WELCOME TO PARADISE

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1100204]

>Release date(s)
>NA October 31, 1998
>EU November 1998
>JP September 22, 1999

PHEW! IT MADE IT TO THE CUT!

Anyway, I just wanted to make a thread for this game right here. One of my all-time faves and my first Playstation One game. Anybody played this game too? I'll be posting some stuff related to the game to get things going.

So yeah, Apocalypse thread

[Anonymous No.1100217]

It was a decent game.

[Anonymous No.1100226]

It got good ratings, but ps2 was on its way so I couldn't be bothered back then.

[Anonymous No.1100229]

>>1100204
Back in the day i had German wersion so only thing I remember was
yupikayey schweine fucker (or something like that)
I liked this game then but played it 2years ago and it was not as fun as I remember. Decent game trough.

[Anonymous No.1100232]

>>1100229
Oh yeah I almost forgot
That last boss, can't beat it back in the day (that platform jumping when going backwards and shooting) but now I beat him in first try

[Anonymous No.1100271]

I wonder, what was the earliest game to have an actor lend their likeness to a character? I know sports stars and athletes have been in the game for a long time though.

[Anonymous No.1100276]

>>1100271

Indiana Jones, maybe?

[Anonymous No.1100315]

>>1100271
Fabio with Ironsword.

[Anonymous No.1100321]

>>1100229
if you didn't know german then why did you have the german version of the game?

[Anonymous No.1100328]

>>1100315
>Ironsword.
>Italian model Fabio Lanzoni portrays the protagonist Kuros on the game’s cover, but he does not make an in-game appearance.

he just posed for the box art, that's all

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1101915]

Bump with content

Here's some footage of the unreleased version of the game that probably everyone knows at this point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILG2LSPk344

The game originally was supposed to include Bruce Willis as your sidekick and one-line spouter, while you took control of a prisoner (the dude in blue uniform), but then they scratched the idea and went for Bruce as the protagonist.

It's more gorier at some parts, and the level design was more crude; the enemy variety was totally superior compared to the final release, since there's soldiers with shields, something that I can't remember fighting in the game.

The graveyard level is cruder and more linear compared to the final release, and hey, I like that gray mini-boss thingy. I wonder if his textures are still inside the CD

[Blackblade No.1101934]

>>1100204
I remember liking it, but it getting a lot of flak back in the day.

[Anonymous No.1101994]

>>1100204
I loved the game. Graphics were awesome, the game had a fairly simplistic but fun gameplay.

Also, it was quite funny to hear Bruce Willis spouting one liners. I remind back then trying to look for the movie, because I thought that the game was a tie-in.

[Anonymous No.1102000]

>>1100204
It's a console game, so the only thing that matters to the cutoff is the console it's on. Playstation one is before the cutoff date and not a sixth gen or later system, so any PS1 game can be discussed, even post-1998 ones.

[Anonymous No.1102137]

>>1100204
I liked that game a lot when I was younger. I remember it had one liners, fun gameplay and a good soundtrack and it introduced me to the singer Poe.

I still listen to her but I haven't played the game since its release.

[Anonymous No.1102143]

>>1100204
I only know of it from the retsupurae of it where slowbeef and Diabetus started making puns on Bruce Willis movie titles, but when they ran out just started listing random movie titles for the duration of the entire game.

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1103203]

I was expecting to dump some screenshots of the unreleased beta to bump this thread, but some things got on my way and now I feel way too tired to do the process. So I promise that in a few hours after I wake up I'll do it

In the meantime I'll leave a playthrough of the game being played on Normal difficulty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNNjBK1gazg

There's a couple of deaths here and there, but overall it's a decent run

[Anonymous No.1103241]

>>1100271

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>>1103241
That's NOT what I posted.

