HELP me decide which PS2 game to play!!

bug · December 5, 2016, 7:42am

tbh I’m just interested in the Growlansers because of the Satoshi Urushihara bishonens

eddoe · January 1, 2017, 7:24pm

Did you ever use FMCB to play ps1 games on your ps2? I am setting things up and the comparability to most games seems pretty bad.

eddoe · January 1, 2017, 8:47pm

I am going to see if it plays Harmful Park.

eddoe · January 1, 2017, 8:49pm

What kind of hard drive are you using? I just need a suggestion that works.

meauxdal · January 1, 2017, 9:01pm

exact model i use, flawless in every way

eddoe · January 1, 2017, 9:15pm

meauxdal:

now i have like 100 games loaded onto my hard drive, taking up roughly 75% of the space; i have probably 30 more isos i could put on there, but its mostly sequels and stuff that i’m waiting to load on there until i’ve beaten the previous games in the series. were my hdd smaller (i think mine is 350 GB? it is not the stock drive that came with the adapter, just one i bought that had confirmed compatibility), that’d be a lot more appealing, but i already get overwhelmed just booting into OPL and looking at that giant list of games; having even more choice would completely immobilize me. still, it’s interesting.

answer to your question: no, i don’t know anything about that!

p.s. i do want this pretty badly. there’s a parallel-equipped ps1 sitting in my dad’s cabinet that i’m trying to use with this

Oh you replaced your internal hard drive? I have a PS2 Slim, so I think I will need a usb external hd

meauxdal · January 1, 2017, 9:32pm

you’re going to not have nearly as much luck with USB externals, as the compatibility is far, far weaker. but it’s still worth a shot!

eddoe · January 2, 2017, 6:04pm

So I think I am going to try to run PS2 games using ESR that came with my FMCB. I hear the compatibility is solid.

I spent some time looking up PS1 stuff and found out POPSTARTER has good compatability for PS2 emulation. Then I found out the PSP has near perfect PS1 emulation and is super easy if you have custom firmware installed. I am looking forward to playing Alundra on it and I will be testing Japanese games Harmful Park and LSD on it soon.

loki · January 2, 2017, 6:57pm

the first time i played hamrful park was emulated on a psp, a million or so years ago

bug · January 10, 2017, 12:26pm

Thanks for mentioning, I had no idea this existed.

I find the PS2 popstarter thing quite practical when I can’t find an eboot version, cause it’s a bit easier to convert. It’s also cool for stuff that uses peripherals like guns, or mice, or neGcons, or paddles, or fishing controllers, or flight controllers, or pachinko controllers, or whatever. Or stuff that makes heavy use of the R2 and L2 buttons. Or just simply stuff that uses analog sticks (I think you can get the left one working on a PSP Go, but still.)

It should be quite practical, in theory. I tried Hover Racing, but it doesn’t work well with popstarter u_u. I also tried some X-Com for the exclusive soundtrack and difficulty bug fix, wanting to see if I can play it with a mouse, but it stutters a lot u_u. But! Initial D works well with my UltraRacer, so that’s something, I guess.

eddoe · January 13, 2017, 5:36am

I was bummed to find out Jackie Chan Stuntmaster wouldn’t run on the PSP. Oh well, R-type Delta works and it’s amazing!

I am also planning to burn a copy of Metal Gear Solid 3 Persistence Disc 2 to play the MSX2 version of the Metal Gear games.

meauxdal · January 13, 2017, 1:09pm

oh no, that blows (the game rules) - why not?

eddoe · January 13, 2017, 4:14pm

Not really sure, the screen just goes blank after the company logo. I guess I will have to try to get it to run on POPSTARTER or buy the game. Can’t be that pricey can it?