How long did you play your Ps1games for after getting a Ps2?
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I don't play them anymore, but that's as much a function of having too little time for the new games coming out as it is. I remember spending quite a bit of my life involved in Dragon Warrior VII, playing it on the PS2.
I don't think backwards compatability is something that gets used all that much, but for me, it definitely is a crucial sales point. I like to consolidate my consoles whenever possible.
I don't think backwards compatability is something that gets used all that much, but for me, it definitely is a crucial sales point. I like to consolidate my consoles whenever possible.
I never had a PS1, but my friends certainly played PS1 games on PS2 with improved visuals. Gauntlet comes to mind, and I gave Driver2 a revisit a little while back with filtering on greatly improving the image. Plus Tetris has never been surpassed (can't remember which version though!)
The option to play old games isn't such a big deal, but to be able to enhance old favourites is great. If PS3 offered some form of AA say, that big a huge big plus, like upgrading your existing games system as well as offering new better games.
The option to play old games isn't such a big deal, but to be able to enhance old favourites is great. If PS3 offered some form of AA say, that big a huge big plus, like upgrading your existing games system as well as offering new better games.
Shrike_Priest
Newcomer
I still occasionally pop in an old FF or MGS. I played PSOne games regularly for about a year or so.
DigitalSoul
Regular
I never really stopped. I still play them, even long after I got PS2.
I was hooked on games like Castlevania: SOTN and Vagrant Story.
I have my little collection of PS1 games....I don't want to give them up because some of the games aren't exactly easy to find now a days.
I was hooked on games like Castlevania: SOTN and Vagrant Story.
I have my little collection of PS1 games....I don't want to give them up because some of the games aren't exactly easy to find now a days.
DuckThor Evil
Legend
I played about two weeks, which was the time it took me to finish FF IX, after that it was bye bye.
.Melchiah.
Regular
Still play them when I have time ... Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Resident Evil 2, Battle Arena Toshinden, Nightmare Creatures...
In the past year or so I've replayed Front Mission 3, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Carnage Heart. I never even finished Xenogears until a year or two ago. What's funny is that I stopped playing about an hour or two from the end. D'oh. Eventually I plan on getting Insomniac and Naughty Dog's PS1 games. I never played any of their PS1 games, and I love their PS2 stuff.
Backwards compatibility is important to me. I don't like having a bunch of old consoles hooked up. Old consoles belong in a box. Old games, on the other hand, can still be fun. Next generation, if all three consoles are backwards compatible, an Xbox 360, a Revolution, and a PS3 will play Xbox, Xenon, Revolution, GameCube, PS1, PS2, and PS3 games. That's awesome. Add a PC to emulate even more old systems, and you have a ton of games to play. That's not bad. I can play Master of Magic (an old DOS game) in Windows XP (or emulate it). I like that. The console companies know some of us like that, and they want to make more money. All else being equal, BC = more money. The only problem is including it cheaply.
Backwards compatibility is important to me. I don't like having a bunch of old consoles hooked up. Old consoles belong in a box. Old games, on the other hand, can still be fun. Next generation, if all three consoles are backwards compatible, an Xbox 360, a Revolution, and a PS3 will play Xbox, Xenon, Revolution, GameCube, PS1, PS2, and PS3 games. That's awesome. Add a PC to emulate even more old systems, and you have a ton of games to play. That's not bad. I can play Master of Magic (an old DOS game) in Windows XP (or emulate it). I like that. The console companies know some of us like that, and they want to make more money. All else being equal, BC = more money. The only problem is including it cheaply.
I only picked up a PS1 game to play on extremely rare occaisions after I got a PS2, and that was probably a fairly instant thing. However some games were simply never bettered in their PS2 incarnations. Ridge Racer, and Wipeout both sucked on PS2 and I'd rather pick up the originals even if the graphics are exceedingly dated.
I think I'd happily replay old PS1 games at some point in the future, in much the same way as I've replayed games on emulation. The fact that I can do so on my new console without messing around with an emulator, is great.
I think I'd happily replay old PS1 games at some point in the future, in much the same way as I've replayed games on emulation. The fact that I can do so on my new console without messing around with an emulator, is great.
BOOMEXPLODE
Regular
I actually didn't start playing Silent Hill 1 or Castlevania: SoN until long after I had a PS2.
Thunder Force V!!!PC-Engine said:
I could beat the whole game on the hardest difficulty without losing a life... That shooter rocked, hardcore.
R.I.P. TecnoSoft.
And this talk about about Vagrant Story reminds me that I still have to buy a US copy of this videogame chef d'oeuvre.
At first, judging from the reviews, I though this game wasn't for me, on the paper it sounded boring and stale.
Then I stumble upon a european copy of the game (50Hz unoptimized Squaresoft mess, black bars, "slow motions, and all), and decided to give it a quick try... Well, let's say I took a very good decision that day.
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