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Clash! · Posts: 631

Ging wrote:

QUICK QUESTION: My saturn's motor died, and my soul seems to be rotting from lack of Panzer dragoon.

What should I do?

B coma · Posts: 1455

that's a viable option too!

Koji · Posts: 571

Cycle wrote:

Anyone ever play the rumble pack enabled versions of Mario 64 and Wave Race released in Japan? Apparently Wave Race went a bit over-board, but I'd love to play Mario with rumble pack. It would add so much more, you know! Create a truely cinematic experience!

I ALMOST got Wave Race 64 Shindoo from Play-Asia a while ago, but someone beat me to it. :/ I want it because some tunes got remixed, and also keeping all of the differences between the Japanese and US versions.

Loki Valhalla · Posts: 143

does anyone know the name of a SNES platform game, where you play as a little girl carrying a head round, and the head can suck stuff up, and stick to walls and ceilings using suction?

Dark Age Iron Savior · Posts: 3148

Loki Valhalla wrote:

does anyone know the name of a SNES platform game, where you play as a little girl carrying a head round, and the head can suck stuff up, and stick to walls and ceilings using suction?

Youkai Buster Ruka no Daibouken
(妖怪バスタールカの大冒険)

AKA: Holy shit, it's Cosmo's Japanese Adventure!

Cycle · Posts: 1574

Wait what? There was a PSX port of Chronotrigger? More info plz.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/chrono-trigger

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

Cycle wrote:

Wait what? There was a PSX port of Chronotrigger? More info plz.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/chrono-trigger

yeah,but over here in the US it was packaged along with FFIV because the SCEA didnt want it released by itself or some shit

Jaihson · Posts: 133

Cycle wrote:

Wait what? There was a PSX port of Chronotrigger? More info plz.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/chrono-trigger

Final Fantasy Chronicles?

edit: fuck, tds too fast for me

Cycle · Posts: 1574

Wow! How about that! Is it recommended? It might be slightly easier to get hold of than the original SNES game.

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

Cycle wrote:

Wow! How about that! Is it recommended? It might be slightly easier to get hold of than the original SNES game.

id recommend it,but the load times kinda suck

LegatoB · Posts: 1546

The load times will drive you insane.

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

LegatoB wrote:

The load times will drive you insane.

yeah,just grab a rom unless you really wanna see the added cutscenes

Mesmerize · Posts: 8

or you could get it to play the ultimate, perfectly ported version of FFIV.

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

Mesmerize wrote:

or you could get it to play the ultimate, perfectly ported version of FFIV.

that and the goddawfull(worse than FFVII even) FMV at the beginning

pillowking · Posts: 223

QQ: Is there any other recommended place to buy import games besides Play-Asia and NCSX?

chompers po pable · Posts: 325

QA: depending on what you want...

japangamestock.com and ebay.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

japangamestock, i hear, just started accepting online sales again.

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

I use lik-sang occasionally

luvcraft · Posts: 693

Dark Age Iron Savior wrote:

Youkai Buster Ruka no Daibouken
(妖怪バスタールカの大冒険)

So, my thought process went "this sounds interesting, but what I'm really in the mood for is a game with Strider zip-tubes. So I'll download it first, play it for a little bit, then download Strider for some sweet zip-tube action.

First level: STRIDER ZIP-TUBES!!

Thank you DAIS! You're the magic man!

Loki Valhalla · Posts: 143

luvcraft wrote:

Dark Age Iron Savior wrote:

Youkai Buster Ruka no Daibouken
(妖怪バスタールカの大冒険)

Thank you DAIS! You're the magic man!

pillowking · Posts: 223

QQ: Does anyone know where I could start to get into bit tune music making via gameboy and stuff?

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

pillowking wrote:

QQ: Does anyone know where I could start to get into bit tune music making via gameboy and stuff?

This?

shnozlak · Posts: 704

pillowking wrote:

QQ: Does anyone know where I could start to get into bit tune music making via gameboy and stuff?

Ive found that saddly most of the most flexable sweetest progams are either out of production exspenvie or both.

Try LSDJ awsomeness has been created on it but its... complex.

Also

Shapermc wrote:

pillowking wrote:

QQ: Does anyone know where I could start to get into bit tune music making via gameboy and stuff?

This?

wow. yeah.

pillowking · Posts: 223

yeah that DS GameSet Watch looks killer.

Shnolak, yeah I looked into that LSDJ, and other of the sort, and like you said, they all you out of production or expensive.

But damn, that DS utility, man I'm sold, gots to get a DS nows.

Baines · Posts: 906

the drunken samurai wrote:

yeah,just grab a rom unless you really wanna see the added cutscenes

The added cutscenes aren't that great, really.

Not long after the PS1 version was released, someone had posted the videos on Usenet. Don't know if you could find them these days. Heck, these days you'd probably have an easier time just finding the CD isos and downloading *them* instead.

Toto · Posts: 498

It would be really good if some could answer this question for me:
Does Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Collection (PAL) include Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike? I would like a PS2 version of 3S very much, but if I get this and it doesn't have it I will cry.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

My NTSC copy does.

rye · Posts: 201

EDIT: solution found.

Knurek · Posts: 17

Dark Age Iron Savior wrote:

QUICK QUESTION: Anybody know anything about the First Queen games?

A series of KSK games, utilising their standard fight system (which name translates to 'lotsa people bashing their brains out' or something like that). PC88/PC98, prolly some ports to other systems.