[Anonymous No.1103256]

>Retsupurae's riff over this game

[Anonymous No.1103262]

>>1103256

>go to look for this
>scroll all the way through
>realize it was 5 years ago i first saw a retsupurae

what am i doing

[Anonymous No.1103823]

Something I always liked in Apocalypse were the projectors playing FMV ingame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNNjBK1gazg

Examples I can remember:
7:00
18:48

[Anonymous No.1103857]

>>1103256

The "quality" in that riff is absolutely terrible, but they're just having so much fun randomly throwing out movie titles that it's hard not to laugh along.

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1105413]

Okay now, posting what appears to be some concept art and beta screenshots from the game

I'll be saging after this post and on, and I'll bump this thread when I get to the last image

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A score system?

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>dem dogs

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And bump, last one.

Tommorrow expect me to put a link containing the game sounds, primarily (of course) the Bruce Willis one-liners

Sauce for all pics is
http://www.unseen64.net/2008/05/03/apocalypse-psx-beta/

[Anonymous No.1105797]

I've always wanted to try this game. Is it worth the buy?
>>1102000
And yet Dreamcast isn't allowed because 6th gen

[Anonymous No.1107010]

>>1100204
This is one of my favorite games from that time. I love dual stick shooters and this is a pretty good one. I've always referred to this as the Bruce Willis Simulator.

[Anonymous No.1107034]

>>1102000
Seriously, why do people NOT understand something as simple as this?

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bump

[Anonymous No.1109492]

Good game. Remember MrWillis oneliners. Will play again.

[Anonymous No.1109509]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0vqhP9OG8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1109517]

I give up, man. I really tried to get it to work but nothing.

So there's a file in the disc called APOC.XA, which contains nearly every single audio from the game (not only Bruce's one-liners, but the whole speeches, the enemy soldiers and the Four Horsemen phrases included)

I scanned the file using PSound, which can read/scan XA files and any other file trying to find any audio that could be identified as such. But only half of it is audibly recognizable. The other half is heavily distorted and even if I pitch it down to match the same velocity of the sounds in-game, it still sounds distorted as fuck. Trust me, I compared the EU and US releases, and they all have the same problems

(It bugs me like you have no idea because a couple of years ago I went to rip Bruce Willis' one liners, looking forward to make a voicepack for UT2004 - I still have the files with me - and one of the phrases that I managed to rip is located at the unreadable side of the XA file; how the fuck I managed to get that line? I can't even remember.)

So, in the meantime I converted the game music directly from the PSF rip of the game

https://mega.co.nz/#!LVEmzZ4Z!LQobdzHOOBllFlQpdg3kozJsFeJN88muduNuvGfn5WI

These are .WAV, unlooped files. If you guys want it, I can loop 'em enough times and upload 'em to Youtube to my channel. Also if you guys want 'em in another format (i.e. .FLAC, 320kb MP3s) let me know. I'm at your service.

I'll try to zip whatever I can get from the readable half of the .XA file and upload it here. Please forgive me for this mess, and in the meantime, enjoy the stage music.

[Anonymous No.1109574]

>>1100204
SUCK ON THIS!

Loved that game

[Anonymous No.1109604]

Why aren't home computers more talked about on /vr/? There is a huge huge huge wealth of games that is being missed out on

[Anonymous No.1109616]

>>1109604
Die. We dont like modern things.

[Anonymous No.1109629]

>>1109616
>Home computer
>Modern
Posted it in wrong thread anyways

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1111436]

Okay, here they are.

https://mega.co.nz/#!LJlUiLwL!Z3gU4n8Ut41GI5m_PEOHWip5Vvo_4JFoCs7t6giH674

Please take a moment to realize that there's some phrases in this zip file that you never get to listen when you're playing the game. There's a good bunch of 'em so you may want to give a listen to the whole Trey Kincaid folder

And speaking of which, I included some sounds that I had before reading the XA file again for this thread's purpose. Quoting myself, the first half of the XA file is completely recognizable, while the other half is distorted as hell. There's 10 files which are numered diferently, which are located on the unreadable half of the XA file, and I took the time to include them along with the other ones I ripped

What this folder contains, soundclips of

>Trey Kincaid (Bruce Willis)
>The enemy soldiers from the first area and the city
>Death
>Plague (Poe)
>War
>Beast

Have fun with those and feel free to use them as you wish

[Anonymous No.1111482]

This was actually the first game to use the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater engine, which was also used in the Spider-Man game. The one not based on the movie.

