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TalbainEric

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"How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 14:33

Seems to be here,judging by the discussions and threads,a lot of people here import or have modded PS2's,DC's,etc. (heh,half of the games mentioned here I've never heard of before)

Who all here imports?

I personally have only done it once. And that was with CvS2 2 years ago. I still remember asking my friend for the CD that lets you play import games instead of having to mod my DC.

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iggy

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 14:48

I only had japanese consoles since the SFC, so I import without modding my consoles. I can't remember the last time I bought a non-japanese game.
Yes, I'm a 1337. And I love U:SaGa.

Altimus
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Rare Customer

"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 14:58

I originally modded my Ps2 for Silent Hill 3. Then I got SCII, GGX2#R, and that Naruto game. Next on the list is Forbidden Siren.

Radish

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 15:04

quote:
I only had japanese consoles since the SFC, so I import without modding my consoles. I can't remember the last time I bought a non-japanese game.
Yes, I'm a 1337. And I love U:SaGa.

I'm not cool like Iggy so I have to buy cheap Taiwanese gadgets that let me play import games.

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OmegaDog

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 15:04

I don't actually import all that often, though I do have some titles here and there: Six (of twelve) Saturn games, three or four for Dreamcast, 1 for N64, and 1 for SFC/SNES.

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Dr Baghead

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 15:06

quote:
Seems to be here,judging by the discussions and threads,a lot of people here import or have modded PS2's,DC's,etc. (heh,half of the games mentioned here I've never heard of before)

Who all here imports?

I personally have only done it once. And that was with CvS2 2 years ago. I still remember asking my friend for the CD that lets you play import games instead of having to mod my DC.

I quit importanting after KoF2k, all the games worth playing find their over here if I wait 3 months and if they don't oh well, not like I can read Japanese anyway.

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Luisinan

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 15:17

quote:

Related note: Buy-Rite, you can kiss my shinny metal ass! UPS settled that claim months ago so just give me my 70 f**king dollars in store credit NOW!

Yeah, everyone hates Buy-Rite. Ya musta got the memo after you ordered from them. And for me, its all about NCSX.

Funny story, only thing I ever imported was DC CvS2. So, I was impatiently waiting and then surprise. It arrives. And I totally forgot that my DC wasn't modded and I didn't have a boot disk. Well, I spent the entire day scouring the internet for the utopia boot disk. I burned it and was able to play CvS2 that night.

Okay, the cool part is that I burned the boot disk using a Mac. All of the cool hacks are found on Windows, so I thought I was pretty cool for being able to make the boot disk on my Mac.

Afterwards I bought a gameshark anyway, because the boot disk doesn't work with VGA boxes.

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Hungrywolf

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"Re(3):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 15:33

CvS2 is the only thing I've imported. I tried to import Naruto for the GCN through a store in Augusta that had imports but they never ordered it (I'm still pissed about it). I plan on ordering the 2nd Naruto game for GCN.

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Marcel van der List
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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 17:05

Hi,

I import like crazy, soft- and hardware. Japanese PS2, Japanese Xbox (limited), Panasonic Q for modded GameCube (regio free dvd and NTSC games) and two Dreamcast's (USA modded and Japan). Furthermore a modded PS2 (USA games plus when Japanese PS2 is in use) and a PAL PS2 (for online use). Two PAL Xbox's (modded and for Live). And of course a PAL GameCube.

Games like Tekki (Steel Battalion), Soul Calibur 2, Hyper Street Fighter 2, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Donkey Konga and many many more I import. I just do not wanna wait for a PAL release:) And if there's a limited or special version of a game, I gotta have it. Onimusha's 3 Soul Controller is on it's way:P.

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 17:41

quote:
Gotta love being a freelance gamesjournalist:)

Freelance... That word has such a nice ring to it. XD

For my part currenty I'm playing almost only import games; It's damn expensive to import something to this crappy country but it's damn worth it (considering how the 'official stores' charge for about 300% of the games price if you want to get an american release)... And many of the games I play are only available in japan anyway ;P

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Rugalbernstein

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 17:58

I import the majority of my stuff, but not all. We'll say 80%/20%..

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talbaineric

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 18:29

Seems a lot of people had CvS2 fever at the time. I know I did. I thought it would never come to the US for some reason,so I just did it.

And yeah,Utopia is what my friend sent me to boot up CvS2.

I remember how happy I was to finally experience that game. Then a few months later,BAM! Comes out on the PS2,and I was like WTF?

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Luisinan

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"Re(3):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 18:41

quote:
Seems a lot of people had CvS2 fever at the time. I know I did. I thought it would never come to the US for some reason,so I just did it.

And yeah,Utopia is what my friend sent me to boot up CvS2.

I remember how happy I was to finally experience that game. Then a few months later,BAM! Comes out on the PS2,and I was like WTF?