Hoot packs for them (and all other PC98 KSK games I AFAIR) are available at my site:
http://snesmusic.org/hoot/

Dark Age Iron Savior · Posts: 3148

Knurek wrote:

Dark Age Iron Savior wrote:

QUICK QUESTION: Anybody know anything about the First Queen games?

A series of KSK games, utilising their standard fight system (which name translates to 'lotsa people bashing their brains out' or something like that). PC88/PC98, prolly some ports to other systems.

Hoot packs for them (and all other PC98 KSK games I AFAIR) are available at my site:
http://snesmusic.org/hoot/

Oh, neat. I keep meaning to catch up with HOOT stuff (thanks by the way, for all that), but I keep getting sidetracked. I'll check out the sets, see if any them feature the same kind of awesome work that went into the SFC version of First Queen.

Thanks!

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

1. Is Sub Rebellion any good?

2. Can modded PS2s play PAL games?

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

FortNinety wrote:

2. Can modded PS2s play PAL games?

um...yeah?

rye · Posts: 201

the drunken samurai wrote:

FortNinety wrote:

2. Can modded PS2s play PAL games?

um...yeah?

but an NTSC TV might have a problem with it without a converter.

Clash! · Posts: 631

FortNinety wrote:

1. Is Sub Rebellion any good?

Yes it is.

Craptastic! · Posts: 151

pillowking wrote:

QQ: Is there any other recommended place to buy import games besides Play-Asia and NCSX?

Yesasia.com has free shipping offers and the prices for some titles are cheaper than Play-Asia. I've made two orders with them and haven't had any problems.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

rye wrote:

the drunken samurai wrote:

FortNinety wrote:

2. Can modded PS2s play PAL games?

um...yeah?

but an NTSC TV might have a problem with it without a converter.

Converter? Hmmm.... so where can I get one? What works best?

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

FortNinety wrote:

rye wrote:

the drunken samurai wrote:

FortNinety wrote:

2. Can modded PS2s play PAL games?

um...yeah?

but an NTSC TV might have a problem with it without a converter.

Converter? Hmmm.... so where can I get one? What works best?

Ok, you need to know a little more about PAL games. Standard PAL resolution is 50hz, where standard NTSC is 60hz. Euro is slowly moving over to have 60hz standard for stuff (someone from EU can probably explain better) so many many PS2 games work as an import if they have a 60hz option (which is usually the case if the game was also released widely in JP).

My best advice is just to ask someone from EU about a specific game and if it has a 60hz mode. Then it will import just fine.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

Yeah, that's probably the best advice. I guess my confusion comes from the fact that the UK games I've gotten have had 60hz modes, like Shenmue 2 for the DC, so I guess I assumed all games had that luxury.

Takashi · Posts: 820

Does CDloader V7 still work on a modern PS2? It has alot of options to run NTSC games in PAL, and I use it alot on my composite-only television, but also has a switch to NTSC video.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

where do i get a playstation one memory card?

Knurek · Posts: 17

Dark Age Iron Savior wrote:

Oh, neat. I keep meaning to catch up with HOOT stuff (thanks by the way, for all that), but I keep getting sidetracked. I'll check out the sets, see if any them feature the same kind of awesome work that went into the SFC version of First Queen.

Thanks!

No problem. Given your liking of obscure, awesome japanese soundtracks, you should find Hoot's offering to your liking. Also, you might contribute something (track translations, timed playlists or the like) *nudge*nudge*wink*wink*.

Also. speaking of First Queen, there's a WIP psf pack for FQ4 on Lawrence Lin's PSF site. Might be an interesting thing to compare this with the Hoot pack. :)

ipslore · Posts: 262

Are there PSX emulators that work just off a game disc, without needing ROMs or ISOs or BIOSes or whatever?

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

ipslore wrote:

Are there PSX emulators that work just off a game disc, without needing ROMs or ISOs or BIOSes or whatever?

ePSXe can go both ways

wink wink

Cycle · Posts: 1574

ePSXe didn't play my real playstation games :( I had to make ISOs of them first.

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

Cycle wrote:

ePSXe didn't play my real playstation games :( I had to make ISOs of them first.

you should put them in your CD burner drive,itll play

Cycle · Posts: 1574

I did! It's the only drive I have!

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

well sucks for you i guess!

ive got two drives,a CD/DVD burner and a regular cd-rom drove,and they always run from the burner drive

Loki Valhalla · Posts: 143

the xbox PAL version of SFII anniversary has SFIII, but the ps2 version doesn't.

thew only reason i can think of that a non-european would want to play PAL ps2 games, is the d3/505 gamestreet ones, and they all have a 60hz mode.

ps1 memory cards are really, really common in england (but that's no help to you)

here's a question: when i start seeing 2001-style monoliths in various locations in panic! (on mega cd), does it mean i'm near the end of the game?

ipslore · Posts: 262

Cycle wrote:

ePSXe didn't play my real playstation games :( I had to make ISOs of them first.

It plays 'em all right, but at 2x speed. Is there some kind of 'Whoa, slow down' button in the ePSXe config menu?

the drunken samurai · Posts: 4645

ipslore wrote:

Cycle wrote:

ePSXe didn't play my real playstation games :( I had to make ISOs of them first.

It plays 'em all right, but at 2x speed. Is there some kind of 'Whoa, slow down' button in the ePSXe config menu?

go to config>video,and set the FPS limit to 60,it at 200 by default for some reason