[Zenon No.1113063]

"Buddy, I'm going to shoot you in the face!"

[Zenon No.1113076]

>>1111436
Oh, your zipfile doesnt contain "Buddy, I'm gonna shoot you in the face"

[Gryzor No.1113080]

>>1113076
Yes, it was part of the Enemy Soldier 1 dialog, I believe.

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1113404]

>>1113076
>>1113080

Tell me what level and where does it exactly plays and I'll try to capture it

I've been replaying the game since I posted the zip and I've been saving some speeches that weren't in the clean side of the XA file. I completely muted the music and the sound effects, and that's how I've been collecting the rest of the stuff

[Gryzor No.1113475]

>>1113404
Thing is... I used a faulty emulator to play my CD of it, and that's how I got it.
The problem was that the emulator wouldn't load levels properly, so you'd fall through the floor as if there was nothing there.

It was in the Prison Level. I used the checkpoint cheat code and by some chance, the sound played as I fell into the abyss.

[Gryzor No.1113478]

>>1113475
I don't remember the emulator name and checkpoint. But I do have the sound recorded.

[Zenon No.1113480]

>>1113404
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0vqhP9OG8&feature=player_detailpage

5:17

[Gryzor No.1113489]

>>1113480
Ah, good ol' Zenon found it.
Very nice work.

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1113658]

>>1113475
>>1113480

I actually don't mind using cheats for the game, my focus consists on getting the sounds.

Also, thanks Zenon, gotta work my way to replicate that sequence, then.

Have the Prison's skybox as a sign of appreciation for your help

[Zenon No.1113678]

>>1113489
>>1113658
Thanks guys

[Anonymous No.1115382]

>>1102000
*nods*

It could be made in 2013 and still be retro by this board's rules.

[Anonymous No.1115384]

>>1115382
>*actions*

This isn't gamefaqs man

[Anonymous No.1115406]

>>1115384
*frowns* Something wrong with the way I express myself? *sighs and shake head wearily*

[Anonymous No.1115419]

>>1115406
*unsheaths katana*
*teleports behind you and performs the temenijutsu technique.*
*watches as you split into a thousand bloody pieces*
*wipe the blood from my face using pages from the bible*
"Hmph pathetic"
*pick my fedora off the ground and continue my search for a worthy opponent*

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>>1115419
I giggled

[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1118858]

>>1113475
>>1113480
>>1113658

Bump, sorry for taking so long, here's the rest

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v3pmz370en15m0f/Apoc_sounds_extra.zip

This zip contains uncategorized sounds which were never found on the readable side of the XA file inside the disc, this zip contains what could be heard in the first 3 levels. I'm planning on compiling the rest of the levels in a few hours, if I have enough time.

[Zenon No.1118874]

>>1118858
Keep up the good work, Imp

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>>1115419
Lmao

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[Impse !!9/alULWmsW5 No.1123218]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ua6kkfvivj4a1vn/Apoc_sounds_extra2.zip

Rooftops, Graveyard, War Factory and War's boss stage's remaining sounds have been included in this zip.

Then again, they're uncategorized, once I finish collecting the sounds from the remaining stages I'll compile that big ZIP again and I'll post a final version of it.

As always, feel free to use these for whatever you may want.

[Zenon No.1124428]

>>1123218
Thanks, this is very much appreciated

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Bamp

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>>1101915
my god!
all this time there was meant to be a second guy in the cell with kincaid at the start of the game. I always did wonder how kincaid zapped the other criminal from behind if he was meant to be in front. So they couldn't even be bothered to alter the intro. Fun game though- shame about the ending, i wonder if something was cut for that?