Yeah, but the DC version was superior to the PS2 version. The only good thing about the PS2 version was that it was in English. Not that the DC version was VASTLY superior, but it was better (no load times, VGA output, less glitches).

I don't own a PS2, but if I did, I still woulda gone with the DC version anyway.

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Hungrywolf

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"Re(4):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 19:20

quote:
Seems a lot of people had CvS2 fever at the time. I know I did. I thought it would never come to the US for some reason,so I just did it.

And yeah,Utopia is what my friend sent me to boot up CvS2.

I remember how happy I was to finally experience that game. Then a few months later,BAM! Comes out on the PS2,and I was like WTF?

Yeah, but the DC version was superior to the PS2 version. The only good thing about the PS2 version was that it was in English. Not that the DC version was VASTLY superior, but it was better (no load times, VGA output, less glitches).

I don't own a PS2, but if I did, I still woulda gone with the DC version anyway.

I agree that the DC version is better than the PS2 ver. I like the GCN ver. but I am very glad I have the DC one. I'll eventually buy it on GCN so I can have it in english.

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Ammadeau

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"Re(5):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 21:16

I've been importing since Vampire Chonicles for the DC and I'd say my games are a 50/50 split, though I'm currently waiting on two imports and have two imports on order (including Phantom Brave! Woo!).

hikarutilmitt
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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 22:00

I flip-topped my PS2 and have the cogswap loader installed just for imports. Hell, I had to buy a copy of Xenosaga to boot Sakura Taisen, but at least it works. Other times I just use the Swap Magic discs (Ps2 games) and my PSone GameShark (for PSone game loading).

I've got about 4 PS2 imports, 12 or 13 PSone imports and a Saturn import (VF Kids! woohoo).

Gen

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Tue 13 Jan 22:51

A large portion of the games I buy are imported. I'd bet most of the posters here have imported a number of games. Next up are the Japanese versions of some KoFs I didn't pick up yet, and some shooters.

Undead Fred

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 02:09

quote:
Seems to be here,judging by the discussions and threads,a lot of people here import or have modded PS2's,DC's,etc. (heh,half of the games mentioned here I've never heard of before)

Who all here imports?

I personally have only done it once. And that was with CvS2 2 years ago. I still remember asking my friend for the CD that lets you play import games instead of having to mod my DC.

Personally, I don't have any intention to import pretty much anything just because I can't read a word of Japanese (although I can recognize "ten" and that's it). I like knowing what everyone's saying. Heh heh.

I had a friend a few years ago that modded his PS2 just so he could download games, though. He did the "rip the front of the disc drive off trick" or whatever it was. Personally, all "I want to support the game makers" arguments aside, I wouldn't want to wreck my PS2 doing that. Plus, I really do want to support the good games out there. But that's a whole different topic.

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Time Mage

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 03:38

I've only imported two games in my life: FFT for the PSX (Although I played it with a copy a lot, I wanted it original, and since It didn't ever reached Europe...), and Conker's Bad Fur Day for the N64, since they didn't distributed it in Spain, and I had to buy it in the UK.

But I usually wait for the games to come here, and if they don't, I usually download a ROM, or get a CD copy. That's the only way I've been able to play many games that distributors didn't ever bothered to publish in Europe, specially A LOT of good RPG's (FFT, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, etc...).

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ShadowSonic
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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 04:38

I imported CvS2 and GGX for Dreamcast, and Sonic Heroes for PS2.

Then again, Singapore PS2s are already NTSC|J so maybe the last doesn't count :p

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Burning Kyo

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 05:24:

Since "my" 1st "true" console, the Megadrive (Genesis), I've started to play import games. The 1st one was Street of Rage 1. At the time, I don't even know there's many "zones" for the consoles.
I've seen the SoRs (a lot of them was EU games, but there's few JP version too) in the window of the shop, the japanese cover was really cooler than the european one ; so I choose the japanese version.
And thanks to the kind shop assistant (who explain me all the stuffs to know about the "zones"), I fell in import games.

And since :
- Megadrive (fr. version + adapter) & Super Famicom (fr. version + adapter) = 50% of my games were japanese
- Saturn (fr. version + adapter) = 98% of my games were japanese
- Dreamcast (jp. version) = 100% of my games were japanese
- PS2 (fr. version moded) = 80% of my games were japanese

Buying a japanese console for a kid was a heavy invesment, that's why I've got my 1st japanese console with the Dreamcast.

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StickClick
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"Re(6):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 06:21

quote:
I've been importing since Vampire Chonicles for the DC

Same here, heh. Good times.

I haven't bought a domestic game in... maybe 1.5 years or more.

Lately I haven't been buying much of anything, though... Border Down LE [Dreamcast] was the most recent.

I'm not really in the gaming groove lately.

