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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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  • #252
    CCCP^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,749 ✭✭✭CCCP^


    NeoKubrick wrote: »
    Even if the trading idea is shot down...

    That's news to me, why did the shoot it down? ffs...
    Tallon wrote:
    thats on the PS2, yeah?
    It's really addictive once you get into it, the first bit (ranch) can be annoying, but it gets very very creative

    Yeah for the PS2, it was like 20 euro, not cheap but it was new and I decided to buy it over Odinsphere which was used and the same price. I'm playing through Orleander's mind now, I like it so far, thanks for the recommendation :)


  • #253
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    I'm fairly sure he meant 'Hypothetically, even if the trading forum was shot down..' and not 'seeing as the trading forum idea was shot down'

    I can't see any reason why it would be. Other than it being forgotten about.


  • #254
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    CCCP^ wrote: »
    Yeah for the PS2, it was like 20 euro, not cheap but it was new and I decided to buy it over Odinsphere which was used and the same price. I'm playing through Orleander's mind now, I like it so far, thanks for the recommendation :)

    Awe I really want it now, think Ill just order the ebay one


  • #255
    Dark Savior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭Dark Savior


    Feck ya,I'm all intrigued about this game too (Psychonauts).Reviews on megacritic are excellent and some good video's on youtube are shoving me toward ebay too. Must resist urge to buy.


  • #256
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Dark Savior wrote: »
    Feck ya,I'm all intrigued about this game too (Psychonauts).Reviews on megacritic are excellent and some good video's on youtube are shoving me toward ebay too. Must resist urge to buy.

    Do it... do it


  • #257
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    I haven't been playing much. Some mega man 2 on psone and maybe some FFT.

    Kinda hold off on getting into any game because I get my PSPGO and Persona PSP next week.


  • #258
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I have Psychonauts for the PS2 and it's amazing, odd that I fall asleep everytime I play though! Perhaps hidden hypnotic suggestions, implanted by the wife, to ween me off games :o


  • #259
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I have Psychonauts for the PS2 and it's amazing, odd that I fall asleep everytime I play though! Perhaps hidden hypnotic suggestions, implanted by the wife, to ween me off games :o

    Haha, no I used to do that, and I'd dream I was still playing it... Sad really


  • #260
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    I'm back playing Chrono Trigger why i wait for Persona PSP.

    Ayla no cry for crono!


  • #261
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Managed to pick up a complete copy of Castlevania Symphony of the Night from a German ebay seller for half the usual going price. (Yes, it's in English!)

    Once that arrives everything else will be put on the back burner (Sorry Super Metroid). Original playstation will be fished out of the attic along with a D pad only controller.

    I've only ever played it via emulation so to say I am excited about this is an understatement.


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  • #262
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Managed to pick up a complete copy of Castlevania Symphony of the Night from a German ebay seller for half the usual going price. (Yes, it's in English!)

    Once that arrives everything else will be put on the back burner (Sorry Super Metroid). Original playstation will be fished out of the attic along with a D pad only controller.

    I've only ever played it via emulation so to say I am excited about this is an understatement.

    Amazing game!!

    The voice acting can be a little ropey but it adds to the charm. Maria saying Richter is funny as she seems to roll the r.

    I bought Grandia 2 for ps2 today for £10. Going to be playing that soon. My PS2 RPG library is getting massive and PSP-2000 is getting hacked back to cfw (for arcade games) when my PSPGO is here.


  • #263
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,844 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'm having trouble keeping up with me PS2 RPGs as well. I blame Shin Megami Tensei. All the games are top notch but so bloody long :(

    As for Grandia 2, it's a fantastic game but you are better off getting the Dreamcast version because the PS2 version is a very poor conversion with some awful graphical flaws, the worst of which is the texture flickering that is so bad it can actually give you headaches.
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  • #264
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Amazing game!!

    The voice acting can be a little ropey but it adds to the charm. Maria saying Richter is funny as she seems to roll the r.

    I bought Grandia 2 for ps2 today for £10. Going to be playing that soon. My PS2 RPG library is getting massive and PSP-2000 is getting hacked back to cfw (for arcade games) when my PSPGO is here.

