PlayStation Retires a Hero - Page 2

Anubis · 04 April 2006, 15:01

I'm still buying PS1 games.

But they are becoming rare...

And I never was aware that there is 'Panzer General' for PSX.

Dizzy · 04 April 2006, 16:55

Well Sony did release some "mouse-game" to support their mouse,in the early year. I still got mine, bought it 1 month after I bought my playstation, to be able to play discworld

But the playstation wasn't the best way to play adventure game, to much loading time between levels (but being a amigaowner and have played Indy 4 on my Amiga500 I was very Patience)

gimbal · 04 April 2006, 23:13

All Amiga users are patient

Ah the times where I would fool myself into thinking Castlevania was fun and having to wait for it to boot for AGES. Or Dune. I owned it on the PC, but no, I just had to play the six disk Amiga version with endless swapping...

bluebrummie · 05 April 2006, 00:03

Well they say you learn something new every day and this is true! I didn't know that it was thanks to Nintendo that the Playstation got developed?!

"The history of the Playstation begins in 1988 when Sony and Nintendo were working together to develop the Super Disc. The Super Disc was going to be a CD-ROM attachment that was intended to be part of Nintendo's soon to be released Super Nintendo game. However, Sony and Nintendo parted ways business-wise and the Super Disc was never introduced or used by Nintendo. In 1991, Sony used a modified version of the Super Disk as part of their new game console - the Sony Playstation. Research and development for the PlayStation had began in 1990, headed by Sony engineer, Ken Kutaragi". Full report here:

http://inventors.about.com/library/i...laystation.htm

gimbal · 05 April 2006, 01:15

I wonder what happened between Nintendo and Square in those days. What made Square turn to Playstation and basically make it the most popular console with FF7? It took years before Square would release another game on a Nintendo platform!

If only FF7 would have been a N64 game... what would the world today look like?

bluebrummie · 05 April 2006, 01:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

I wonder what happened between Nintendo and Square in those days. What made Square turn to Playstation and basically make it the most popular console with FF7? It took years before Square would release another game on a Nintendo platform!

If only FF7 would have been a N64 game... what would the world today look like?

I don't know but I bet Nintendo were kicking themselves when the popularity rose with the Playstation!

StarEye · 10 April 2006, 00:16

Well, Squaresoft wanted to create a much bigger game, and FFVII was simply too large for the cartridges - it would have to end up on two cartridges or more. The original idea was that N64 was supposed to have a CD drive instead of being cartridge based, so Squaresoft was counting on CDs. Sony was developing that CD drive for them, and the project was called PSX.

Well, Nintendo changed their minds and decided to go for cartridge, which was a blow against Sony. The contract was off, and Sony decided to make their own CD-based console instead, thus the Playstation was born.

Squaresoft switched "sides" because they already had FFVII in development for a CD-based system. They converted what they had from FFVII (which is why the characters look like N64 style characters) to the Playstation, and the main FF series has been Playstation exclusive ever since.

EDIT: seems my facts aren't completely right. But I know that FFVII was in development for the N64 (there was even a very early demo of some sort from it).

petza · 11 May 2006, 02:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Good as the PS1 was in its day, play some of the games on a PS2 today, and some of them are absolutely shocking. Need For Speed is absolutely horrendous.

i know what your going to say m8 the
C64 is way better

Dastardly · 11 May 2006, 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Critter

dont forget sony holds the rights to the GTA franchise

PS3 will be 360's bigdaddy! just u wait

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/actio...ml?sid=6149747

gotmashed · 11 May 2006, 21:23

ive come to understand that gaffics dont make a good game ive put my ps1 ps2 and xbox in to storage and got my amiga back out as 90% of the games have far better game play than 99% these days they seem to spend more time making them look pretty so im not holding out much hope of the ps3 beening much better but saying that ive enjoyed more games on the ps than i have the on the xbox the ff games being some

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04 April 2006, 15:01	#21
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	I'm still buying PS1 games. But they are becoming rare... And I never was aware that there is 'Panzer General' for PSX.

04 April 2006, 16:55	#22
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	Well Sony did release some "mouse-game" to support their mouse,in the early year. I still got mine, bought it 1 month after I bought my playstation, to be able to play discworld But the playstation wasn't the best way to play adventure game, to much loading time between levels (but being a amigaowner and have played Indy 4 on my Amiga500 I was very Patience)

04 April 2006, 23:13	#23
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,956	All Amiga users are patient Ah the times where I would fool myself into thinking Castlevania was fun and having to wait for it to boot for AGES. Or Dune. I owned it on the PC, but no, I just had to play the six disk Amiga version with endless swapping...

05 April 2006, 00:03	#24
bluebrummie bluebrummie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birmingham, England Age: 58 Posts: 27	Well they say you learn something new every day and this is true! I didn't know that it was thanks to Nintendo that the Playstation got developed?! "The history of the Playstation begins in 1988 when Sony and Nintendo were working together to develop the Super Disc. The Super Disc was going to be a CD-ROM attachment that was intended to be part of Nintendo's soon to be released Super Nintendo game. However, Sony and Nintendo parted ways business-wise and the Super Disc was never introduced or used by Nintendo. In 1991, Sony used a modified version of the Super Disk as part of their new game console - the Sony Playstation. Research and development for the PlayStation had began in 1990, headed by Sony engineer, Ken Kutaragi". Full report here: http://inventors.about.com/library/i...laystation.htm

05 April 2006, 01:15	#25
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,956	I wonder what happened between Nintendo and Square in those days. What made Square turn to Playstation and basically make it the most popular console with FF7? It took years before Square would release another game on a Nintendo platform! If only FF7 would have been a N64 game... what would the world today look like?

10 April 2006, 00:16	#27
StarEye Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Norway Age: 46 Posts: 987	Well, Squaresoft wanted to create a much bigger game, and FFVII was simply too large for the cartridges - it would have to end up on two cartridges or more. The original idea was that N64 was supposed to have a CD drive instead of being cartridge based, so Squaresoft was counting on CDs. Sony was developing that CD drive for them, and the project was called PSX. Well, Nintendo changed their minds and decided to go for cartridge, which was a blow against Sony. The contract was off, and Sony decided to make their own CD-based console instead, thus the Playstation was born. Squaresoft switched "sides" because they already had FFVII in development for a CD-based system. They converted what they had from FFVII (which is why the characters look like N64 style characters) to the Playstation, and the main FF series has been Playstation exclusive ever since. EDIT: seems my facts aren't completely right. But I know that FFVII was in development for the N64 (there was even a very early demo of some sort from it).

11 May 2006, 21:23	#30
gotmashed Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: isle of wight Age: 45 Posts: 83	ive come to understand that gaffics dont make a good game ive put my ps1 ps2 and xbox in to storage and got my amiga back out as 90% of the games have far better game play than 99% these days they seem to spend more time making them look pretty so im not holding out much hope of the ps3 beening much better but saying that ive enjoyed more games on the ps than i have the on the xbox the ff games being some

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