THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: GilloD on September 23, 2007, 03:24:54 PM
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This is why I want a PSP: I like Japafag JRPGs. I'll also have a lot more transit downtime once it starts to get cold and I can't ride my bike to work everyday. I have a DS and I like it, but the lack of JPRG turn based sillyness is turning me off.
Why else would I want a PSP? I've heard a lot about homebrew and hacking, but what's the point? And is it worth the extra 70 bucks for a Light? A used PSP runs 129$ at Gamestop and that's a sweet price, but not if it's worth the extra investment. Is there TV out on the old PSP? Explain me. FAQ me, dudes.
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This is why I want a PSP: I like Japafag JRPGs. I'll also have a lot more transit downtime once it starts to get cold and I can't ride my bike to work everyday. I have a DS and I like it, but the lack of JPRG turn based sillyness is turning me off.
The JRPG library on PSP is really shitty, for the most part. There have been some gems recently. To name a few:
Brave Story
Tales of the World
Jeanne D'Arc (even if I hate the turn limit)
Final Fantasy Tactics (next month)
Why else would I want a PSP? I've heard a lot about homebrew and hacking, but what's the point?
The option to rip games to your memory stick, emulators (meaning more JRPGs on the go), or by downloading games period to save you some money if you are strapped.
And is it worth the extra 70 bucks for a Light?
It's about the same as a DS Lite, except they actually added some things. Namely the extra RAM to help load time, the TV-Out, and charging via USB. But with a hacked PSP, the load time issue is no biggie, since you can run from memory stick.
Is there TV out on the old PSP?
Negative
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Also, with a hacked PSP you can play PSX games. MORE JRPG goodness.
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can you use tv out with psx games?
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I'd imagine so, it works with homebrew
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Hmm, do you have Etrian Odyssey on DS? Also there's several GBA RPGs that you might've missed that are good - of course FF5 and 6 Advance, you might like the Summon Night games too - Tales style battle system, although more of a dungeon crawler if anything.
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If what you want is JRPGs and you don't want to pirate, DS is the way to go - it has a number of great RPGs on its own, plus the whole GBA library of RPGs, which is damn great.
PSP has very few games in the JRPG category (demi basically mentioned all the really good ones, plus Crisis Core coming out next year), but the good ones are REALLY good. I love Tales of the World.
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what are these great ds rpgs not named etrian odyssey
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what are these great ds rpgs not named etrian odyssey
Dragon Quest Rocket Slime, Luminous Arc, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy IV...plus all the GBA stuff.
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I know you didn't just list Rocket Slime
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what are these great ds rpgs not named etrian odyssey
pokemon
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Rocket Slime isnt an RPG, Contact is and its the motherfucken bomb diggity
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I know you didn't just list Rocket Slime
Why am I picturing Nick Frost going "Oh no you DI-AHN'T" while wagging his finger at me right now? :-\
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Dragon Quest Rocket Slime, Luminous Arc, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy IV...plus all the GBA stuff.
not really an rpg, srpg, lol whut sucks, hahahahaha, and omg ugly polygonz respectively
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This is why I want a PSP: I like Japafag JRPGs. I'll also have a lot more transit downtime once it starts to get cold and I can't ride my bike to work everyday. I have a DS and I like it, but the lack of JPRG turn based sillyness is turning me off.
Like others have said, PSP is pretty light on JRPGs (in English, that is). But there are plenty of other great games available.
Why else would I want a PSP? I've heard a lot about homebrew and hacking, but what's the point?
It not only makes your PSP run more efficiently with more brightntess options, speed options (333mhz!), and memory stick loading, but you also get access to a HUGE amount of applications of various types, homebrew games, ports of older PC titles, and awesome emulation, not to mention being able to play almost every PSX game out there.
If you have a PSP that isn't hacked, it's like you have a neutered system.
And is it worth the extra 70 bucks for a Light? A used PSP runs 129$ at Gamestop and that's a sweet price, but not if it's worth the extra investment. Is there TV out on the old PSP? Explain me. FAQ me, dudes.
No TV out on the old PSP, but some people did get an output working to PCs using a homebrew app. It doesn't work very well though.