    Ah yeah there's nothing I love more than hammy ps1 voice acting. The games wouldn't be the same without it.

    The last time I played it was on my modded xbox and it started to freeze up a little over half way through. Original hardware is the only way to go! Unless of course the disc is scratched...but then it is coming from Germany. So I would imagine the original owner was very efficient when it comes to putting the disc back in its box :pac:

    Have you played Grandia for the ps1? Still have to give it a go myself. Might try and pick it up once I get through SOTN.

    Oh and yeah, it's almost as if the PSP was made for arcade game emulation. It really would be amazing if you could someone turn the screen sideways for vertical shooters!


  • #265
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    tempted to buy a copy of vagrant story as well. Is this game amazing as people say?


  • #266
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,844 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Have you played Grandia for the ps1? Still have to give it a go myself. Might try and pick it up once I get through SOTN.

    Oh and yeah, it's almost as if the PSP was made for arcade game emulation. It really would be amazing if you could someone turn the screen sideways for vertical shooters!

    Grandia on the PS1 is the best of the series. I absolutely love the game. One of the best RPG's on the system and well worth playing. It's a pity we never got an english language saturn version of grandia since it's a much better looking game but the PS1 game is still great even if the sprites are a little low res.

    The PSP would be great for vertical shooters. They did that on the Wonderswan where it was designed to be played in either orientation.
    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    tempted to buy a copy of vagrant story as well. Is this game amazing as people say?

    Vagrant Story is a funny game. It's much better than the sum of it's parts. The gameplay isn't really that good. The combat is hard to understand (a tip before you start, you can only do combos to a certain point after which your risk level shoots up and you should stop) and it it's not actually a good combat system really. Fusing good weapons takes ages and isn't really worth it.

    However everything else about the game is amazing. The storyline is fantastic with the best translation squaresof thas done. The art and graphics are beautiful. The soundtrack is also Hitoshi Sakimotos best work, there's not one bad track on there.

    So it's a game which doesn't play all that well but everything else adds up to make it one of the best games ever.
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  • #267
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    There is an amazing amount of RPGs from the 32-bit era that i missed. Anyone every play Lunar?

    I heard its been re-released on PSP but fans aren't happy due to the original translation not being used.


  • #268
    Gummy Panda
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    This arrived in the post today

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    Its in great shape for such an old game.


  • #269
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice one!

    I'm always amazed when I get a ps1 game with an unbroken case/scratch free disc. Scared too as I have an unatural ability to break those cases. They just seem to fall apart in my hands.


  • #270
    Donnaghm
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭Donnaghm


    Trying to get total carnage to run on my snes at the moment, bloody snes cable is broken though!


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  • #271
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice one!

    I'm always amazed when I get a ps1 game with an unbroken case/scratch free disc. Scared too as I have an unatural ability to break those cases. They just seem to fall apart in my hands.

    For some reason the PSone cases really suck, always breaking, not as bad as the Dreamcast cases though, those things want to die!
    Only the Saturn cases seem to have stood the test of time, for two reasons, one, they were better built, both the older plastic and cardboard cases and the later tall, DVD style cases, and the other reason is that no one opened them much because no one played the thing, they were all too busy playing Wipeout and Ridgeracer on the PS, broken cases and all!


  • #272
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,844 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I thought the saturn european cases are absolute arse. Stupid flimsy cardboard things like the old Warner Bros. DVD cases. At least they changed them near the end of it's life.

    As for lunar I tried to play it ages ago due to the hype but got really bored of it and working designs stupidly ramped up the difficulty so you have to grind in it. Lunar 2 Silver Star Story is meant to be much much better though.

    Enjoy Vagrant Story.
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  • #273
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    For some reason the PSone cases really suck, always breaking, not as bad as the Dreamcast cases though, those things want to die!
    Only the Saturn cases seem to have stood the test of time, for two reasons, one, they were better built, both the older plastic and cardboard cases and the later tall, DVD style cases, and the other reason is that no one opened them much because no one played the thing, they were all too busy playing Wipeout and Ridgeracer on the PS, broken cases and all!

