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What is a "Radiant Silvergun" anyway?

Most games made for Windows 95, and not MS-DOS, will still run on newer PCs. Unreal Tournament, Quake 2 and 3, and Deus Ex were made for Windows 95 but they run on newer Windows versions. If you want to emulate Windows 95 you can use a virtual machine like Microsoft Virtual PC or Virtualbox, which you can install Windows onto. You can find saved OS images with it preinstalled, but I do not know if they are legal, so just use a Windows 95 disk and make an image of it, which is legal.CPX7700

Honestly, the best and easiest way is just to pay a few bucks and get the games off gog.com if it avaiable. Beats screwing around w/ DOSbox and an old scratched up CD, at least for me.

What is a "Radiant Silvergun" anyway?

BarbaricAvatar

It's a Sega Saturn SHMUP, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest SHMUPs ever created. It was developed by Treasure which has made several other very good SHMUPs and action games over the years, however this is sort of considered their crown jewel. It was never released outside Japan and is not a rare game, however it still holds an insane value of over $100 almost constantly. Probably the most affordable way to play it is on XBLA for like $10 or something. If you're a fan of the genre, I highly, highly recommend picking it up or trying it out.

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What is a "Radiant Silvergun" anyway?

Shenmue_Jehuty

It's a Sega Saturn SHMUP, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest SHMUPs ever created. It was developed by Treasure which has made several other very good SHMUPs and action games over the years, however this is sort of considered their crown jewel. It was never released outside Japan and is not a rare game, however it still holds an insane value of over $100 almost constantly. Probably the most affordable way to play it is on XBLA for like $10 or something. If you're a fan of the genre, I highly, highly recommend picking it up or trying it out.

Thanks. :D

I was asking in reference to my Gamespot level tag thing. Normally i know what they're from, but was stuck on this one!

Sadly i don't have a Saturn, but i believe you. :)

Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Emerald_Warrior

Yikes, I hate when people aren't upfront with their titles, etc. I almost walked into a similar issue for a copy of Shenmue II but I caught the sucker early.

Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Emerald_Warrior

Place a claim with Ebay. 

I've encountered similar situations in the past with deceptive sellers and Ebay has always sided with me and gave me a refund. lol I even had some douchey seller threaten me for selling me a game (forgot which one now) that was in very poor condition when he described it as "very good." Ebay forced the refund and he was like" Don't you dare try to bid on another item from me or I'll sue you for every penny you're worth!" and accused me of scamming him. Oh Ebay, we love you . . .

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Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Shenmue_Jehuty

Place a claim with Ebay. 

I've encountered similar situations in the past with deceptive sellers and Ebay has always sided with me and gave me a refund. lol I even had some douchey seller threaten me for selling me a game (forgot which one now) that was in very poor condition when he described it as "very good." Ebay forced the refund and he was like" Don't you dare try to bid on another item from me or I'll sue you for every penny you're worth!" and accused me of scamming him. Oh Ebay, we love you . . .

I just got ebay screwed over on the opposite end. After dealing with a person who waited ten days to pay off an item he turns around and slaps me with a negative because he didn't see his item out immediately (apparently 24 hours, as opposed to 48.) It went out the second day following his payment and my terms specify I try to have things out in 2-3 days tops unless I contact a person about foreseen delays. He keeps me waiting ten days for payment (I refrained from doing a runner up offer during his bouts of silence) and then he has the audacity to be impatient when I had to wait well past my usual payment terms (also two to three days if given no contact) for him.

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Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Shenmue_Jehuty

Place a claim with Ebay.

I've encountered similar situations in the past with deceptive sellers and Ebay has always sided with me and gave me a refund. lol I even had some douchey seller threaten me for selling me a game (forgot which one now) that was in very poor condition when he described it as "very good." Ebay forced the refund and he was like" Don't you dare try to bid on another item from me or I'll sue you for every penny you're worth!" and accused me of scamming him. Oh Ebay, we love you . . .

Doesn't seem worth it for $10. Especially considering he can use that cancel request against me to make it look like I'm trying to screw him.

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Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Emerald_Warrior

Place a claim with Ebay.

I've encountered similar situations in the past with deceptive sellers and Ebay has always sided with me and gave me a refund. lol I even had some douchey seller threaten me for selling me a game (forgot which one now) that was in very poor condition when he described it as "very good." Ebay forced the refund and he was like" Don't you dare try to bid on another item from me or I'll sue you for every penny you're worth!" and accused me of scamming him. Oh Ebay, we love you . . .

Doesn't seem worth it for $10. Especially considering he can use that cancel request against me to make it look like I'm trying to screw him.

