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Adam Dravian:

--- Quote from: GPG123 on January 05, 2016, 04:43:53 PM ---Yeah if you go to Jafax Ill probably show up. I learned about Satan Ninja at GR8bit live.
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Ah, Jessica says she remembers meeting you. I must've been off wandering when you stopped by our table.


--- Quote ---Right now im trying to get ps1 and 2 emulators to run well, and im trying to get my ps4 controller to work with my pc, which ive gotten figured out. I honestly just want to beat kingdom hearts, because my cousin broke my ps2 a while ago, and i never got to finish.
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I've just recently found out about an emulator called Mednafen. It's apparently able to emulate PSX games way more accurately than older emulators. Tests show that it even performs better than the PSX emulator that the original model of the PS3 had.

Unfortunately, there's still not a very accurate PS2 emulator. PCSX2 stills seems to be the best option.


--- Quote ---I know a couple friends who would get into Satan Ninja, so ill probably bring it up next time we hang out for Lan or DnD or something.
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That just might be the most important thing you ever do in your life, so don't forget.


--- Quote ---Ive never played the online for GTA 4, but i understand how annoying hackers can be at times. I had left 4 dead 2 on xbox a while ago and it was impossible to find a nonhacked lobby. The game was a ton better without them. I bought it on steam for a tenth of the price and its soooooo much better, because there arnt any cheaters.
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Fuck cheaters. I mean, if someone wants to cheat in a single player game, they're not hurting anyone so who cares? (Personally, I hold back from using any cheats until I've beaten the game, because I feel that cheating tends to quickly rob a game of its fun.) But those fuckers who cheat at online games should have their skin stripped off and tossed into a pit of rape-hungry salt demons.


--- Quote ---Ive heard of pokemon rom hacks actually, because there are dozens of them, but its nice that people care enough for games like these to have dedicated modding communities.
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Yeah, the people who dedicate so much time to that stuff totally rule. But I tend to be a purist about things, so I seek out mods that fix issues and enhance gameplay while staying true to the developer's original intent and the tone/lore of the game. It can be hard to find mods that don't add in a bunch of superfluous shit just because the modder personally thinks it's cool. For instance, it's annoying to play a fanmade English translation of a 90s JRPG where the modders decide to toss in references to modern Internet memes.

Anyway, back to the original topic thread, here's a few of my favorite older games that seem to often get overlooked:
Blackthorne (SNES)
E.V.O.: Search for Eden (SNES)
Flashback (SNES)

I also really dig the first two Tenchu games for the PlayStation. I consider them to be the best "pure" ninja games. At least that I've played.

GPG123:
Yeah i was probably the weird ship game on pc that id never heard of, it was pretty fun. Not many people were interested in it. I stopped by the table for a little bit and it was kinda funny because of the church thing right next to it, Im sure they were a little uncomfortable. I didnt look at the comic there, but i did go home and read it.

Yeah mednafen is really accurate and it doesnt upscale the 3d models and shit. Im guessing it would run a lot better and stuff because it doesnt really have to do much else but emulate. If i were to play with something like that, id have to pull out my crt monitor. Ill probably just use expse for now, and i kinda like the upscaling. Im gonna use pcsx2 for ps2 because yeah, there doesnt seem to be a better one.

Mods are great, especially for games like skyrim. I usually play through the first time with lore friendly type of mods, and then have fun with whatever looks like it would be fun to put in. Youve played a lot of oblivion, so you likely know how it is. Not sure if youd played much skyrim.

 havnt played many translated games, but ive read a few fan translated mangas with american pop culture references that make no sense in the setting. Id much rather have a note on the side explaining some japanese reference thats part of the original japanese version.

I havnt heard of the snes games you mentioned, but i think ive heard of the technu games. Ill check them out.

Adam Dravian:

--- Quote from: GPG123 on January 07, 2016, 03:47:16 PM ---Yeah i was probably the weird ship game on pc that id never heard of, it was pretty fun. Not many people were interested in it.
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I'm not sure what you're talking about here.


--- Quote ---I stopped by the table for a little bit and it was kinda funny because of the church thing right next to it, Im sure they were a little uncomfortable. I didnt look at the comic there, but i did go home and read it.
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Hah, yeah, I thought that was awesome that they placed our table right next to the Christian organization. I told the girls at that table that I was sorry to Satan up their area of the convention, and they laughed and said it didn't bother them at all. But they did end up leaving after only a few hours.


--- Quote ---Yeah mednafen is really accurate and it doesnt upscale the 3d models and shit. Im guessing it would run a lot better and stuff because it doesnt really have to do much else but emulate. If i were to play with something like that, id have to pull out my crt monitor. Ill probably just use expse for now, and i kinda like the upscaling. Im gonna use pcsx2 for ps2 because yeah, there doesnt seem to be a better one.
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I like the option of upscaling too, but having to fuck around with plugins can be a pain, and it can take a lot of tweaking to get each game to run optimally on ePSXe. It's just not worth the hassle to me, and I'd rather have greater accuracy than visual enhancements. Besides, it can look really jarring to have the 3D elements of a game upscaled and super crisp looking, while the 2D backgrounds remain all blurry.


