I never had these problems, theres loads of places where you can buy VII again, or get another PS2 dirt cheap
And VII will never die;)
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I never had these problems, theres loads of places where you can buy VII again, or get another PS2 dirt cheap
And VII will never die;)
My PS2 still reads the discs, but sometimes on disc 3, you can't see Cloud on the world map... so you don't really know where you're going, lol.
Ah just had a very lucky find on Saturday. FFVII in a junk shop in Portsmouth for £5- and in good condition too! I've just reached Mt Korel!
If you're getting a PS3 you might not have to replace your game n.n
Some of them don't play PS2 games, though o_o
My PS2 had issues reading PSX games for a while, but I got the new slim one, and it reads them fine. Also, I couldn't change discs on the old PS2, because when you'd open the disc thing it would practically reset the system. Obviously, that was a big problem for any PSX generation Final Fantasy. Once again, however, the slim one solved that problem.
Ooh, that is a lucky find! :) Glad you found it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by footem
The PS3 has a lot of backwards compatibility problems with most PS1 and PS2 games. I haven't had any serious issues playing FF7 on my PS3, though. I noticed some sound effects change, but that's ok.
Many gamers find that they are having to turn to emulation to keep archival copies of their aging games. I anticipate that video game companies will attempt to cash in on this by offering emulation services of older games of their own; as you can see, Nintendo has gotten the ball rolling with its Virtual Console, but the legalities involved with some older titles can slow the process down.
I got a PS3 for Christmas, so no more problems there. The sad part is, I've done everything on the game now. I even beat both weapons! I love my PS3.
Assuming you do actually own the licensed game, I'm sure you could... you know... we're probably not allowed to spell it out on here even if it's legal for you personally.
That said, I've seen it brand new for a normal price quite recently... ok the original version is quite rare and expensive but you can still get Platinum, and the only difference is the jewel case label. This was the PAL version, but surely the American version must be more popular and thus widely available?
The barrier for me (affecting VIII and IX too) was my TV. I upgraded to an LCD, and although it works for PS2 games, PS1 games get this horrible flicker whether I use scart or composite or s-video or even RF. I was gutted. Emulators always sucked and didn't provide an authentic PS experience. The PC version sucked, too, and again... not the same experience.
Then I found pSX for Windows. An emulator that doesn't glitch, provides a real authentic experience (ok, flame and wind sounds aren't 100% perfect but they sounded weird in the original too.. it's just a different version of weird) and can even be fast forwarded. With a PSX-USB adapter added, I rejoiced once more :) If anything it's too authentic.... I'd honestly forgotten in the time I hadn't played it, how much the graphics had moved on since. I had to borrow a TV just to prove that the graphics really were that poor and that it wasn't the emulator!
Far better than that one with all the graphics plugins where you have to get all the correct settings etc. I don't even want the enhanced redrawn graphics from Pete's OpenGL or whatever it was, I wanted the original raggedy thing I grew up with :) pSX is just the ticket.
T.T i have the exact same problem....*sniff sniff* i guess the only option would be to get a new PS2 now...or get the one i have fixed but i have no clue how to :S so many parts ...i could get a ps3 but i cant afford one TT_TT
I play mine on the slim as well. But the screen continuously fidgets up-and-down 1mm. It's slightly annoying until you... force yourself to get used to it. I suppose I could unpack my PS1 but I'm lazy and that seems like a lot of work just to play one game. I've also played it on different TV's so I know it's not my television that's the problem.
I know we can't find it anywhere around here...
It's possible it's not the game but the PS2, I had trouble getting mine to play any PS1 disc, and eventually PS2 games began to slow down. If that's the case here, it could be that your PS2 is on it's last legs... And I think we can all agree, that's preferable to FFVII dying, lol
Emulation:
Legal if you own both the original game & console
Buy a copy, I am for 20$