be able to kill that last boss with 8 or 9 magnum shots on normal...at least that's how I usually handle him.

Just found out my original re2 copy is busted, it freezes after picking up chief irons diary in the Claire scenarios. Going to have to get another copy and that makes me sad. May go for the dual shock version.

Playing cuz muh nostalgia. Still just as fun as back in the day, definitely liked it more than the new ones.

I'm playing Mary Kate and Ashely Crush Course.

Because when I think of Playstation I think of games like this one.

This game defines the original playstation.

>finally retrieve PS1 from parents' house
>mountain of games and a three day weekend ahead
>play a race in Gran Turismo (actually win for possibly the first time ever)
>decide to switch to Crash Team Racing
>"Please Insert Playstation CD"
>try Crash 2, loads fine
>Google the issue, read about spindle breakage being a common problem
>open lid, check spindle, one tab is broken off
>tfw all that excitement slowly drains away as I have to wait for a new spindle to arrive
>tfw the motor will probably go soon after

>>2699048
I never got this meme, are you implying that Sony consoles are the only ones with licensed shovelware? If so you're flat-out wrong.

>>2699157
It's a joke, /v/ was rigging an online pool trying to elect mary kate and ashley as the most important PS1 game or whatever.

>>2699185
Oh. Well everyone knows online polls are bullshit anyway so I don't see why they'd waste that much effort.

>>2688015
Crypt Killer (need to patch it to support guncon)
Rescue Shot
Elemental Gearbolt
Point Blank 1-3
Time Crisis games
Project Horned Owl

>>2676870
Play for the story, not the gameplay. Get ready for a wall of text on disc 2. But fuck what a story.

Anyone know if its possible to play PS1 backups on the PS2?

I don't want to use swap magic or software emulation. If I have to use a modchip that's fine.

Was also looking into the backwards compatible PS3s, but it seems like they're ticking time bombs.

If I were to get a modded Playstation, would the SCPH-5501 model be a good pick?

>>2700175
yeah that's probably the best one.

the biggest problems of the earlier models are fixed on it and it still has a parallel port if you ever get PSIO ( http://ps-io.com/ )

the 100X models supposedly have audiophile quality parts that rival 4 figure CD players. but the lasers are so old now and tended to fail so you'd probably have to get a new laser.

Oh yeah, so today my PS-X-Change came in. After testing my previous two burned games, I realized I had made coasters instead. So I burned Pac-Man World and made sure it started up at least.

Needless to say, it's still nice. Then again, it feels weird with no Dualshocks. But eh. I think I'll beat the game first.

Brave Fencer Musashi. So comfy, fun and lighthearted. Feel good kind of game. Plus mad nostalgia.

>>2697738
Yeah it is a blind run. I don't have a CRT unfortunately, I play it on my laptop.

>>2698234
Yeah I'm always checking for ammo, I search high and low for it but I think I just used it a little too freely. With this fresh run I've been saving ammunition when I can and trying to kill multiple enemies in one shot with the shotgun. I'm not really sure what is meant by scenario, I think it is A though because whenever I save it comes up with 'Leon A'.

>>2698287
Foolishly I did not pick up the magnum when I could have, I regretted not doing so when I had an abundance of magnum ammo and the magnum parts, I don't think I was able to go back to the station to get it though. I wasn't sure how exactly Leon's and Claire's playthroughs worked out together, I know it says you can save the uzi for Claire, but that's what I was thinking about when I left the magnum.

>>2694464
Muh nigga
1st rpg on the ps1

Sony should fucking fund a neq one
They can shill it as "keeping the ps tradition"
I mean From and souls games are bankable rn
First person rpgs are popular i.e. skyrim
"Its skyrim souls!"
....i just want a new kings field man

PS2PSXe can play PS1/PSX backup on a PS2 using the USB ports, but is it any good?

I'm not too fond of Swap Magic as it damages the disc drive (or so I've heard)

>>2701187
I used OPL with two ethernat cable, one for the modem and the other for the pc with the iso. It didn't worked with PS1 games but I'm sure that there's something similar for that too, the usb is tricky because it's slower

>>2700154
>Anyone know if its possible to play PS1 backups on the PS2?
Yeah, with a modchip.

has this been discussed? what do you think of it? i just found it and i was amazed. thinking of buying one when its getting released

I just finished chipping mine so I've been trying out things recently. Today I tried out "Alice in Cyberland" a Japanese adventure game (the kind with lots of text). We'll see if I'll continue through with it.