I personally think you should still do something about it. As I said, Ebay almost always sides with the Buyer, especially when it was pretty obvious the seller was trying to pull a fast one on the people looking at the item. And you can leave him negative feedback.

Not sure if it's worth creating a whole new topic for expanding on this. I do love my helicopter games, or just games with helicopters in them. While not all of them are great, i still like to try everything i can.

The current ponderence though are R/C Helicopter games on the PS2.

As far as i know there are 4:

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The bit that's confusing me though is though "Radio Helicopter 2" is known in Japan as "Puchi Copter 2", it's actually a sequel to "Go Go Copter" which in Japan is known as "PuchiCopter".

So where exactly does "Radio Helicopter 1" fit in?! Is it the same game as "Go Go Copter"? The developers are different, yet RH1 shares the same publisher as RH2. In Japan RH1 is known as "Simple 2000 Series Vol. 35: The Helicopter".

Why not "Go Go Copter Again" or "Go Go Copter 2"? Why would a publisher use the name of another game that wasn't as well-known (GGC was multiplat) to sell a sequel?

*Head explodes*

Anyone else having trouble with the website today? For me, it's not showing threads as having new posts, yet when you enter a thread, you can clearly see it has new posts. One thread even tells me it has "-14" new posts.

Bought a manual of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga that I thought was a game. Only buried in one place in the description did it mention that it was a manual, nowhere in the title did it say this and nowhere else did it say that, nor did it say "no game". I didn't realize this until after I had already bid on it.

I asked the guy if it were possible if he could cancel my bid since it was a mistake and there were other bids on it before mine. He said no because he said he didn't want to take a $3 loss. So I was stuck with it because a bid on eBay is a binding contract.

Today I received the manual in the mail, and it has a tear covered up by this unsightly beige duct tape. I tried to gingerly remove the duct tape, but no go, it started to tear, so I stopped.

At this point, if I make an issue out it, I'm sure he'll point to that request and claim that I'm just making it up to get my money back because I didn't mean to bid on it to begin with.

:x So frustrating! Now I can't even sell it to make my $10 back because of the condition. And I'm not so unscrupulous that I'd hide it like this guy.

It's only $10, but it's the principle of the whole situation.

Emerald_Warrior

Wow. Fvck that guy. I know you think 10 dollars isn't a big deal, but I would atleast try to get him in trouble in some way and if all else fails, give him a sh!tload of negative feedback. I think you're telling us the truth, so it's obvious to me that the guy was trying to get someone to buy a manual without a game, which is outrageous.

I recently had a situation on Amazon.com in which a seller said a copy of Star Ocean 3 was in "very good" condition and it turned out that it had alot of wear and was in acceptable condition at best, but that's nothing compared to how misleading the guy in your situation was being.

I don't even like fishing IRL, how have i ended up with so many fishing games?!

I don't even like fishing IRL, how have i ended up with so many fishing games?!

 

BarbaricAvatar

So my town turned down putting a Dave & Busters here. WTF?! I'd LOVE a barcade in this town. And I don't understand the big deal. We already have a ton of bars, and we have an arcade that just recently opened up with pool tables. So what's the big freaking deal about combing the 2 into 1?!

So my town turned down putting a Dave & Busters here. WTF?! I'd LOVE a barcade in this town. And I don't understand the big deal. We already have a ton of bars, and we have an arcade that just recently opened up with pool tables. So what's the big freaking deal about combing the 2 into 1?!

Emerald_Warrior

Too much cool. It'll put everyone else out of business!

Deliberately deleted at least 100 hours worth of game time for "Toca Race Driver 3". It's one of the few games that has (annoying) save-file protection so is unmoveable. Starting again won't be so bad though as it's an enjoyable game, and at least it'll be on the right memory card this time!

Look at the top of the disc, just to the right.

Amazingly, this disc still plays perfectly fine. I thought that was crazy and just wanted to share.

Look at the top of the disc, just to the right.

Amazingly, this disc still plays perfectly fine. I thought that was crazy and just wanted to share.

Emerald_Warrior

Wow that takes me back. Virtua Cop was a lot of fun back then.

Good that it works. :P

I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

BarbaricAvatar

I'm pretty close to completing several of my console collections as well, the closest being my XBOX and Gamecube collecions; I only have to get 6 and 4 games for them respectively. I have thought about what I'll do once I complete them. Most likely I'll focus on games that are either very hard to impossible to find in the wild (mostly very rare stuff and imports). I've also entertained the idea of no longer collecting since I currently have way more games than I could ever play in my lifetime. We'll see I guess.

