/v/ - Video Games

Sheep raider was honestly a fucking amazing game.

>>15430190

>playing

Resident Evil 2

I’ve played 1,Code Veronica, 4,5, and 7 so I’m going back to play the rest of the PS1 trilogy.

>Looking for

Symphony of the Night

I’m trying to find it at a reasonable price but the scalpers love this one almost as much as Castlevania IV

>Modding

I’m playing on original hardware so if there’s a way to mod a console as old as the Playstation I’d like to hear it.

>reminiscing

I sold a lot of my games from when I was a kid when I was in college. I’m kicking myself now because I lost some games I had really fond memories of like Mega Man Legends and Abe’s Odyssey.

You try Summon Night, Summon Night 2, Black/Matrix Cross and Black/Matrix 00?

>>15430190

>Playing

Nothing at the moment, but might replay a PS1 Spyro again to try to clear this feeling of not wanting to play much in general right now. Usually works well for me, and I'm glad the games still hold up as well as they do.

>Looking for

At the moment, not that much, both on account of ability to dump ISOs on systems, and on prices in general being on the up these days. Been seeing stuff like Symphony of the Night and Xenogears, both of which having sold quite well here, for $45+ these days (which makes me glad I got mine some years back for $25 and $5 respectively). Fuck, even massively bestsellers like Crash go for $20+ either label, when a few years back they'd be about $5-10 (first game aside; that one was always about $20 by the time I'd started looking). Do have a half shelf of actual games though, all complete and in great condition. Just haven't had the mixture of prices being good and the games being of interest to add to it as much as with other systems. Saw a copy of Dragon Valor lately that caught my eye, but at $35 and apparently iffy reception, I figure I'd better just download and dump it on my PSP or PS1 first as a demo, if not more.

>Modding

I usually just use a CFW PSP for PS1 games, but with having a CFW PS3 now, I should probably try loading some through that as well. Do have a PS2 as well for what games I do actually own,

>Reminiscing

Never really had much for my old PS1 growing up to reminisce on. Just unlocking cars and track in Hot Wheels Turbo Racing, and bringing my Spyro games to a daycare to kill time when I was in fifth or sixth grade, as they had a PS2 for the older kids there.

>they're cheap as hell.

Depends on what you like, but I suppose that's obvious. But it's been at least three or so years since I managed any really good finds for the system, in terms of still getting stuff at lower than average prices, and some of those games have since gone way up at the same places (in one case despite having next to no demand to warrant it).

>AC3

Reminder that the fan-translation patch for the Japanese ISO has been an option for a year or two now.

>>15430211

>Symphony of the Night

>I’m trying to find it at a reasonable price but the scalpers love this one almost as much as Castlevania IV

Super Castlevania IV also suffer from the Nintendo tax. But yeah, SotN has shot up to stupid amounts these days; I'd have to double check dates and spikes, but I would assume there's heavy correlation with Bloodstained's announcement. Friend says he's glad I told him when I saw one for $12 a couple years back.

But to my knowledge it's always been worse in PAL, on the off chance you live there. Heard it was going for about $80 minimum when it was only about $25 here at the time, and that was in part to Konami fucking them over with a small original print and no Greatest Hits like NA eventually saw for it. If it's already $50+ here, I'd imagine that PAL's gone up to an even higher point as well.

>>15430190

Have they just given up on making a 100% accurate emulator? The sony PSOne emulator in the PS3 just feels like a copy of epsxe since it has a lot of the same glitches, just with solid performance. I still have my original Playstation it just needs new cables. didn't it have some flashcart hack thing going on for it? I also have a hacked PS2, is that a better option for accurate PSOne than the PS3?

>>15430190

I recently found out my PS3 can play PS1 games so I've been breaking out some of my old games

>playing

Tony Hawk 2 and medal of honor

>looking for

Oddworld

>modding

Nah

>reminiscing

I grew up with the N64 so I didn't get to play PS1 games unless I was with my cousins.

>>15430208

I got it today after going on a spree of looking for cartoon games and it looked like one of the best for any platform. It's a lot of fun, looks great, controls very well, has nice sound, and has exactly what a cartoon game should offer in terms of how you accomplish goals (item use, running off cliffs, etc.)

>>15430211

There's modchips and I've heard of people running Linux on it, hoping I see mention of mods I'm not aware of.

>console as old as

Consoles older than this have mods too.

>>15430269

>Depends on what you like

Yeah certainly, but I'm finding this gen and the next for Sony has a lot more good games at lower prices than other systems of the time. I'm trying to not wait it out like I thought I could do for other consoles years ago. and would suggest the same for others thinking about looking into getting some games for it prices only rise nowadays.