Otherwise I tried Rockman DASH (Megaman Legends) recently too, but I haven't gotten anywhere yet.

A game I've actually gotten somewhere with is Tail Concerto, which I actually own the disk for (Japanese disk so cheap as fuck, provided you don't mind reading moonrunes).

Otherwise for 2P stuff I've been playing Bushido Blade and must say it's a very interesting take on the whole weapons-based fighting game. It almost feels "realistic" and surely very samurai movie-like. Especially since I'm normally used to Soul Calibur/Soul Edge (love that series. Shame they didn't make any game after 2 though *cough* *cough*).

>>2700154
>>2701337
swap trick also works, but that stuff is violent.
personally I've only tried it for running a legit copy of a JP game on a PAL PS2 though. Although NTSC games on a PAL console with the swap trick ends up being slowed down and gives you a black border at the bottom, so it's not recommended at all really.

>>2700154
With FreeMCBoot, you can do it, but it's a swap, and games that use CD Audio (Rollcage, the Wipeouts, Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution) won't play the right songs (which is the only issue).
Enable "disc control" in ulaunchelf's settings, swap when the disc stops spinning, and then launch the game from there. There's also psxlauncher.elf if you're so inclined, you don't need to look for any settings (but you do need a DualShock to start the game simply because it doesn't understand the older protocol for no apparent reason).

I have a swap lid on my PS2, so it's fine for me. The disc stops moving, so it's a 100% safe swap.

otherwise, look into modchips

>>2701515
>when its getting released

yes, when

until its out for people to buy and review we will assume its bullshit

>>2701187
POPS is a better option if you are going to play isos on your PS2

>>2701539
"bullshit" meaning
>its a ripoff, won't work and they are lying
>its garbage

?

>>2701549
its been in "development" for like a decade
with lots of shady stuff concerning the people who run it

>>2701195
>It didn't worked with PS1 games but I'm sure that there's something similar for that too

there isnt. its impossible to run ps1 iso's natively on a ps2 using a hard drive or usb
you need to use an emulator like POPstarter which is the best but not 100% compatible with all games

>>2701547
is Popstarters 240p or 480p?

>>2701765
Popstarter has no gui front end
You need to manually prepare each iso and start them from ulaunchelf

>>2701840
alright thanks
ill get it on my ps2 slim

>>2701337
I've got one of those PS2 TVs, would the freemcboot or swapmagic or a modchip work for me? If so, how would I go about doing it. I'm interested in playing my collection of Japanese PS1 games on it as it cleans up games nicely.

>>2701867
In order to load freemcboot onto a mem card you need to do a disc swap and you need a legit copy of 007 agent under fire

To do the discwap you need to block the lid sensor so the ps2 thinks the lid stays closed while you swap the disc.

>>2701187
>I'm not too fond of Swap Magic as it damages the disc drive (or so I've heard)
unless you didn't buy a swaplid, you have to do no such thing

swap magic stops the drive so you don't have to fuck with anything
and if you have a swap lid, you just remove your original lid and replace it, no jamming sensors or anything

>>2701867
I didn't even know this existed. Chipping it might be different if the board is particularly different from a normal PS2. FreeMCBoot and Swap Magic should work as long as you can get the PS2 to not notice the disc cover is open.

>>2668348
I've been playing Digimon World. The game is fun, but the glitches make the progress a bit problematic sometimes.
Afterwards, I will give Vagrant Story another shot, for some reason I stopped playing it back then.

I've been playing Valkyrie Profile after finally learning a way to emulate a 2 disc game. Can any of you recommend some other JRPGs? The ones I liked to play when I was a kid were Vagrant's Story, BoFIV(I finished it some years ago, but it's a good game that brings me sweet memories), BoFIII, a bit of legend of dragoon and something else I'm probably forgettting right now.

>>2702003
PS1 JRPGs only? Grandia, Jade Cocoon, Suikoden, SaGa Frontier and Wild Arms are worth checking out.

