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Find a flaw.
>>2883085
Go back to /v/. Nobody post after this.
One interesting & underdiscussed aspect of FF2 is the decay of unused skills. Regarding flaws, however, there is the fact that stat gains don't take effect unless and until you unequip & re-equip equipment.
>>2883101
Why the hate?
>>2883085
The story is shit
Games you regret not playing as a child.
Pic related
I just recently started playing this. I remember always seeing it at the video store but always passing it up.
I would have LOVED it as a kid
nothing, played them all when i foundout about emulators
>>2883043
I remember going to Toy R Us on my 11th birthday to get StarTropics.
I'm interested in getting an original PlayStation for the first time, but there are about a million different versions of the system and its accessories. Which is the best one, and where should I start?
Also, I know the PS2 and PS3 can play PSOne games but I decided I want to get the actual system.
The original PSX models had a serial port that was intended to be used for add-ons, although I don't think Sony produced any first-party add-ons. Some versions of GameShark used the serial port, although later versions of GS were entirely disc-based and worked with all PS models.
The PSOne removed the serial port and also ditched the reset button to subvert even more space, so it's pretty small by comparison. The BIOS screen for the PSOne is also a bit different. The original PSX models had a colorful backdrop screen while the PSOne used a rather generic gray...
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>>2883009
So a PSOne should be fine?
>>2882989
I just picked one up a while back. The bit of research I turned up is that if you're getting an original, big gray one, stay away from the earliest model, the SCPH-1001, I think. It was built with the disc lens far too close to the power source or somesuch and was doomed to failure, if not sooner, than later.
>>2883094
Yeah, these models are all a safe bet.
I've been on a sidescrolling action game kick recently, and I'm looking for suggestions.
So far i've played pick related, alien solider and a bunch of megaman/castlevania/metal slug games, and I need more high quality/speed action games like these.suggesting more modern ones would be nice too, if I've ran through the cream of the crop already[
>>2882885
>if I've ran through the cream of the crop already
You've played some popular mainstream games and now you think you know shit?
>>2882918
If I knew for sure I wouldn't be asking for suggestions in the first place.
>>2882885
Ninja Gaiden series (NES).
What would it have been like?
Super Disc, what's that? Another failed Sony-made format?
>>2882665
The SNES spinoff console that Sony was going to make.
It would have been a shitstorm of bootleg 128-in-1 SNES games on CDs made in China.
I'm trying to replay FFVII. My disk is scratched so that Bugenhagen's speech bugs out in the middle and freezes the game. I tried something /vr/ suggested, which was windex and a towel, but that didn't work. Is there anything else I can try?
Get a disc resurfacer/polisher.
I don't know why you bothered to repost this thread. You are only going to get the same replies you got last time.
>>2882475
Disregard this. Once data has been destroyed by physical damage to the disc, you can't put that data back. It's just not possible. How does your resurfacing device know what that data was to begin with? The only thing you're doing is reducing the appearance of scratches by shaving off a thin layer of the disc. If any data on the disc has been corrupted, it's gone forever. No amount of resurfacing is going to bring it back.
You're also screwing over the next person who ends up with...
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i'm thinking about saying fuck it and actually trying a traditional jrpg for the first time, but i have no idea where to start. my only experience with anything resembling a jrpg is super mario rpg, and i haven't played the paper mario series or mario & luigi either, so it's incredibly limited.
i'd rather start with a retro game, preferably 16 bit. but where the fuck do i start? dragon quest series? final fantasy series? earthbound? or should i just say fuck it and play the simple mario rpg games?
for some reason i've been leaning...
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>>2882435
What makes you want to try the genre? That will at least give an indication of what type to recommend.
Also what other games do you like?
>>2882435
Final Fantasy VI (released as FFIII in the US on the SNES) if you want to stay 16-bit or earlier.
Final Fantasy IX if you're willing to include 5th gen. FFIX was my first JRPG and I absolutely adored it. It kind of spoiled me though, because almost nothing since then has come close to it.
>>2882443
no reason to try the genre other than the fact that i have never really given it a fair shot. like i said, the only jrpg game i've played to completion was super mario rpg. although now that i think about it, i did play pokemon red and gold as well.
also the games i usually play seem fairly irrelevant but my preferred genres are fps, platformers and survival horror. i don't even play many wrpgs unless they're a blend of genres like deus ex or system shock
>>2882451
i'm...
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Recently bought an adapter that allows my pc to hook up to my crt tv, but when I plug everything in it just comes up with a green screen. I just wanna emulate some of the older games that I missed. Is the tv incompatible or am I just doing it wrong?
Sounds like your computer trying to detect the monitor's specs and getting confused that it's a converter box. Did you set your resolution as low as it would go at a 4:3 aspect ratio before you plugged it in to the converter?
There may also be some dip switches you have to play with to get the converter to output properly.
>>2881707
Yeah I messed around with all the switches, changed the resolution and was following a guide online, can't remember the guide I used now though. But if it isn't obvious I'm not too familiar with the technicals of Crt and building arcade machines. Regardless I should've mentioned I'm using a Sanyo. Not sure if that changes anything but hopefully it can narrow things down.
>>2881681
I bought a device that looks exactly like that, but it's black.
It does analog > VGA, but not the other way around.
The VGA input is only for post processing, like forcing an aspect ratio, back to VGA.
It doesn't work with 240p systems either.