>>15430311

>next gen

I don't have much hope for the next gen, both the PS4 and the XBONE are just rehashes of the previous console with better hardware and a whole "BUY THE SAME GAMES ON A NEW CONSOLE!" gimmick. Maybe if the raytracing revolution that the gfx card makers keep trying to meme materializes they'll have an excuse to release a new console with new hardware, but otherwise I'll pass.

WHY IS IT BLUE?????

>>15430365

Cause its a devkit? I dunno.

I've always been a Playstation guy, but I never really played PSX. Only got one after my cousin went to college and gave me his, though all he had was some shitty plane game and a bunch of the demo discs.

>>15430319

By next I meant ps2

>>15430365

That's a debugging unit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_models

>>15430311

PS2 and PS3 seem the most reasonable as far as decent quality:lower price ratio goes. And with the PS2 I still find pretty solid games at below average prices where I live. PS3 I'm mostly set for what looked of interest to me, at least as far as what hasn't been sent forward. PS1 though has been the farthest back I can go and still manage to occasionally benefit from pricing fuckups over the years though (but again, it's been a few years since I found anything of interest a such prices). Third and fourth gen are too infested with the mixture of scalpers pressing their luck and hipsters with too much money and too little common sense (though that also applies to the N64 and especially the Gamecube, the latter pretty much being SNES 2.0 in terms of overpricing, albeit with a smaller worthwhile library).

>>15430289

All PS3 models can handle PS1 games, though like the PS2 being able to play them, there are some slight incompatibilities. It's native PS2 compatibility that was stripped with the slims.

>>15430289

>Oddworld

Both PS1 ones are still reasonably priced, at least in my parts. Maybe $12 each on a good day, complete and in good condition. The modern remakes might have something to do with it though, if people have been "trading up" from their originals, hence lowering price.

Probably gonna pick this up pretty soon.

This is a really decent and underrated racing game that sadly no one played.

>Playing

Bushido Blade, man that's a good game. I kinda wonder why they don't make these silly games anymore, maybe it's the violent blood splatter or damage to the limbs so you can't use one leg or an arm if it gets hit.

>Looking for

Some random JRPGs for PAL consoles or find a copy of nightmare creatures. I kinda want 2 but it's rather hard to find so I can stick with 1

>Reminiscing

Wanting to play Parasite eve 2

I kinda wonder where there more Samurai games for ps1 that where kinda violent?

>>15431159

7.5/10 GITS is not all that great.

>Playing

MegaMan Legends 2

>Looking for

a new version of emuparadise. I got so used to going there over the years I don't quite know where to begin

>Modding

my PS3. The slims got cracked so all models and firmwares are now blown wide open enough for piracy via HAN. Convert PS1 to PSP, bake a .pkg, and I'm good to go

>Reminiscing

I still have most of my old collection, but I regret a few trade-ins I made way back when. I think I'd like to get my hands on Jade Cocoon again

How did "PSX" end up becoming the standard abbreviation for it among fans, anyway?

>>15431201

When it was still an add-on for the SNES, its project name was Play Station X. When it came time for a TLA, Sony opted to reference that project name with PSX.

It is perfectly reasonable to use PS1 or just PS in its stead

>>15431164

pal region had games but like anything that is PAL you have to look for those vidya games.

I do have a ps3 with a NA account since it's my actual main account, I look for games that have the more violence and blood mainly because it was those violent games that got me into gaming.

And I remember Nightmare Creature to be one heck of a violent game even MediEvil was kinda violent.

But I remember looking for Thrill Kill because when I was a kid I had a moded ps1, and I got all kinds of games from a father to a friend of mine that did burn the CDs and sold these illegal games to kids for like 5 dollars per burnt cd, so i got my hands on Thrill Kill and remembering playing that game all the time along with MK4.

But when I was looking for Thrill Kill I first realized that the game never came out and the reason I could play it was because of the early pirate market at the time. Man, that pissed me off allot.

>>15431200

>Convert PS1 to PSP, bake a .pkg

Whats the advantage of doing this over just running it off an ISO? Since you're playing MegaMan Legends 2, does this remove the desynced sound during cutscenes when the game is emulated on a ps3? I know the PSN re-release had that problem fixed, but I haven't been able to find that .pkg.

>>15431201

Because Sony of America's CEO hated the name 'PlayStation', so he forced the abbreviation PSX as much as possible in the west.

As for its origin, it was called Play Station Xperimental in R&D.

>>15432216

>japan does twisted metal

Monkey Hero doesn't get the respect it deserves as a decent Zelda clone.

