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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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  • #362
    CCCP^
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    I have Parasite Eve for the PSX, but it's the NTSC version and I haven't hooked up the NTSC Playstation 2 in quite sometime. I played the first disc I think and it was good, excellent cutscenes. It was based on a book by a Japanese guy which I shamefully haven't finished :/ I don't finish things often enough.


  • #363
    Retr0gamer
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    Parasite Eve 1 never got a PAL release.


  • #364
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Never understood why Parasite Eve didn't recieve a PAL release. I played a little bit of it on a modded PSX years ago. Very good game.


  • #365
    CCCP^
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    Never realised it wasn't released in the PAL territories, I should have a game of it soon.


  • #366
    Retr0gamer
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    It didn't get a PAL release becasue at the time all europeans hated RPGs which as evidenced by the run away success squaresoft had with secret of mana :rolleyes:


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  • #367
    CCCP^
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    So is Parasite Eve considered rare?


  • #368
    Retr0gamer
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    Think it's pretty common and not particularly sought after.


  • #369
    o1s1n
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    A prototype of a PAL release would be...

    But the NTSC version, nope, not as far as I know. Just did a search for it on ebay US are there are many many copes. All going for a higher than average price though.

    I would imagine it's one of those games that has the price boosted a bit as it's desirable/linked to Square.


  • #370
    Crowman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭Crowman


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Think it's pretty common and not particularly sought after.

    Hmmm Dunno, took me a while to track a decent copy for a reasonable price.
    Good game, love to see it up on PSN


  • #371
    97i9y3941
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    been playing super mario 3 on my nes!


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  • #372
    LoGiE
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    Anyone remember Badlands? It's been the only game on in my cab the last few days....


  • #373
    97i9y3941
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    i do,enjoyed playing it on my C64


  • #374
    LoGiE
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    Fred83 wrote: »
    i do,enjoyed playing it on my C64

    I remember it came on a cartridge. Instant loading on a c64! Any cartridges for the c64 are pretty rare these days.


  • #375
    97i9y3941
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    mayhem 64 is an excellent c64 cartridge site,i loved the c64 carts myself...


  • #376
    Tallon
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    Playing my GBC a lot lately.

    Only started playin Alone in the dark: The new nightmare

    I really like it


  • #377
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    Tallon wrote: »
    Playing my GBC a lot lately.

    Only started playin Alone in the dark: The new nightmare

    I really like it

    I have it as well, gave up a some point when I couldn't open any doors or find any keys. I think you can clear it in an hour.


  • #378
    o1s1n
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    Have Alone in the dark The new nightmare for the ps1. It's in my 'never been out of the box' pile. Probably never will be either! :(


  • #379
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    Yeah, it's good and all but fierce hard at the start, you need to conserve your ammo like a bitch. Never cleared it :/


  • #380
    CiDeRmAn
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    I had Alone In The Dark for the 3DO, back in the day, and thought it was great, very creepy indeed, you can see where Resident Evil evolved from when you play it.

    I can't seem to get into any retrogaming right now, if I do get a moment I end up playing Operation Flashpoint, Professor Layton and Pandoras Box or Gran Turismo PSP.


  • #381
    Tallon
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    Totally forgot GT was out on PSP, off to get it now


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  • #382
    CiDeRmAn
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    Careful there, unless you are super sneaky and have Custom Firmware of a certain version, it will insist on updating your firmware and all your lovely emus will cease to work.


  • #383
    Atavan-Halen
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    Just started playing The Darkness on 360 again. Rather creepy when you play it while sitting in a beanbag with speakers in it beside your ears.

    On a retro note: Played some Soul Caliber on DC


  • #384
    ghostchant
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    Was playing Soul Calibur on DC the other day myself, brought back great memories. Got Skies of Arcadia the other day so that's been moved to the top of my to-do list


  • #385
    Retr0gamer
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    atavan-halen wrote: »
    Just started playing The Darkness on 360 again. Rather creepy when you play it while sitting in a beanbag with speakers in it beside your ears.

    I really hate that game. It just seems badly made, controls terribly, the AI is laughably bad, shooting out lights is annoying and the story while interesting is basically arse.


  • #386
    Duggy747
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    Well, since we got into a discussion about Final Fight in another thread I popped out ol' reliable Double Dragon 1 & 2.

    :D Kick ass! :D


  • #387
    CCCP^
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    Playing Sol-Feace on the Sega Mega CD as of late, decent enough shoot 'em up with a nice score to it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlhECPbcWGA

    It will hold me over until I get my hands on Soul Star or Silpheed.


  • #388
    97i9y3941
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    -have double dragon on the neo geo cd console,not a bad brawler its a street fighter clone

    -Dreamcast,i forgot how senstive they are to scratches since they use their own custom file system

    -Bad news for us retroheads,postal strike is going ahead in england tommorow...


  • #389
    Atavan-Halen
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I really hate that game. It just seems badly made, controls terribly, the AI is laughably bad, shooting out lights is annoying and the story while interesting is basically arse.

    I wasn't mad on it at the start but I'm getting into it now


  • #390
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    atavan-halen wrote: »
    I wasn't mad on it at the start but I'm getting into it now

    I'd like to dedicate this next song to Retr0....the Halo effect!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z231EqowPqk


    EDIT: GEDDIT?!?!?!


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  • #391
    o1s1n
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    Fred83 wrote: »

    -Bad news for us retroheads,postal strike is going ahead in england tommorow...

    Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I bought a copy of Kurushi for the ps1 the other day. Coming from the UK. Bet I won't be seeing it for a while now.


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