    As breakable as PSone cases are, and as much as I hate cardboard, I still long for the days when consoles had their own unique style of case.

    I'm really hating this generic dvd case crap that's been going on for the last few years. Sure, they keep the disc safe...but where's the originality?!

    I don't know at what point I became obsessed with cases by the way. And yes, I am aware how sad it is!


  • #274
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    the other reason is that no one opened them much because no one played the thing, they were all too busy playing Wipeout and Ridgeracer on the PS, broken cases and all!

    it's true, it's all true, Wipeout was such a classic game IMO, picked up a perfect copy of it in an aware shop couple of months ago. I have still yet to bother to play any of the 3 copies of virtua fighter on the Saturn that I really really wanted to do last year.

    Just going into blanch now for more big tubs to house all the stuff I've been building up.

    I now need a spectrum, commodore and Atari case, for some reason I now have 8 gamecubes, 5 of which are boxed and only one of which is non standard. I mean how many megadrives can one have? I play them once a year at christmas when the lads are all back home. They only want the classics anyway.

    I think I've learned to stop at this stage though, I don't need anymore gamecubes.

    I might take a list of what I have, maybe there is some sort of reasonable exchange system that could be operated, i have stuff i don't need but i want to keep it for some reason, don't want to sell it, maybe i should post this in PI.


  • #275
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Stoner wrote: »
    I might take a list of what I have, maybe there is some sort of reasonable exchange system that could be operated, i have stuff i don't need but i want to keep it for some reason, don't want to sell it, maybe i should post this in PI.

    We have been trying to get something like this going on here.

    Give it some support! ;)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055656911


  • #276
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    Well I would like to say i am restarting FF8 while I wait for Borderlands (2 weeks...just 2 weeks...breathe....calm blue ocean) but alas, it seems disc 1 and 2 dont work anymore, I just get a black screen after the PS logo.

    Sigh...Im having a bad day :( .


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  • #277
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,844 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Ah well it's not that bad really. FFVIII really isn't very good at all and the translation and story are awful (although so bad it's funny in many places).
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  • #278
    Gummy Panda
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Ah well it's not that bad really. FFVIII really isn't very good at all and the translation and story are awful (although so bad it's funny in many places).

    Got to love Retro. He is the Final Fantasy Mod and he is their worse critic :D


  • #279
    Retr0gamer
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    I was against the forming of the forum as well :)

    I'm alright with FF if it's FFIV, FFV. FFVI, FFIX, FFX and FFTactics. I stomach FFXII only because I understand it's not my type of game.
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  • #280
    Gummy Panda
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I was against the forming of the forum as well :)

    I'm alright with FF if it's FFIV, FFV. FFVI, FFIX, FFX and FFTactics. I stomach FFXII only because I understand it's not my type of game.

    Should've been a JRPG forum rather then just ff


  • #281
    Retr0gamer
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    Definitely, especially with Square Enix nose diving in quality and Shin Megami Tensei and the other lesser known but better franchises coming to the fore front.
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  • #282
    CCCP^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,749 ✭✭✭CCCP^


    Giving Pro Evolution a break, I play it too much. Fired up the Super Nintendo...well, FC Twin, late last night and progressed a little in Zombies Ate My Neighbours, then played a little Super Mario Brothers 3 and actually didn't suck, this morning played Castlevania for a bit. I like that game alot, its probably my favourite NES game that I've played to date.


  • #283
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Hmm don't know what to play, Crash or Tomb Raider 3. Suggestions?


  • #284
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Which Crash? I really love the original. Fairly sure it was the first ps game I ever played. Really made an impression - still looks great too.

    Wouldn't really be arsed with any Tomb Raider after the first one to be honest. I bought all three back when they came out (Teenage boy, don't ask!) but the 2nd and 3rd really didn't come close to the first.

    Nothing compares to that T-rex moment.

    'OMFG, THE T-REX HAS FOLLOWED ME FROM THAT DAMN DEMO DISC AND HE'S PISSED!!'