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I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

Shenmue_Jehuty

I'm pretty close to completing several of my console collections as well, the closest being my XBOX and Gamecube collecions; I only have to get 6 and 4 games for them respectively. I have thought about what I'll do once I complete them. Most likely I'll focus on games that are either very hard to impossible to find in the wild (mostly very rare stuff and imports). I've also entertained the idea of no longer collecting since I currently have way more games than I could ever play in my lifetime. We'll see I guess.

Totally. I think about this more and more nowadays; I'm failing as a collector! *goes off to Amazon to buy SOMETHING* :D

I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

BarbaricAvatar

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I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

Exceed20XX

words of wisdom. You never know what games will suddenly see a huge price increase.

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I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

Shenmue_Jehuty

words of wisdom. You never know what games will suddenly see a huge price increase.

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[QUOTE="Exceed20XX"]While I don't want to be one to encourage it may be a bit wise to at least pick up the main games that do interest you now while they're possibly at a low point in pricing. One can't always guess what may spike up a bit down the road. Just a thought.

Exceed20XX

words of wisdom. You never know what games will suddenly see a huge price increase.

Blood Will Tell and Cannon Spike suddenly come to mind :p

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[QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"]

words of wisdom. You never know what games will suddenly see a huge price increase.

Shenmue_Jehuty

Blood Will Tell and Cannon Spike suddenly come to mind :p

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I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

Exceed20XX

It's a good point. I don't see God Hand, Klonoa 2 or Star Ocean prices coming down anytime soon. If at all.

Though the shops here tend to be quite pessismistic with their prices and any of the above could appear for a quarter of the price Amazon has them for, at any point.

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Incidently the PS3 idea is now firmly off the cards as i only this week discovered that games have to be installed, it was a total WTF moment. Talk about step-backwards, console gaming for is supposed to be about pick-up-and-play. Installing software and downloading patches shouldn't even be a thing for consoles. That's the realm of PC gaming and in my opinion there should be a clear distinction between the two.

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I've reached a point with my collecting.

There are still 45 games left on my PS2 list, but they're just titles i want to try (aside from a couple that are currently just too expensive). I don't feel the desire anymore that i have to go onto Amazon and find a decent version of whatever's left ASAP. It's going to take me years anyway to play the 230 titles i've already got and am i really going to find anything that does something new now?

Same with my PC collection. I'm not at all interested in the latest titles and i've got everything that i really want.

I even resorted to seeing how much a PS3 would set me back, but i could only think of 7 games that i'd actually want for it. Though realistically i'm not likely to bother til it too is legacy.

BarbaricAvatar

It's a good point. I don't see God Hand, Klonoa 2 or Star Ocean prices coming down anytime soon. If at all.

Though the shops here tend to be quite pessismistic with their prices and any of the above could appear for a quarter of the price Amazon has them for, at any point.

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Incidently the PS3 idea is now firmly off the cards as i only this week discovered that games have to be installed, it was a total WTF moment. Talk about step-backwards, console gaming for is supposed to be about pick-up-and-play. Installing software and downloading patches shouldn't even be a thing for consoles. That's the realm of PC gaming and in my opinion there should be a clear distinction between the two.

Just finished Castlevania Chronicles last night, once I finally had a chance to sit down and play it, and my word was it an fantastic experience.  Each level never seemed too difficult or too easy, the pace of each level was nigh perfect.  The absence of the CV4 whip mechanics is definitely puzzling since this game released almost 6 or 7 years later, but I digress.  Several things stuck out to me in this game as just being absolutely brilliant, particularly one minor event in one specific section of a level.

Terrible image quality, but as seen above the player begins this section entering from the left side of the screen.  There is a lone candle to the right of the stairs (the bright explosion seen in front of Simon in the image) and naturally, the player is drawn to the candle to obtain new sub weapons or ammunition for said sub weapons. Yet as you draw near you notice a gear from the background fall from down and become an interactive object in the game world (the sparkles denote the gear that just fell).  Just like that, the game taught me what to expect in this entire segment.  So when I inevitably attempted my climb to the top of the tower I wouldn't be like "Well what the fvck these gears are just randomly falling how the hell am I supposed to react?"  as the game clearly demonstrated to me that I need to be very cautious when platforming above due to the hazardous gears.

Now this is by no means crazy brand new gameplay mechanics.  It was just so damn awesome to play a game that was littered throughout with these little teaching tools that made every level seem almost didactic in nature, culminating eventually in a segment where the player would have to go through all the hazards they have been warned about in controlled environments all at once.  It was just brilliant, and an absolute joy to play.  Rarely see that type of thing these days.