--- Quote ---Mods are great, especially for games like skyrim. I usually play through the first time with lore friendly type of mods, and then have fun with whatever looks like it would be fun to put in. Youve played a lot of oblivion, so you likely know how it is. Not sure if youd played much skyrim.
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I've never played Skyrim. It's part of a mountain of games that I own and plan to someday get around to playing. One of the reasons I don't feel to bad about waiting so long to play a game, is that by the time I finally get around to it, it should have a bunch of high-quality finished mods (not to mention official patches). And of course there's the perk that older games can be purchased super cheap.


--- Quote ---havnt played many translated games, but ive read a few fan translated mangas with american pop culture references that make no sense in the setting. Id much rather have a note on the side explaining some japanese reference thats part of the original japanese version.
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Totally with you on the footnotes. Jessica and I watch quite a bit of subtitled anime (we're not a fan most dubs), and it's always nice when the subtitles provide that kind of contextual insight.

GPG123:
Im finally able to get enough time to reply, no thanks to mount and blade.

Yeah, there was a game at gr8bit where a bunch of people would control diferent parts of a space ship. They had a bunch of old computers and a projector set up to play it.

I definitely recommend getting around to skyrim and using some of the amazing mods for it. Its like one of the most modded gsmes ever, and for good reason. If you have the hardware for it, the game can be modded to be quite beautiful. Yeah, i would recommend checking it out when you have the chance. Cheap games and backwards compatability are the reason that i have a pc.

I honestly havnt watched many subbed anime besides for a couple, like mirai Nikki and Elfen Lied. Oh yeah, i watched the sub for ghost in the shell too. Sometimes the dubs are just too terrible. The terrible american pop references are usually worse in the mangas for me because all i really read is fan translated, because it comes out before the official one, and way before the anime equivilent.

Adam Dravian:

--- Quote from: GPG123 on January 10, 2016, 11:51:05 PM ---Im finally able to get enough time to reply, no thanks to mount and blade.
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I've heard great things about Mount and Blade. It's another game I own, but haven't touched yet.

I've been sort of stuck on Metal Gear Solid 3 for a couple years. It seems that every time I start playing it, I'll get a few hours into the game, but then I won't touch it for several months because I'll be too busy writing or whatever. Then when I finally get around to picking up the PS3 controller again, I've forgotten how to play and what's going on in the story. So I start the game over and the process repeats. I started it over once again yesterday, but this time I got through a big chunk of the game and intend to finally finish it.


--- Quote ---Yeah, there was a game at gr8bit where a bunch of people would control diferent parts of a space ship. They had a bunch of old computers and a projector set up to play it.
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Ah, that actually sounds pretty awesome. I didn't spend much time in the gaming area, so I didn't realize that was going on.


--- Quote ---I definitely recommend getting around to skyrim and using some of the amazing mods for it. Its like one of the most modded gsmes ever, and for good reason. If you have the hardware for it, the game can be modded to be quite beautiful. Yeah, i would recommend checking it out when you have the chance. Cheap games and backwards compatability are the reason that i have a pc.
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I'll definitely get around to it eventually. Whenever a game has a ton of mods, like Skyrim, I tend to spend forever researching them all in order to determine which mods to use. It's often a big ordeal, since it can involve reading lots and lots of forum posts, especially when there are multiple mods with large followings that purport to do the same thing but in different ways. And then of course I need to figure out what mods are compatible with one another.


--- Quote ---I honestly havnt watched many subbed anime besides for a couple, like mirai Nikki and Elfen Lied. Oh yeah, i watched the sub for ghost in the shell too. Sometimes the dubs are just too terrible. The terrible american pop references are usually worse in the mangas for me because all i really read is fan translated, because it comes out before the official one, and way before the anime equivilent.

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Like most Americans who got into anime in the late '90s, I was introduced to it via dubs (back when Suncoast Video would sell a $30 VHS tape with a measly two episodes of a series). I think the first anime I saw that I thought was ultra-rad was the Ninja Scroll movie. Then my buddy got me into Ranma 1/2, which I first dismissed as seeming totally lame, but then I got hooked on it.

I had never even considered watching anime subtitled until I was borrowing a DVD of Bubblegum Crisis from my friend. I watched the first episode and thought it was pretty meh. Then I noticed that the DVD had an option to watch it with the original Japanese voice acting with English subtitles, so I decided to re-watch the first episode, just to compare. It was like a night and day difference. I've been a staunch subtitle devotee ever since.

I wish more Japanese video games had the option to have the original voice acting with English subtitles.

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