Dodonpachi Saidaioujou

[Faith]

Thank you very much for the replies!~

Good to know >.<"...

I was confused, because on the website, they say: "all audio including the original and arranged soundtracks have been remastered in stereo HD quality and is localized into English for the first time."

It is here: https://exa.ac/en/games/dodonpachi-true ... exa-label/

So I thought maybe the voice was also localized, but I guess this is not unexpected and can understand why, even if it is a bit of a pity.

[AGermanArtist]

I'd have done it for free with my Northern Ireland 80's terrorist voice.

[Faith]

I'd have done it for free with my Northern Ireland 80's terrorist voice.

...but...

anyone playing this for the waifu aesthetic rather than in spite of it are wanting the original voices

Now imagining Northern Ireland 80's terrorist waifu @_@"...

[AGermanArtist]

[davyK]

Just glad to hear there's another one on the forum.

[Faith]

Really need my SDOJ fix @_@"... and we haven't won the lottery yet, lol...

I saw a listing for a brand new sealed Xbox 360 version of SDOJ that will be convenient to ship to me, but I do not have and will not buy the Xbox 360.

If I buy this, will it run on Xenia?

Does anyone have experience with running SDOJ on Xenia with the latest versions and does it mostly work?

I think I still have a USB DVD drive somewhere lol, so if lets say I buy this and connect the DVD drive to my system my hope is that it will be easy and convenient to get everything running hehe.

I read somewhere that someone tried this and of course some functions that need internet did not work, but I don't think there is much recent information regarding this.

Just looking for some advice before I spend $$$ buying and shipping this because if it's a stupid idea then I will save the money!~

[Steven]

I have no idea about X360 emulation, but in any case, don't forget to get the patch for it.

That said, I think for most emulators it's probably better to dump the disc and run an image of it than to run the disc itself in the emulator using your disc drive. It's been a long time since I've messed with software emulation of game systems that use optical discs and maybe it's different now, but my abominably terrible memory seems to recall that that's how it used to be 10~15 years ago.

[AGermanArtist]

Really need my SDOJ fix @_@"... and we haven't won the lottery yet, lol...

I saw a listing for a brand new sealed Xbox 360 version of SDOJ that will be convenient to ship to me, but I do not have and will not buy the Xbox 360.

If I buy this, will it run on Xenia?

Does anyone have experience with running SDOJ on Xenia with the latest versions and does it mostly work?

Can testify the Canary version runs the ISO fine.

[spmbx]

If you have a pc capabele of running xenia why not just get a mame build that runs sdoj and play it on that?

[AGermanArtist]

Wide mode and all the other horseshit, perhaps.

[Steven]

Among other things, 360 expanded the playable ships by a massive 33.33333%. That's a lot!

Well, actually it just means Type-D is here for people that want it. It's also kind of nice to not have the completely terrible audio quality of the PCB, especially with a soundtrack this good.

[R79]

Why wouldn't you buy a 360, if you took the time to register an account on here? The machine was a STG powerhouse, and plenty of the games were even region free. Hooks up to a CRT no problem too. I'm guessing (without checking) the console can be picked up on eBay a lot cheaper than some of the Cave games for it nowadays!

I guess the days are long gone, where a hardcore JP release from Seibu ended up as an exclusive on an American device, but 15 or so years ago, that was the reality.

[AGermanArtist]

Hardware reliability issues particularly with used consoles, perhaps?

[Faith]

Can testify the Canary version runs the ISO fine.

Oki dokies!! Thank you so much for confirming!~

If you have a pc capabele of running xenia why not just get a mame build that runs sdoj and play it on that?

Well, for SDOJ I know there is a ROM, but I also know they modified it. And I also know, that modification has Garfield.

Sorry, but I really, really, hate that stupid orange cat, so no :p

Anyway, I know it is old game, but I also thought I will try and keep it legitimate for now!~

Why wouldn't you buy a 360, if you took the time to register an account on here?

O_O?! I think a bit silly to suggest making a digital forum account is same as having another piece of hardware ~_~"...

...but to answer: hubby and I don't have a lot of space; small apartment living problems, and, because of work, we prefer to be more "mobile" and have everything easy to move.

I play all my STG on my laptop, so it is all I need (my hope, anyway).

But, I am also very comfortable with my arrangement, because it has everything I need, in one easy to move package.

If I get 360, not only is it the console, if I remember even the power needs a very big brick? And I will also need a TV, or at least, a monitor to use it.

Anyway, I 100% know the appeal of 360. But I also would not be surprised if many other users here also do not own it.

[Steven]

I think that a 54% reported failure rate might be a good reason to not buy that thing. That's the reported failure rate, too, which means that in reality it's actually higher.

[AGermanArtist]

Garfield.

Was totally unaware of this. I've yet to see it.

[Steven]

Non-modified ROM is out there. I have it and have run it on MAME a few times. Don't remember where I got it, and of course the mods would kill me if I said where I got it anyway, but I do have it.

[Faith]

Hardware reliability issues particularly with used consoles, perhaps?

Haha, yes, I had a friend with 360 who changed it 3 times I think.

What is it called? Red Ring error?

I think those were earlier models, but I remember even after years he still had some problems with it.

Anyway, if I wanted to buy another hardware for STG... I would just buy Switch. Smaller, more portable, should have less hardware problems.

Switch also has SDOJ and few other STG's I would play on top of it.

But really, even that is not a top choice for me, because I really like my laptop a lot and am very comfortable with how I play my games on it @_@"... so this will always be priority.

[spmbx]

- There is a proper dump without garfield or whatever
- keeping it legal is commendable, but the game is out of print and cave or whoever will not get a cent, the outrageous price you're paying is going in some a**hole's pocket
- xbox360 is super reliable if you just get the slim model, the failure rate probably includes the first (white) models which were prone to RROD.
- xbox360 is super easy to patch and run any game on with new rgh3. There is even a softmod that doesn't require you to patch, mod, unscrew anything but just use a USB drive, the downside is it doesn't always work and you might spend an hour waiting/retrying before it hooks every time you reboot the console and want to use the softmod.

[Faith]

Garfield.

Was totally unaware of this. I've yet to see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Kd0B0YvRQ

Yes, I know, some people not a big fan of him, but easiest video for me to find example (3:30 onward).

I understand there are three ROM of SDOJ around:

1. First release, modified.

2. Someone not happy with #1, took it, and try to change it back to normal.

3. Finally, unmodified version was released later.

But I had never seen #2 & #3 anyway. But I admit, never took the super most amount of effort to look.

[sunnshiner]

- There is a proper dump without garfield or whatever
- keeping it legal is commendable, but the game is out of print and cave or whoever will not get a cent, the outrageous price you're paying is going in some a**hole's pocket
- xbox360 is super reliable if you just get the slim model, the failure rate probably includes the first (white) models which were prone to RROD.
- xbox360 is super easy to patch and run any game on with new rgh3. There is even a softmod that doesn't require you to patch, mod, unscrew anything but just use a USB drive, the downside is it doesn't always work and you might spend an hour waiting/retrying before it hooks every time you reboot the console and want to use the softmod.

All of this. I wouldn't bother buggering about with the soft mod though, just get a cheap 360 Slim and have it RGH3 modded by someone who knows what they're doing. That said, I have an RGH3-ed 360 and I still just use my PC to emulate 360 games for convenience because I can use my nice Hori XB1 controller instead of the rather tired 360 controllers I've got.