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^ as far as PS1 games go, Castlevania Chronicles is near the top of my want list for the system. I've heard nothing but excellent things about it, and if you prefer the old style Castlevania games (which I do personally) Chronicles is hard to beat. Here's hoping I can find one for a good price one of these days.

Shenmue_Jehuty

I remember that, unfortunetly (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the majority of my interest and money was going into my Dreamcast collection. When I did want to get Chronicles again it was back up to around $30. I'll have to check the soundtrack out again, can't remember if it was good or not. If it sounds as good as the original Castlevania or Super Castlevania IV, then it's good enough for me :p

I got my copy for 40 dollars and I considered that pretty steep, but I knew it was a now or never situation, either I'd buy it on the spot when I really wanted it or I'd forget about it completely and never get around to it.  

As far as soundtrack goes, it varies greatly.  Some tracks are remixed to eargasmic qualities (like Simon's Theme Imo) but others are remixed into trash, much like this rendition of Wicked Child.  For comparisons sake, here is the original version (also included on the disc), and side by side they are both pretty bad.  Not only did they feel completely out of place with where I was/what I was doing on screen, it just plain sounded bad.  I pick Wicked Child because that's one of my favs from the NES version, but tracks such as Bloody Tears and Simon's Theme are remixed to great effect, and sound brilliant.  Hit or miss really.

^ as far as PS1 games go, Castlevania Chronicles is near the top of my want list for the system. I've heard nothing but excellent things about it, and if you prefer the old style Castlevania games (which I do personally) Chronicles is hard to beat. Here's hoping I can find one for a good price one of these days.

^ as far as PS1 games go, Castlevania Chronicles is near the top of my want list for the system. I've heard nothing but excellent things about it, and if you prefer the old style Castlevania games (which I do personally) Chronicles is hard to beat. Here's hoping I can find one for a good price one of these days.

Shenmue_Jehuty

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^ as far as PS1 games go, Castlevania Chronicles is near the top of my want list for the system. I've heard nothing but excellent things about it, and if you prefer the old style Castlevania games (which I do personally) Chronicles is hard to beat. Here's hoping I can find one for a good price one of these days.

Exceed20XX

I remember that, unfortunetly (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the majority of my interest and money was going into my Dreamcast collection. When I did want to get Chronicles again it was back up to around $30. I'll have to check the soundtrack out again, can't remember if it was good or not. If it sounds as good as the original Castlevania or Super Castlevania IV, then it's good enough for me :p

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^ as far as PS1 games go, Castlevania Chronicles is near the top of my want list for the system. I've heard nothing but excellent things about it, and if you prefer the old style Castlevania games (which I do personally) Chronicles is hard to beat. Here's hoping I can find one for a good price one of these days.

Shenmue_Jehuty

I remember that, unfortunetly (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the majority of my interest and money was going into my Dreamcast collection. When I did want to get Chronicles again it was back up to around $30. I'll have to check the soundtrack out again, can't remember if it was good or not. If it sounds as good as the original Castlevania or Super Castlevania IV, then it's good enough for me :p

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[QUOTE="Exceed20XX"]At one point it looked like it crashed in value, I almost considered selling mine a while back. I dunno, I guess I expected more of it. Once again soundtrack factors in for me though...

Exceed20XX

I remember that, unfortunetly (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the majority of my interest and money was going into my Dreamcast collection. When I did want to get Chronicles again it was back up to around $30. I'll have to check the soundtrack out again, can't remember if it was good or not. If it sounds as good as the original Castlevania or Super Castlevania IV, then it's good enough for me :p

$30 isn't a lot for a game, but when you're used to spending $10 or less on 95% of the games you buy it seems like a fortune lol. Mostly kidding, but I'm sure I'll break down and buy a copy one of these days. I saw one at a game store I went to this afternoon for $45, but that's a bit out of my budget for the month.

My DC collection is down to about 20 games I really want, and I have most of the really rare/expensive stuff fortunetly. The remaining 20 are games that I really want to play. I totally get the whole games popping up thing, my needed PS2 game list seems to never shrink because I always find games I want that I never knew existsed. I suppose some day I'll clear it, but that won't be for a long long time seeing how I still have about 70 games I really want on that list.

I just get sort of get restrictive eventually. My system libraries tend to fall somewhere around 20-30 it seems, which is more than enough for me. Of the 6-8 DC titles left I'd be considering chances are I'll only pick up about 3 of them but if prices and other matters allow more then who knows.

Meanwhile I'm trying to stay focused and take down the scary targets, which are the remaining Saturn bits I avoided previously. Unfortunately that's a worse problem now as prices have recently spiked rather hard in some places.