It is absolutely worth the extra cash for the new slim PSPs. The controls are better, the load times can be faster (it now uses a cache), it's lighter, the screen is better (more vibrant and a bit less ghosting), and of course there's TV out. You can hack the Slim PSPs too, but you do need the Pandora Battery for that, which can only be created using an older hacked PSP at the moment.
can you use tv out with psx games?
Yes, you can use TV out with anything. Just remember that you NEED component cables/480p on your TV for it to work with games.
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Dragon Quest Rocket Slime, Luminous Arc, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy IV...plus all the GBA stuff.
not really an rpg, srpg, lol whut sucks, hahahahaha, and omg ugly polygonz respectively
SRPGs are still RPGs, aren't they? ???
Also, I loved Partners in Time, thought it was a lot of fun.
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Vagrant Story on PSP, outputted to TV. Why do this? Well, you can enable faster loading like with the PS2, and you can also compress PSX game images down to be quite tiny....Vagrant Story is a whopping 74mb!
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1241/1430389463_bd2cc50d36_b.jpg)
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Vagrant Story rocks. Too bad it was ruined for me by obsessive fangirls writing about sweaty forbidden homosex between Ashley Riot and the dude with the metal limbs.
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Vagrant Story rocks. Too bad it was ruined for me by obsessive fangirls writing about sweaty forbidden homosex between Ashley Riot and the dude with the metal limbs.
awesome
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Dragon Quest Rocket Slime, Luminous Arc, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy IV...plus all the GBA stuff.
not really an rpg, srpg, lol whut sucks, hahahahaha, and omg ugly polygonz respectively
SRPGs are still RPGs, aren't they? ???
Also, I loved Partners in Time, thought it was a lot of fun.
if we're admitting srpgs, then psp has jeanne d'arc, disgaea, wild arms xf, and fft: lion war
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Vagrant Story rocks. Too bad it was ruined for me by obsessive fangirls writing about sweaty forbidden homosex between Ashley Riot and the dude with the metal limbs.
SHIT THAT JUST MADE THE GAME BETTER R U CRAZY?!?!?!??!?!??!
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SRPGs are still RPGs, aren't they? ???
Also, I loved Partners in Time, thought it was a lot of fun.
if we're admitting srpgs, then psp has jeanne d'arc, disgaea, wild arms xf, and fft: lion war
demi already listed half of those! (he didn't mention Wild Arms XF and Disgaea, which is just a port as far as I know)
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disgaea is an expanded port, with an etna campaign and two new classes added.
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Jeanne D'Arc (even if I hate the turn limit)
Jeanne D'Arc would be a shitty game without the turn limit thanks to how magic works.
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Dragon Quest Rocket Slime, Luminous Arc, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy IV...plus all the GBA stuff.
not really an rpg, srpg, lol whut sucks, hahahahaha, and omg ugly polygonz respectively
SRPGs are still RPGs, aren't they? ???
Also, I loved Partners in Time, thought it was a lot of fun.
tactics advance SUCKS :(
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PS1 on PSP is the greatest shit ever.
Sure there are some PSP gems to be found but emulation is where it's at. Portable Tomba(1&2) is the best thing on PSP, FACT.
It's not just that the emulation is so fucking awesome, it's the fact that the PSP does a far better job than other portables with it AND has great controls that make its rock so damn much. And now with the Slim, we get TV out. A hacked Slim PSP is truly a portable console with a massive software library available. Now if they could just get an updated MAME on there and the CPS3 emulator, it would be absolute perfection...
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Tactics Advance is the most disappointing game I played last generation. The M&L games are fun for the first few hours. After that they just start to drag.
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PS1 on PSP is the greatest shit ever.
Sure there are some PSP gems to be found but emulation is where it's at. Portable Tomba(1&2) is the best thing on PSP, FACT.
It's not just that the emulation is so fucking awesome, it's the fact that the PSP does a far better job than other portables with it AND has great controls that make its rock so damn much. And now with the Slim, we get TV out. A hacked Slim PSP is truly a portable console with a massive software library available. Now if they could just get an updated MAME on there and the CPS3 emulator, it would be absolute perfection...
They released a MAME for Slim I believe, and just recently a "Crappy" Genesis emulator port of DGen (it's called Crappy DGen Port)