  • #285
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    I ended up playing a bit of both. It's Crash 2, I have the first one but it's too badly scratched to play. I loved crash 2 when I was younger, a friend of mine had it and I'd always play it at her house (yes a girl gamer! :O) I used to have TR3 when I was younger aswell but I could never do the story mode so I'd just p1ss about Lara's house trying to shoot the butler.


  • #286
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Sure give the oul toothpaste trick a go on Crash 1. If you stick with it you'll probably get it working again.

    Crash 2 was the one with the polar bears and going up and down a lift in the center of a room wasn't it? I also think I remember jetpack type levels. Great game!


  • #287
    Gummy Panda
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    I enjoyed the first TR game but not many after. Always loss interest.

    Crash was good. No mario or sonic but it was fun :D


  • #288
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Well it was better than any 3D Sonic game ever made.

    Imagine if Crash Bandicoot had in fact been the first proper 3D Sonic game? Take out Crash and put the blue Hedgehog in.

    For some reason in my head that seems to work.

    I'm just picturing those boulder chase levels with Sonic speeding along.


  • #289
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    How do you do the toothpase trick and what type of toothpaste do you use? I tried it before and it actually scratched the disc more, probably because I was doing it wrong or using the wrong toothpaste. Yes thats crash 2 alright, and it is a great game. Just a fun little platformer to pick up and play every now and again :)


  • #290
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    You will need -

    Toothpaste (Usually use colgate as that's what's around the house)

    A soft sock or something similar

    Access to a sink!

    The toothpaste puts small scratches on the disc. It's how it works. There's an abrasive in it, so you're getting rid of the big scratch by putting smaller ones down over it and burning a small layer of the disc off.

    Discs read in a circular pattern, so you want to isolate the scratches that are following the circle around. Scratches that go from the centre out to the edge probably aren't the problem.

    So when you're rubbing on the toothpaste on the scratch with the sock (about a pea sized amount) only go from the centre of the disc out to the edge and back again. Don't go around in circles.

    Wash the toothpaste off, dry the disc and put it in the machine.

    If it doesnt work, repeat until it does! Sometimes takes quite some time but it's worth it in the end for the satisfaction of getting a broken game working again.


  • #291
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Thanksfor that, does it matter if the toothpaste has "whitening crystals" or stuff like that in it?


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  • #292
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Hmmm. I would imagine if it's safe to use on your teeth and gums then it should be safe to use on a plastic disc! I think the main ingredient of importance is meant to be the baking soda.


  • #293
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    After hearing that Ryo Hazuki is a part of the new Sega Racing game, I went back to Shenmue 2. Weird playing a game on the 360 and getting no achievements. It's holding up well for it's age though. Now can we have a 3rd episode please?


  • #294
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Yeah, so you can hang around in bars and pick up sailors!

    After the toothpaste trick at least your collections will be minty fresh!


  • #295
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Yum! mint. I'll try it now after I have lunch and see how it goes


  • #296
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Just got it working there first time :D thanks o1s! (I would give you thanks but I'm using the DSi and therefore boards mobile) It's a very very good game from what I've played so far :D


  • #297
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    Just got it working there first time :D thanks o1s! (I would give you thanks but I'm using the DSi and therefore boards mobile) It's a very very good game from what I've played so far :D

    Ah nice one! another one saved from death! Glad I could help out. Spread the word, toothpaste rocks :pac:


  • #298
    Brian CivilEng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭Brian CivilEng


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    After the toothpaste trick at least your collections will be minty fresh!

    Is this what it means on eBay when they say that the secondhand games are in mint condition?


  • #299
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    *punchline drum noise*


  • #300
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    abitofacomedian wrote: »
    Is this what it means on eBay when they say that the secondhand games are in mint condition?

    What an apt username.


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  • #301
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Hmm, I have a copy of Midtown Madness 3 for the Xbox that I never got working, must have a crack at it,
    NoOOOOO, Snaaaake!
    She bought BLUE MINTY GEL!!!!!!

    Arse!

    Now I'll have to wait til it runs out before I have a go,


    Or go completely mad and buy a tube of Colgate for myself,

    And why has no one else mentioned cavity prevention?

    A Bit Of A Comedian, are you asleep on the job?


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