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Radish

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 07:29:

quote:
Seems to be here,judging by the discussions and threads,a lot of people here import or have modded PS2's,DC's,etc. (heh,half of the games mentioned here I've never heard of before)

Who all here imports?

I personally have only done it once. And that was with CvS2 2 years ago. I still remember asking my friend for the CD that lets you play import games instead of having to mod my DC.
Personally, I don't have any intention to import pretty much anything just because I can't read a word of Japanese (although I can recognize "ten" and that's it). I like knowing what everyone's saying. Heh heh.

I had a friend a few years ago that modded his PS2 just so he could download games, though. He did the "rip the front of the disc drive off trick" or whatever it was. Personally, all "I want to support the game makers" arguments aside, I wouldn't want to wreck my PS2 doing that. Plus, I really do want to support the good games out there. But that's a whole different topic.

Yeah, a lot of time when I want to import something, it get's announced for US release anyway and then I just wait for it in English. Most of the time if a game is halfway decent it'll get picked up by somebody and I don't mind waiting.

I don't have a PS2 capable of playing imports but if I did, the only games right now I'm interested in that aren't coming to the US at some point are Tokimeki Memorial 3/Girl Side, Shin Megami Tensei 3 (I guess there's still SOME hope left for this one) and the Sakura Taisen series.

[this message was edited by Radish on Wed 14 Jan 07:33]

Ishmael

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"Re(3):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 09:05

I realized I had crossed some sort of line when I had more than one game console up and running and was importing games. Since lately a number of games have been making it to the states in a somewhat timely manner -and haven't been a total mess when they've gotten here- I haven't imported much recently but I'm sure I'll be back to doing the import thing sooner or later.

OYashiroForever

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"Re(1):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 10:52

quote:
Who all here imports?

Hmm... I've been importing since the 16-bit era, but I didn't get in to it heavily until the Saturn/PSX. When I had two paying jobs and could afford all this crap, I probably had more imports than I did domestic games. These days, I rarely ever buy imports (save for DC shooters/fighting games). Anywho... I have/had a Japanese:

- SFC
- Saturn
- PSX
- PS2
- Duo

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Kikkoken

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"Re(2):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 11:03

I had my SFC modded (how wonderful it was to play Garou Desentsu Special a few weeks after its Japanese release). And I have always imported a lot for my gameboy systems.

Ryo Yamazaki
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"Re(3):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 11:18

Yup I'm a big importer. As I live in the uk and pal ps2 games suck nuts I have to import jap/usa (though mostly jap). I dont have this problem with the gamecube luckily (though pal ikaruga sucks so i brought the us vers)

Like the freelance gaming journo (lucky you!) I'm a sucker for collectibles even though I'm not really a games collector perse. I have the limited edition GGX Plus on P2 (the chain broke and I lost the sol badguys sword *DOH!*), I'm waiting for my Korean GGXX #Reload limited edition to arrive, and I think I'm going to invest in the HYSF 15th anniversary and VF 10th anniversary packages.

Kikkoken

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"Re(4):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 11:56

quote:
Yup I'm a big importer. As I live in the uk and pal ps2 games suck nuts I have to import jap/usa (though mostly jap). I dont have this problem with the gamecube luckily (though pal ikaruga sucks so i brought the us vers)

What's wrong with Pal Ikaruga? Can't you choose a 60Htz game by pressing B at start up?

exodus

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"Re(5):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 14:48

quote:

What's wrong with Pal Ikaruga? Can't you choose a 60Htz game by pressing B at start up?

there are a lot of glitches in it.

anyway, I import like a bastard. got 600+ games, and of those, probably 500 are japanese. feh. I don't like waiting for shit.

Ammadeau

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"Re(6):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 20:35

My latest import shipment finally arrived. It was direct from Japan so customs decided they needed to peek at it... again and delay it for like a week.

I need to start labeling these things 'kiddie porn' so they'll stop being curious and deliver on time.

Henaki
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"Re(7):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 21:12

The real question is

How many here don't import.
I may only have one import game, but I'm too poor to actually afford it on a regular basis, otherwise I'd have about 10 more games for PS2 :/

Have:
Guilty Gear XX #R (Korean version)

Want:
Naruto: Narutimate Hero
One Piece Grand Battle 3
Beatmania IIDX, whatever the hell the latest actual released mix for PS2 is.

and I'd have imported certain games earlier (GGXX for example).

So...how about those...things....

exodus

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"Re(8):How many here import?" , posted Wed 14 Jan 23:03

quote:
How many here don't import.

hell, that's true. the freaking website we're posting on is written from japan, for chrissake.

EddyT
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"Re(9):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 00:43

Haven't imported anyone since the Dreamcast days... but I'd love to get my hands on those Famicom remakes they're doing for GBA SP in Japan. You know, the ports of games like Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda. It'd be nice if Nintendo USA brought those games here, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen.

