PSX/PS2 Gaming
PSX Gaming:
I've owned a PSX system for about 2 years and I love it.
I have:
GT2 is crazy-awesome! I don't think I'll ever reach burnout on that game....I had to make myself go to bed the first nite I played it. It betters the original Gran Turismo by a LONG shot! I think it has over 300 cars to choose from. In fact, I never even put a dent in the first version. I may sell it because I don't even need to play it anymore.
Um Jammer Lammy is OK....but still not as good as Parappa the Rapper. It gets extremely hard after a few turns though.
WuTang Shaolin Style is fun, but the last few bosses are extremely hard. I'm stuck at the 2nd to last boss...been stuck for at leas 2 months! I think I'm going to sell this game. I'm a bit disappointed. The moves kinda suck and your character cannot jump at all. I think this game was hyped up a bit too much. I think the only REALLY good thing about this game is that it includes a few audio tracks from the rap group WuTang Clan that you can actually play in an audio CD player.
CART World Series isn't all too great. I should have saved my money or spent it elsewhere.
Sports Car GT is very nice....good graphics....not on par with GT, though it models rain.
Bloody Roar is fast-paced. It's one of my favorites. It's almost like Tekken 2 but with the added fun of changing into powerbeasts.
I've just bought Jet Moto 3. Not a bad game. It's another racing game....jet motorcycles.
I intend on getting a few more sports games...maybe a football, basketball, and baseball.
I recently bought Bleem. It uses your PC to play PSX games. I tried it once with WuTang Shaolin Style...I was a bit turned off by the way you interact with Bleem and the game you are using on your PC: you have to use certain keys on the keyboard that coincides with the buttons on the PSX controller...that makes for very hard control, IMO. There should be a way you could use a PC gamepad or joystick, or even an adapter for the PSX controller! I hear that Gran Turismo and the second version of it looks VERY nice on a PC using Bleem. I'll have to try it one day.
I bought a PS2 in April 2001. It's been released here since spring of 2000! I had to wait and wait for the local PX to carry them and as soon as I saw a few, I grabbed one. I'm extremely lucky as they sold out a few hours later. I bought NBA Live 2001 for it.
A few days ago (7 August) I received my GT3 from Best Buy.com. This game is leagues better than GT2 or the original. There are less cars though. A pity, but the cars had to be licensed before being put into the game and I'm betting the makers didn't get all too much approval, which is sad. Hell, its just a game and since GT3 is touted as the most accurate console racing sim, you'd think car manufacturers would want their cars modeled in the game. Oh well.
Expect to see captured screenshots of GT3 on this page in the near future. I currently have captures of GT2 on hand somewhere on my system. I'll post those too, for comparison. I'm talking captured movies. Here's an example (4.24MB, and no sound).
Lastly, here's a link to the Playstation
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