>>2702086
Yeah, I'm feeling nostalgic and PS1 is my favourite console. I also don't want to plan on playing too many games, the list you gave me is already big enough, thanks

>>2702003
Tales of phantasia(with fan translation) and Destiny II(Aka etarnia).

I don't know, man, I just play ps1 and n64 games to have a good time.

A few of my last purchases

>>2702220
How dare you! No fun allowed!

>>2702231
How much did you pay for all

>>2702240
Rival Schools was $40 but the game is mint, perfect no scratches and complete.

The rest ranged from $10-25. Overall about $120 total. Worth it for me IMO.

Galerians

I can appreciate the story and anime elements because Im a fan of the "escaped psychic patient going on a killing spree" genre but its got some pretty obvious imperfections.

7/10

>>2691465
Fuck you. I never had a memory stick, I couldn't finish it. I got to the end of Disc 1 and actually teared up since I could go no further. And yeah, I was that poor back then.

They're both fantastic.

My friend got a PS1 a couple months after it launched, that night we rented Air Combat and Jumping Flash and stayed up all night playing them. I'm playing it for the first time in 20 odd years, and it's just as fun and bizarre as I remember it.

>>2702257
I had the same experience when I first got my PS2, I had Destiny Islands memorized because of that.

I'm playing FFT for the first time ever. It really looks like a fun and deep game, but currently I'm just struggling to understand the basics of the game mechanics. Like when the thiefs come, for the first time I went into battle with Ramza and that other guy. I was surprised that I can actually put more people in my party when I restarted the whole thing from the beginning.

But I keep on going. Can't wait to fill my group with cute mage grills. I hope there will be someone who can learn fireballs.

I'm playing with the PSP version, btw. The manual is in German, so I can only enjoy the pretty images.

>>2703510
I remember IO fucking sucked at this game as a kid and couldn't pass the second map. Is it worth replaying now?

>>2703518
As a first timer, I say yes. It is like nothing I have ever seen before. We have some boardgames with a similar style of gameplay, and I know some browser games have this kind of battle system, yet it still feels very unique.

I'm currently reading this translation of the manual, maybe it'll help you, too (but don't get me wrong: I'm not assuming that you are a complete moron like I am): http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197339-final-fantasy-tactics/faqs/3863

For the story part, it's kinda confusing, and there are a tons of names and events and historical stuff that you should remember, but I've read it'll be all clear later on.

Playing through Spyro 2, Legend of the Dragoon and Megaman Legends 2. Been 9 years since I've played these and the memories of simpler times keep coming

I love these games

Clearly my favorite PS title. I could play it for hours.

>>2703562
>For the story part, it's kinda confusing, and there are a tons of names and events and historical stuff that you should remember, but I've read it'll be all clear later on.
You know, I started the game and went to the bar to read the rumours, and holy shit that fifty years war one took me by surprise by how lenghty and convoluted it seems to be at first, but I like how "realistic" it sounds for a middle ages setting. It'll take some time to understand all of that walltext though

why is the port of xmen children of the atom so terrible?

>>2704324
all ps1 2d game ports suffer because of low memory for sprites

so tons of frames need to be cut and altered
thats why saturn ports were always better, and saturn also had the memory expansion port for fighting games

Never gets old for me

>>2703704
look at those poly's jiggle!

>>2693202
Yeah, recommend him the RPG where he'll get roflstomped a thousand times. Good one chief.

>>2694498
It's a good story I think, it actually hints at a ton of stuff that's happening/is going to happen throughout the game. It is also no more batshit crazy than most RPGs when it comes down to it.
>>2694804
Wanna fight?

>>2697432
Are you using a ps2 slim to play it? They usuallly read discs way better for me.

>>2701515
I thought it looked cool too.
But then I found out its supposed to cost $100+ and it requires you to do some very fine soldering work on the motherboard to even get it to work. it isn't plug and play like you'd think, being an expansion cartridge and all.

>>2677121
My nigga, I fucking love this game. Ruin path is so much fun.

I just finished the original Spyro again. Easy as balls but that's not surprising for a children's game.

The best levels in the game were the flying ones and the two levels in the final world.

Some of the levels in the mid game, especially in the Dream Weavers world are annoying as fuck to 100%.