I kinda wish there was an NES renaissance of sorts on the GBA... I'd definitely support it.

exodus

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"Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 01:10

quote:
Haven't imported anyone since the Dreamcast days...

yeah, I know the feeling. mail order brides are just too damned expensive.

Ammadeau

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"Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 03:15

quote:
I kinda wish there was an NES renaissance of sorts on the GBA... I'd definitely support it.

They're $20 each. Are you really sure you want ancient games you've played to death for that price?

Ryo Yamazaki
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"Re(5):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 08:57

quote:

What's wrong with Pal Ikaruga? Can't you choose a 60Htz game by pressing B at start up?

Hmm, I dont know if you can do that. I rejected pal ikuruga on the basis of no 60hz and the box art being ass

emeraldazn
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"Re(6):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 12:20

Only thing I import was the chrono cross soundtrack..never gonna import games, never will.

Henaki
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"Re(7):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 13:20

I honestly think the NES remakes are a scheme to stop emulation of popular NES games AND to make a quick buck.

Remember: It's not dead if you revive it :P

So...how about those...things....

DKW
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"Re(8):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 13:53

First post-16 bit games I ever played were all imported. This cheapo Japanese PSX my dad brought back from a trip (a few other relatives had one as well). About a year later, we got a modded system, and there was no turning back.

On to a modded Dreamcast, inspired by my sudden Pop'n Music kick, and it's never let me down. (The store guy was actually surprised that I wanted a Gameshark as well, since who uses a Gameshark for anything other than playing imports?)

And now the PS2. Of course, my original cheapo modded system (bought by, you guessed it, dad) was fried after I tried to use the multitap on it, so I had to pay for my own system and chip. It'll be back sometime next week.

Surprisingly, modchipping has always been one of the smallest hassles I had with any system, mainly because Toys 'n Joys has always been so reliable. I always have a vastly harder time finding certain games, finding certain peripherals, getting version x.x of this to work on x.x of that, etc.

As for the actual games, Bemani makes up the bulk of it, but I'm thinking of branching out.

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Mosquiton

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"Re(9):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 16:18

I used to import fairly regularly, and unlike most people I had pretty decent experiences with BuyRite (though I used NSX too). I got a squishy foam Kobun with 'Tron ni Kobun'... which someone fucking stole when I was living in a rented room in someone's apartment during my days of relative poverty... and the Valkyrie Profile collector's edition with calendar and pocket watch they sent came through just fine. Come to think of it, where is that watch?

Ah, here it is. I should remember "Should defy the divine destiny of the destinies" in this auspicious new year... but I should do so without carrying this watch out in public. A Toronto winter would probably kill it, anyway.

But now I have rent to worry about, plus I get too many betas and early copies to pre/review that I can't even play every great game that hits my region. We North American's have it good indeed these days.

/ / /

talbaineric

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"Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 18:42

I used NCSX to import CvS2. But I haven't found nothing of interest since then that I wanna import.

At least not when I have soon-to-be classics like Jak 2 and Ratchet and Clank 2 in my growing PS2 gaming library.

*cherishes his gaming library*

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"Re(2):Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Thu 15 Jan 22:36

quote:

At least not when I have soon-to-be classics like Jak 2 and Ratchet and Clank 2 in my growing PS2 gaming library.

I guess the requirements for a game to be a classic have dropped dramatically.

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Ammadeau

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"Re(3):Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Fri 16 Jan 06:12

quote:
I guess the requirements for a game to be a classic have dropped dramatically.

Through the floor and into the basement with all those copies of Superman 64 are hidden.

Rugalbernstein

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"Re(4):Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Fri 16 Jan 08:13

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Through the floor and into the basement with all those copies of Superman 64 are hidden.

Better hope the U.S. Government doesn't find out they're down there... WMD!!

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"Re(5):Re(10):How many here import?" , posted Fri 16 Jan 08:30:

I've bought too many Japanese games... and if CPS2 green boards count, I'm a criminal. Threw away so much money before I learned restraint. Moral of the story? DON'T BE LIKE ME.

I hesitate to call them imports, because if you say that to someone in Europe, that seems to usually mean anything NTSC, from America or Asia.

Places like The Rage and NCSX seem like dealers to me, now. PC Genjin tells me I need my fix. He says "pop some more imports, import-head."

He also tells me to hit my head against to wall, to build up a callous.

- Ven

P.S. Me and a few others have come to the general consensus that Grand Battle 3! is no Grand Battle 2!. It's lost a lot of its homebrewy Ganbarion charm, and playing VS mode never seems fun. But I keep thinking it was worth the money just to see the supers... and nothing tops Enel's. "omoshiroi mono misete yarou... RAAAAIGOOOOOU". As a game, it lacks, but as a source of eye candy, it succeeds. Just my opinion, of course. May write a formal review, soon.

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