Maybe yours is different, but read the instructions or store page and make sure that it outputs analog.
>What is your favorite of the 3 Insomniac releases?
>What is your favorite level in each game?
>What is your favorite world?
>Favorite music in each game
I only played 1 and 2 myself, but I loved them. My favorite music is probably Toasty from 1, and Autumn Plains for 2. For World, Dream Weaver's in 1, Autumn Plains for 2. Fav level in 1 is Treetops, 2 is Skelos Badlands
I played all three and I like the first one best. The second was good but didn't feel as magical. The third brought back the magic but had too many characters for my tastes.
>tfw I only played the first game.
With that said I think it is the greatest 3D platformer of it's era. This means it is better than:
>Banjo
>SM64
>Crash
As well as the other platformers during this time.
>What is your favorite level in each game?
Cliff town, just got a strange nostalgia for it that can't be explained.
>What is your favorite world?
Magic...
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I think they're all great desu. I ended up playing them in reverse order over the years and loved all three. My only criticism would be that the camera in the first game isn't quite as maneuvreable as the other games which slows things down a bit.
So I discovered Startropics yesterday and I am loving it so far.
Feel bad for overlooking this console all this time.
What other games do you recommend /vr/? I'm open to pretty much every type of game.
Megami Tensei II
Kick Master
Monster in My Pocket
Monster Party
Super Spy Hunter
Nes Batman games
Werewolf the last revenge
Robocop 3
Astyanax
Castlevania 1 & 3 (try the JP version of 3)
Double Dragon series
Magic of Scherezade
Faxanadu
8 Eyes
Cowboy Kid
Fire N' Ice
Getsufu maden
Mad City
Majou Densetsu 2
Punch out
Ninja Crusaders
Ninja Gaiden series
Splatter House - Wanpaku Graffiti
Silver Surfer
Shatterhand
Trojan.
Try these OP.
you may not like it but i loved kid niki
>>2882213
Kid nikki/Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 1 and 2 are alright but maybe don't stand out among the many other action/platformers on the system, however the 3rd game is actually amazing, was never released outside of Japan though, it was a late Famicom game from 1993.
Who would have known that a common Lion King cartridge would end up being one of the most useful ways of determining what chips your SNES has without having to open it...
>In Options, press B, A, R, R, Y (for programmer Barry Green) to to access the debug menu. This menu deserves special mention for being one of the very few that will easily tell you the CPU, PPU1 and PPU2 versions of your SNES console, which is useful info for testing hardware and software compatibility.
And just in case... When typing the R in "B-A-R-R-Y"...
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What's the importance of knowing this information?
>>2881275
>useful info for testing hardware and software compatibility
Bullshit. The person who wrote that clearly doesn't know shit about the SNES.
The differences between revisions hardly affect games at all. There is a DMA crashing bug on some of the earliest Japanese systems, that's it.
The 1chip and SNES mini systems apparently don't put as much emphasis on mid scanline changes, but even those things and any other difference you could name will have fuck...
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Awesome, I actually still own my old cart of TLK, I'll try this tonight when I get home.
My SNES is one of the earliest models so I don't think I'll find any surprise, but I want to see the debug menu anyway.
Is it really that bad?
>>2881253
It's not bad, it's just bland. It's a bit too easy (hence Expert mode, too bad that isn't being translated as far as I know) and while alchemy is introduced as a huge gameplay element it's seldom useful and more hassle than it's worth. It's kinda obvious Falcom wasn't all that familiar with SFC programming because the game feels unpolished in that regard - a bit too sluggish, a bit too laggy in places where it really shouldn't feel like this at all.
The story is unremarkable...
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>>2881253
I think I've mentioned this in about 10 different Ys threads at this point, but I'll say it again: It starts out shit, but it gets much better once you buy/find different swords. The starting sword just has an awkward swing.
Also prepare to be disappointed by the magic system. The first spell you get from Massea is actually more useful than most of of the ones you can craft.
>>2881265
I didn't think the story was all over the place. It's...
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>>2881316
Time travel? The only time travel plot is the Stoker/Foresta side story, and it's completely disconnected from the main Kefin story to the extent that its resolution has to be tacked on right before the final boss. While you're destroying Kefin a mcguffin literally sends you into the past to resolve this side plot, then you come back and keep destroying Kefin. It has no relevance to anything else, if anything it just breaks the flow of the main story even more by making the final events seem less coherent....
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What are the most scary looking villians from the bit era?
>that moment in PSIV when the light gradually turns on before the battle and you see this Dark Force in all it's horror
>>2880872
DAILY SEGA THREADLOL
>>2880931
FUCK OFF!?!?
>>2880931
Post scary Nintendo monsters then
C64 Thread
>>2880634
whoops
C64 can have its own thread.
Post some sidtunes or talk about some games famalam
Which was better? Innocent Sin or Eternal Punishment?
http://www.strawpoll.me/6380845
>>2879354
EP.
Adult heroes are such a nice welcome change of pace
>>2879431
Baofu was such a bro
Eternal Punishment is much more grindy then it should be, and the psx battle system is pretty slow. Still, the all-adult party cast is pretty nice.
Innocent Sin has Hitler, and that's great.
Since they're so connected I can't put one above the other storywise.
Maya is my waifu, so I guess I like that she has a personality in IS. Good ol' hearttits.
So all in all, IS>EP, although they're both good and enjoyed best as a whole story rather than as parts.
