Oldschool & Portables

Goodbye, my friends.

feeds@yuku.com (Kitsunexus) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:05:01 GMT

You will not be seeing me for a while.

What is your PSP collection like?

feeds@yuku.com (Kitsunexus) — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:47:42 GMT

This is mine.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Lumines
Gunpey
Taito Legends Power-Up
Sega Genesis Collection
Gradius Collection
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
Capcom Puzzle World
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles
Darkstalkers Chronicles Chaos Tower
Daxter
Ys Ark Of Napshtim
Tekken Dark Ressurection
...

Crash Bandicoot

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:54:37 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised if I already made a topic like this a couple years ago and forgot about it, so forgive me if that's the case.

It's just that I pretty much skipped over the Crash Bandicoot games for PS1. I'm talking about the first two or three games, before they changed developers. These are now available for PS3 or PSP download and I was thinking about giving them ago. The price is right but I'm not sure if they're worth the time. I played a few...

Is this Lemmings game accurate?

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:42:55 GMT

http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

This may have been linked already, I'm not sure. It's a version of the original Lemmings game that you play through your browser. I was wondering if it was totally accurate to the original in terms of sound effects and music. It's been so long I don't remember.

(I was only able to get the music to work on IE)

Whoah. Japanese Karnov had a different ending...

feeds@yuku.com (perothecat) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:25:02 GMT

I never knew this before:

http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/karj.htm

And he becomes...the "God of War". How weird. I'll bet that stuff about heaven and god is why it was removed from the American version.

Contra 4

feeds@yuku.com (TaroSH) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:34:10 GMT

Has anybody heard anything about this game? It was released not too long ago for the DS.

It sounds kind of interesting, but I'm wary of it for two reasons:

1) The game covers both screens with a blind spot where the DS' hinge is. That was annoying in Yoshi's Island DS.

2) It was not made by Konami, but WayForward. WayForward is the company that made Sigma Star Saga, and I thought that game kind of sucked. They also did Shantae on the Game Boy...

Replacing NES batteries

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:00:24 GMT

According to this person, you might be able to just use electrical tape instead of a soldering iron.

I haven't had to replace a battery yet, but if I ever do, I think I'll try his method first.

TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:30:31 GMT

I just had a childhood memory confirmed and clarified.

I used to own the DOS version of the original TMNT game, which the NES game is basically a port of. However, the DOS version was almost impossible for me to play both due to the lack of a joystick (keyboard is just too awkward to use) and the fact that my old IBM clone ran it much too slowly. I got frustrated with the game and started mashing on the keyboard. To my surprise, I did something that made me both invincible and able...

So, the Chrono Trigger retranslation is out, and...

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:49:31 GMT

It really seems to suck. Aside from a patch, they have the whole thing viewable in HTML with side by side comparison to the original.

Chapter 1

Some parts of it sound like they were written by a computer with a learning disability.

Awesome new (at least to me) game beta site

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:59:49 GMT

http://unseen64.tk/

There are large sections that aren't in English, but it's pretty easy to navigate and has a ton of info on betas and canceled games from the NES right up to modern consoles. I haven't explored a ton of it, but so far, it's great.

Wind Waker test area and more images of

Something I'd be interested in seeing.

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:22:41 GMT

This is true for a lot of games, but SMB1 is the one I'm most interested in... I'd really like to see some interviews about the making of this game. How many people were involved in level design, how long it took to finalize a level, what were the earlier versions of the game like. It was so different from anything that came before, I would love to see how they got started, what ideas they had that didn't work out, etc. I also kind of wonder exactly what it was like to program...

Game Gear Lunar

feeds@yuku.com (Amagons brother) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:34:52 GMT

Anyone here ever played the Japanese Game Gear Lunar? My roommate's bat shit for Lunar, to the point where he bought all 7 disc art variants and most other console reiterations from various regions, but I don't think he's aware of that one. Wondering if it'd be worth tracking down (I'm trying to be good and Christmas shop early for once).

Cancelled Halo DS... Alpha or Beta or something videos.

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:24:40 GMT

Very impressive what they were able to pull off visually.

Link

Fascinating but hard to read page

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:01:12 GMT

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ff041104212.at.infoseek.co.jp%2Fcolumn%2Fcolumn2-1.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

I ran this through a translator, but you can only get the basic gist of it. It looks to be a Japanese gamer analyzing the American versions of the Dragon...

Minor FF1 Map Discoveries

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:01:03 GMT

Playing around with a FF1 Map Editor, I discovered these random bits of junk laying around. Most of it is probably not noteworthy enough to have been mentioned by anyone before (one exception), but I figured you folks would be up for some boring stuff.

At the far east side of the town of Melmond, the water continues past the town zigging and zagging before coming to a...

FF Tactics Remake Translation

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:42:13 GMT

It's being remade for PSP and I was trying to figure out if it was retranslated. My guess would be yes, but these are the only screens with dialogue I could find. They seem to be different but it's been a long time for me.

FF1's Story

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:46:20 GMT

Somebody please rip my theories apart because none of this makes a damn bit of sense. Some of the ideas are compiled from remakes, BTW.

Okay, so Garland has become a minor bad guy kidnapper. Either his anger at life or his anger at being killed by four light warrior losers must have been significant.

Okay. So this is where it gets weird for me. The fiends living 2,000 years in the past feel how angry he is in the future (maybe because he's hiding in their ruined...

FF1 anti-cheat at Castle of Ordeals?

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:05:11 GMT

While reading a FF1 site, I was reminded of the greeting you receive at the Castle of Ordeals. The crown is required for access. The site author speculated that this might be an anti-cheat event of some sort, and I decided to test it out.

Using FF Hackster, I created a warp tile to take you directly to the Castle of Ordeals from Corneria at the beginning of the game. You receive the same greeting when you arrive:

Secret of Mana story ambiguities

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:29:37 GMT

The Sprite's Gender - Seems a lot of people have trouble with this because he looks female and the Dwarf elder refers to him as "it" throughout the whole conversation. I know that when I first played the game, I wasn't real sure if he was supposed to be male or female or genderless, but when it got to the "He ate ALL the ship's food!" line, I've always thought of him as male from that moment on. (Yes, he looks female, but so do a lot of...

where can i find crystal warriors?

feeds@yuku.com (mobiusclimber) — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:13:25 GMT

is this game really that rare? i've only seen (and been outbid on) two auctions for it, one of which i only found through psychokinesis (ie, google) cuz it was a game gear lot on ebay whose title made no mention of the games contained therein (besides cw there was also shining force sword of hygenics or whatever, defenders of oasis or whatever the gg oasis game is called and some other stuff that i didn't care about). half.com doesn't have it. amazon.com doesn't...