>>2704979
Oh yeah I forgot to mention the game is fucking beautiful. The masterful use of LOD specifically. Hard to believe it's a PS1 game.

>>2704725
that's pretty simple soldering work. considering ps1s are like 10$ .. definitely gonna do the mod

>>2704330
>>2704324
As far as X-Men COTA is concerned, the Saturn port was shit as well. Lots of cut frames and downsampled voices. Saturn was of course much better off, but it is still far cry from the arcade original. The game also seems to run at 30fps on the Saturn, not sure about the Playstation.

But to be fair, the game had so hardcore animation that they actually had to remove some frames in the arcade sequels too.

>>2668446
it's actually the opposite for me. the male character felt like such a hassle after her hilarious storyline.

>>2705467
Most people have very low tolerance to lolis.

>>2668348
Klonoa. Great game but not as good as Lunatea's Veil, wish I would have played them in order.

wipEout series, anyone?

>>2703704
An amazing ps1 title.

There's this game called "Sheep Dog N' Wolf", and it is amazing. Looney tunes cartoonist gameshow wide world sheep puzzle antics.

>>2702608

Did Jumping Flash get a jewel case release??

>>2681534
Don't know why I followed this guide. How do I fix this?

Finally got a copy of Silent Hill 1, and playing it now, hadn't played it since 2001.

Finding it underwhelming compared to SH 2 and 3...and Siren. I feel like I am walking through the fog, waiting for an enemy to pop up.

>>2705993
I think I fixed it

>>2681336
>linux mint
sudo apt-get install mednafen
[copy bios to ~/.mednafen/scph5501.bin]
mednafen /path/to/mgs.cue

Crash, Spyro, FF VII

my childhood :'D

It's a goddamn fucking nightmare.

>>2705743

Nope, it's a custom cover I threw together in Gimp.

Some of those Longbox only titles aren't really worth getting complete unless you're a diehard. Jumping Flash is one of the better ones, and loose discs are pretty cheap, while complete copies go for silly prices.

Quick!

Write your top 5 PS1&2 games and be judged by your /vr/ peers!

Just started Suikoden 2 after beating Suikoden 1 a couple days ago. Every quality of life problem has been fixed, the translation is better and the difficultly seems more balanced. Really liking it so far.

>>2706827

MGS
FF VII
Crash 1
Crash 2
FF X

>>2706827
Two lists or one list?

>>2706837
1 list

>>2706842
You absolute madman

MGS2 would be on it, otherwise I couldn't even begin to make that. Maybe Crash Warped.

>>2706848
fine, you can make 2

>>2706850
Thank you anon.

MGS2
SMT. Nocturne or DDS
Okami
Silent Hill 2
Yakuza 2

Crash Warped
Medieval
Parasite Eve
Dino Crisis 2
FF9

Gun to my head I guess this is what I'd say.

>>2706860
It's just that I finally found a good emulator(EmulationStation/rertroarch) for playing these games so I'm building up a PS1&2 library to always have something.

Modern games are getting too much to fire up and tbh they aren't interesting at all.

>>2706873
There's a million great and/or interesting games in both libraries. The PS1 in particular had so much experimentation going on. Unfortunately most of the really weird shit never left Japan.

>>2706860
>parasite eve
my nigga

>>2706827
-PS1-
Breath of Fire 3
Spyro 3
Tomba
Final Fantasy 9
Legend of Mana

-PS2-
Shadow Hearts 2
Okami
Shadow of the Colossus
Final Fantasy 12
Suikoden 5

>>2701515
>Rumored to be 80 bucks

I bought this shit for 20 bucks in 1997 and works like a charm.

>>2707416
Yeah, but won't your thing wear down the laser?

Its nice to be able to have a large collection without having to burn discs. But the PSIO does require an internal mod AND the dev team/managers seem like scammers/idiots.

Playing Shining Force on GBA SP.

So far I'm not too impressed with some of the changes. I don't really care for the addition of the card system and i fucking HATE the main character's new color scheme in his battle cut scene.

Other than that some of the new cut scenes are okay. I'm too far along to drop it i guess but in hindsight i wish I'd just downloaded an original version somewhere.

>>2707480
Aaaaaand I realized i posted this here in a ps1 thread instead of the Sega RPG thread that I meant to.