Decided to go with playing Digital Devil Saga after playing persona 4. Got P3 on order and will most likely play that after then DDS1 then play DDS2 after. Seriously why the hell didn't I buy all these JRPGS when I actually had time to play them? I sunk 70 hours into P4 alone. I just hope my PS2 can handle the jandel.

I got to say though, the Soundtracks from the Shin Megami Tensei games are amazing. Persona 4, DDS1 (what I've listened to from P3 on youtube).

I just get sort of get restrictive eventually. My system libraries tend to fall somewhere around 20-30 it seems, which is more than enough for me. Of the 6-8 DC titles left I'd be considering chances are I'll only pick up about 3 of them but if prices and other matters allow more then who knows.

Meanwhile I'm trying to stay focused and take down the scary targets, which are the remaining Saturn bits I avoided previously. Unfortunately that's a worse problem now as prices have recently spiked rather hard in some places.

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Don't even get me started on Saturn prices lol. While Saturn games have always been on the more expensive side (at least over the past 10-years), I remember about 5-years ago most Saturn titles were under $50, even the rarer RPGs. Now, unless you are either rich or have no issue spending hundreds on one game, the Saturn is extremely difficult and expensive to collect for. I've gotten around this by building an import library, however my Japanese is not up to par with playing through the RPGs. I am holding out hope that prices will plummet soon so I can begin collecting domestic titles again. Oh, and all the same can be said for the SNES at the moment as well.

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I just get sort of get restrictive eventually. My system libraries tend to fall somewhere around 20-30 it seems, which is more than enough for me. Of the 6-8 DC titles left I'd be considering chances are I'll only pick up about 3 of them but if prices and other matters allow more then who knows.

Meanwhile I'm trying to stay focused and take down the scary targets, which are the remaining Saturn bits I avoided previously. Unfortunately that's a worse problem now as prices have recently spiked rather hard in some places.

Shenmue_Jehuty

Don't even get me started on Saturn prices lol. While Saturn games have always been on the more expensive side (at least over the past 10-years), I remember about 5-years ago most Saturn titles were under $50, even the rarer RPGs. Now, unless you are either rich or have no issue spending hundreds on one game, the Saturn is extremely difficult and expensive to collect for. I've gotten around this by building an import library, however my Japanese is not up to par with playing through the RPGs. I am holding out hope that prices will plummet soon so I can begin collecting domestic titles again. Oh, and all the same can be said for the SNES at the moment as well.

Welp, Another48hours aka EddieMurphy is gone again. 

Beyond Good and Evil isn't the game I thought it would be.  It thrusts me into the beginning of the game with little to no information as to what the hell is going on, and really hasn't told me anything yet and I've been playing for a few hours.  How am I supposed to give a damn about what's happening if I don't really know what is happening?  I understand the player is left to fill in the blanks but, damn man.  At least give me some context as to why these bad people are possibly bad and why these terrible things are occuring.

Welp, Another48hours aka EddieMurphy is gone again. 

Beyond Good and Evil isn't the game I thought it would be.  It thrusts me into the beginning of the game with little to no information as to what the hell is going on, and really hasn't told me anything yet and I've been playing for a few hours.  How am I supposed to give a damn about what's happening if I don't really know what is happening?  I understand the player is left to fill in the blanks but, damn man.  At least give me some context as to why these bad people are possibly bad and why these terrible things are occuring.

MLBknights58

While it is satisfying to know that his latest troll account got deleted, we all know he'll be back in a couple of days with another account. His level of psychopathology astounds me. You think by now GS would have permabanned his IP address :/

I have never been able to get into ANY Ubisoft game, period. I found Assassins Creed to be very repetative, never cared for the farcry games, and I had a very hard time getting into Beyond Good and Evil; I played it for probably 2-hours before I couldn't force myself to play it any longer. I had many of the same issues as you did and could not se why many people like this game so much. 

When browsing Gamespot for Legacy titles i might've missed, player reviews usually give the best indication of what to expect.

So it gets right up my nose when someone's taken the time to write something but evidently doesn't know HOW to review a game.

This kind of thing is quite common:

http://uk.gamespot.com/cold-fear/user-reviews/753837/platform/ps2/

All he's done is say what happens in the story. I'm not interested in reading about the story before i've even tried the game, the story is something i'll find out for myself while i'm playing. The idea of a review is to tell people what it's like to PLAY the game and highlight any flaws that might put people off. Or mention cool things that might pull people in.

I feel it's too pedantic to report such reviews for being completely unhelpful to anyone, because without those Gamespot would have 50% less user reviews.

But still; Grrr. :evil: