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Classic Video Games / Re: My on-going SMS test thread

« on: July 09, 2024, 03:45:32 am »

Both are bad games.

This is something I can't quite confirm - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II has quite a good reputation as a racing game of it's time, being one of the favorite childhood games of David Hamilton 

I don't play racing games either but I wouldn't consider it bad just because I for myself don't like/play it Compared to games of it's genre and platforms, Super Monaco GP II remains a top notch racer.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 20, 2024, 05:45:28 am »

I'm currently playing Final Fantasy Origins on PSX. This is part of my attempt to finish all Final Fantasy Games in Collection. I allready beat Final Fantasy I on easy and normal mode (this collection features two different difficulties) and Final Fantasy II on easy mode. After squeezing in beating Final Fantasy Legend on GB, I started a "normal" game of Final Fantasy II. Being at almost 70 hrs now, I'm quite near to the end, with a lot of leveling and grinding ahead of me 

After that, I plan on playing Final Fantasy Legend II and III on GB and going on to the next title (Final Fantasy Anthology).

This attempt seems quite repetitive, so I will squeeze in shorter games in between the FF titles I play, for I don't want to get bored half the way through. I MUST finish my PSX-RPG's before the Discs "die" on me again  ...

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Off Topic / Re: What does a (real) casino game do today probably but not sure?

« on: June 20, 2024, 05:38:13 am »

Best casino game I played so far is "Casino Games" for SEGA Master System 

A fake slot machine is ALWAYS much better than the real thing too

I actually do LIKE gambling ... as long as there's none of my hard earned involved  I always loved finding casinos in RPGs ...

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Classic Video Games / Re: RPG (Role Playing Game) Maker chat thread

« on: June 13, 2024, 04:36:31 am »

Hello Jason,

I use RPG-Makers for about 20 years now, mainly on PC and Later RPG-Maker MV for PS4, so I can't tell anything about the PS1-Version, especially as this version was never released in the region I live in.
But I found an interesting FAQ on this topic at gamefaqs, so maybe you check it out here:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/258251-rpg-maker/faqs/13593

Good luck!

Bizz

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Off Topic / Re: What does a (real) casino game do today probably but not sure?

« on: December 15, 2023, 05:46:49 am »

Best casino game I played so far is "Casino Games" for SEGA Master System 

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General / Re: Classic Console Call Of Duty Mostly Explained 6th Gen

« on: December 13, 2023, 09:27:23 am »

First of all, a bolt-action rifle isn't semi-automatic, it's a repeating rifle. The Gewehr 41 and 43 were semi-automatic, but were far from being the standard issued rifle of the Wehrmacht. Most of them ran around wielding Kar98k's ...

Second: If you consider "Finest Hour" the hardest CoD, I assume you never played CoD 5 aka World at War on veteran difficulty ... storming the Reichstag, dying yourself from checkpoint to checkpoint ... 

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Playstation Portal

« on: November 20, 2023, 06:36:23 am »

It seems like there are a lot of people out there not really enjoying the Portal but it seems like its mostly people who either had unrealistic expectations or a total misunderstanding on how remote play works. I've put about 10 hours into Final Fantasy XVI on the portal and my experience has been nothing short of flawless. I'm really loving this device and the amount of playstation gaming i do is about to take a huge upswing.

My Portal arrived thursday but I didn't get to playing it much bc I was on a weekend trip. My impression is quite the same. I didn't have unrealistic expectations about this device and I enjoy using it. Screen works awesome, even when playing shooters, I'm really amazed by the graphics on this "little" tab ... (It's actually a behemoth of an handheld). 

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Playstation Portal

« on: November 16, 2023, 09:47:42 am »

My package arrives in a few minutes, running late I'm excited to try it out.

Is PlayStation Portal already submited as item on vgc ?

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Off Topic / Re: Un-Allowed Media

« on: August 17, 2023, 03:14:35 am »

My Mum didn't want us to play any Beat'em'Up or FPS till we were like 16 years old, ... but we bypassed her controls via friends 

By the age of 11 I was literally addicted to playing GoldenEye007 for N64.

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General / Re: The Masters of Remasters

« on: August 14, 2023, 07:04:48 am »

If someone wants to remake a good game, It has to be good. SOMETHINGLIKE:
Tomb Raider for GBC
Super Mario All-Stars

No shovelware remastered such as Blade Runner PS1 or Rehydrated.

I'm currently watching my Wife playing Rehydrated and by first look it seems logical to me, that they made this remake bc it's a really fun platformer all in all.

As SquareEnix is partially leaking, a remake of Final Fantasy IX is coming quite for sure. Some SquareEnix people already formulated their wish for a Remake of Final Fantasy VI, which I personally would welcome A LOT. 

But it's still kinda sad that there is this ocean of remasters and remakes and soooo few original new games dropping...

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General / Re: August 2023 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: August 02, 2023, 09:17:19 am »

- PS5 God of War bundle
- PS5 Controller Purple
- PS5 Loading Dock

- Final Fantasy XVI Deluxe Edition (PS5)
- Jumanji The Videogame (PS5)
- Tiny Tina's Wonderland (PS5)
- Hogwarts Legacy (PS5)
- Sackboy's Adventure (PS5)

- Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4)

I didn't plan it, but my woman kind of forced me to finally buy a PS5  now I own one, still playing Final Fantasy Origin on Ps1 

EDIT:
Just came home from a friend who donated me his old PlayStation-Stuff, including:

PSone w Controller + Cables
Memory Card grey x2
Memory Card Coal Black

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
Army Men Air Attack 2
Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98

and a dusty but almost unused PS2-Controller 


EDIT 2:

Just yesterday I got a package w. 15 more or less expensive/rare games for my growing collection of european SEGA Game Gear Cartridges I'm at 119 out of 195 now...

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 23, 2023, 04:21:20 am »

I finally (re-)started playing all of my Final Fantasy games in a row, starting with Final Fantasy Origins for PSX. This version of FF1 and FF2 enables you to play the game in 2 different difficulties. First playthrough will be easy-mode. After beating the game the first time, there's an option to load your completed savegame and restart in normal-mode. I still had a completed FF1 save in easy so I started normal mode. FF1 ist already beaten, now I am playing Final Fantasy II, which is one of my favourite titles of the franchise due to it's unique never repeated leveling system. I'm at about 40 hrs now with a lot of story still to play.
I will only consider this FF Origins collection completed as soon as I beat FF2 in normal mode too, but replaying a game right after beating it the first time seems too repetetive to me. That's why I will play Final Fantasy Legend 1-3 for GB between the easy and normal playthrough of FF2. That's the plan so far ...

Those are short games, so they're great palette cleansers. Enjoy! Legend 2 is my favorite of those three.

Sadly, Legend II is the only one out of the three cartridges that isn't working reliably, though I paid a bunch of money for it but I guess I'll figure this out soon as I get to play it seriously.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 22, 2023, 05:17:13 am »

I finally (re-)started playing all of my Final Fantasy games in a row, starting with Final Fantasy Origins for PSX. This version of FF1 and FF2 enables you to play the game in 2 different difficulties. First playthrough will be easy-mode. After beating the game the first time, there's an option to load your completed savegame and restart in normal-mode. I still had a completed FF1 save in easy so I started normal mode. FF1 ist already beaten, now I am playing Final Fantasy II, which is one of my favourite titles of the franchise due to it's unique never repeated leveling system. I'm at about 40 hrs now with a lot of story still to play.
I will only consider this FF Origins collection completed as soon as I beat FF2 in normal mode too, but replaying a game right after beating it the first time seems too repetetive to me. That's why I will play Final Fantasy Legend 1-3 for GB between the easy and normal playthrough of FF2. That's the plan so far ...

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General / Re: Best Video Game Rental Memories

« on: June 19, 2023, 05:11:26 am »

We got our first Xbox modded back in the days - an nearby video-rental offered 1,- € per day for a game, so we rented about 20 games, for a single day. We just zipped the games onto our Xbox and brought back the rented games the same day 

I remember first playing Elder Scrolls III Morrowind from this batch of rented games ...  so sweet memories ...

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Classic Video Games / Re: True Lies (SNES): a funny example of 90's Germany's censorship

« on: June 05, 2023, 03:11:34 am »

When playing the german version w. default settings, it wasn't even possible to kick NPCs to death when they were lying on the ground. Killed NPCs also didn't drop money, so it was mandatory for my GTA financial plans to use this method in order to bring back the original circumstances ^^' otherwise you was forced to gamble, drive taxi or "do a mission" to earn any money oO but honestly, who ever did that? xD

if you messed around long enough you'll eventually start doing the missions and finish the game. Was the scenario for me and my friends back in the day

That being said those censorships seem comical in a GTA game never experienced those.

As I mentioned above, GoldenEye64 was debanned about a year ago in germany. German censorship was always far from practical ... or plausible ^^