• 12Jul 12

  Super-Excitement

  I just recieved the Lara Croft - Tomb Raider game as well as the Abe's Exodus PS1 game that I purchased on ebay a few days ago.
  
  I also need to go to the post office to collect a parcel which I ampretty sure will be Crash Bandicoot.
  
  So much awesomeness. I whish I could play more than one game at a time.
  • Posted Jul 12, 2012 9:00 pm GMT
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• 20Apr 12

  Graphic Relevance

  Yesterday, my mate brought me over his PS1, and after much frustration, I CAN NOW PLAY PS1 GAMES AGAIN!
  
  As I tested all of my favourite games; Spyro, Abe's Oddysee, Gran Turismo, etc. I began to wonder about how graphics affect a game.
  
  \Whilst I don't own a PS3, I have played one a fair bit, and the graphics amaze me, but do they add anything to the game?
  
  The way I see it, as long as the graphics are sharp and detailed enough that the game is efficient and not confusing or hard as a result of poor visual splendour, do grahics really matter?
  
  If I were forced to pick a game that gave me more enjoyment than any other, I would not pick MHF2U, despite its beautiful environments, or GT5 despite it's ridiculously realistic graphics. No, I would pick Spyro The Dragon (The first one for the PS1).
  So does that mean that once the initial wow factor of super-realistic special effects, CGI and 'graphics' wears off, as long as it is not a hindrance, graphics don't really matter anymore?
  • Posted Apr 20, 2012 8:07 pm GMT
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• 9Apr 12

  PlayStation 1

  So, my PS2 stopped playing PS1 games all of a sudden.
  
  This made me extremely angry, as my PS1 broke a few years ago, and I don't have the money to buy a PS3. Because of my hunger for PS1 games, however, I decided to look on EBay to see if there were any PS1's for sale. There were; heaps of them. So guess how much money you have to spend to get a PS1 with 2 Dual-Shock controllers, a memory card, a game and the necessary cables? $10. Postage and handling was $12! That's more than the PS1! But wait, it gets better.
  
  Whilst at a friends place playing the PS3 (JEALOUS), I brought over my PS1 games, a few of which we played. We got on to the previously mentioned topic. One of my mates said that they had a PS1 that he had played less then 10 times as they never had a memory card and could not be bothered getting one. He said I could have it... FOR FREE. I think I'll buy him a box of Coke...
  
  The only problem is it will take about a week to get it out of storage, which would not have been a problem had I not JUST played Abe's Oddysee and JUST downloaded the Spyro soundtrack. The nostalgia beckons me to play. But I'm sure I can wait 1 week for a free, basically brand new PS1. Life is good.
  • Posted Apr 9, 2012 6:13 pm GMT
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