>>15430276

XEBRA and Mednafen are more accurate than PS3's emulator and both are active, as far as I know. As for the flashcart thing, it's pretty much completed.

>>15432216

I'm really loving that music.

>>15431200

>>15432010

I'd also like an answer to this.

>>15432216

I really wish these games ran at a framerate that wasn't terrible even for their time. That one at least has the art style to make up for the low resolution, but it's a shame that so many PS1/N64 games run at framerates that you might as well be able to count on your fingers.

>>15432216

It reminds me of GuP. What game is that?

>>15433002

>>15433120

King's Field 2 has an amazingly bad frame-rate that fluctuates even lower when there's anything happening. Its a slow game already so it isn't all that bad but if it was at least consistent like the first and third games it'd be much better.

>>15431201

It was abbreviation based on a work in progress name that just stuck because magazine and websites continued to use even after release.

>>15432078

>Because Sony of America's CEO hated the name 'PlayStation', so he forced the abbreviation PSX as much as possible in the west.

This is absolute horseshit. Does your dad work at Nintendo too?

What's it take to mod one of these bad boys? I've got a phat and a slim.

>>15434068

Its easy as fuck now I was honestly surprised. Used to be you had to solder a chip to flash the hardware but now you just go to a site with the internal web browser and it'll hack your system for you.

http://wololo.net/2017/11/27/tutorial-use-ps3xploit-hack-ps3-go-directly-rebug-4-81-2-noob-friendly/

CFW is really comfy and there are always new plugins being developed. Shame on Sony for trying so hard to control every aspect of their console ecosystem.

>>15434128

I think he might be asking about PS1 modding, given the topic of the thread. Just saying.

>>15433002

>Framerate faggot

Get lost cuck. I grew up playing Star Fox on SNES and never gave a shit about the low framerate because I was just focused on how fun the game was.

>>15434128

>>15434134

I did mean PS1, but I never knew I could do my PS3 that easy. Good info to have, man

>>15434074

>filters

>>15433120

>>15434198

Even worse

>meme lines

>>15434196

Yeah PS3s got a lot easier after last Thanksgiving.

>>15431027

That soundtrack is badass, not gonna lie.

>>15434238

Makes sense, like games with different color modes depending on what they were being played on(See Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.) We got vacuum tubes for audiophiles why isn't there really anyone taking advantage of the CRT meme for TVs?

>>15436088

The N64 version of Fighting Force is painful to play.

>>15435523

nigga >>15432514

>>15436092

I emulated the N64 version and then it turned out the game crashes on a building site elevator level, so I could never finish it.

whats the best PSX emulator. and why is 4x resolution at an unplayable framerate?

i want optimal graphics settings but all it does is make my CPU crank and doesnt utilize the video card.

someone help. im retarded.

>>15436184

im using psxe, and i'd really like to crank the settings, but unfortunately 4x resolution just cranks my CPU and leads to massive lag.

i want it to look as good as possible.

>>15436122

I find the most recent ePSXe sufficient.

>>15436226

yea, im just having performance issues where it seems to be pulling all power from the CPU and doesnt even utilize the GPU.

>>15434238

>They simulate a CRT's meme lines in which it doesn't look anything like a real CRT

Fixed

>>15436207

>>15436226

>>15436258

epsxe is nigger trash. PCSXR with PXGP is best for upscaling games.

>4x resolution just cranks my CPU

Jesus nigger, is your CPU 10 years old or what?

>>15436184

>>Looking for

What you seek you will find in the OP of the share thread

I tried to play the original Armored Core for the first time in around 12 years.

I have no idea what I'm doing, I don't remember the controls being this unorthodox.

>>15436604

Oh I know where to find them, the real challenge is downloading them all on my shitty connection as soon as possible before the inevitable RetroShoah

>>15436587

Oh look it's the emulator inquisition

What a fucking nigger

>>15451875

What compels artists to take pictures of their tools instead of the mere picture?

Why nobody talks how disgusting PS1 games look with filters, and how great they looked on CRT?

>>15454705

because most of us have CRTs already?

>>15454746

What the fuck. Even after I re-exported the image with the highest compression settings it was still 56 MB. God damn.

>>15454702

I think it's to let others know what tools they used. I've seen people state that they wondered what an artist used to make a picture because they liked the colors or whatever it is that they see that's important to them

>>15430190

>Silent Hill

>Cheap as hell

Lol

>>15435606

eww

>>15464597

You have to be vigilant if you want good prices but they're not that rare to find

>>15436119

Careful with that edge

Now that the PSX classic is announced I feel like a complete shill for making this thread