The PS2 port of Ibara is getting expensive and hard to find.

Milkgoat · Post by **Milkgoat** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:12 am

Should I get it before it gets even harder to find? With my graduation coming up, I should have more than enough to get it. Or should I spend the money on other ps2 shmups? I have also had my eye on DDP DOJ, ESPgaluda, and Mushi for a while.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:38 am

It's a really fun game, just go ahead and buy it. They aren't printing it anymore, so it's definitely not ever going to get any easier to find...

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:45 am

Heh good idea posting this thread, you probably just sparked some interest of lurkers without the game.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:46 am

Ibara thread

There is some at Play-Asia. There is discussion in the above thread.

I am feel that this title may be hard to find before long and will not see shock if it is to sell for $100.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:49 am

I just ordered an Ibara PCB, and it's because of this thread. Thank you for making me spend three hundred dollars on one more thing that I don't need

Milkgoat · Post by **Milkgoat** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:51 am

Lol, any time! Have fun with it.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:52 am

PCB is ten times better than the PS2 port.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:56 am

Milkgoat wrote:Should I get it before it gets even harder to find? With my graduation coming up, I should have more than enough to get it. Or should I spend the money on other ps2 shmups? I have also had my eye on DDP DOJ, ESPgaluda, and Mushi for a while.

If you are dedicated console person

than any of the above titles will do.

The highbrows will shit all over Ibara and Mushi but they are fine games I am not cool enough to play PCB but what ever.

All are good games. Ibara is getting hard to find. Mushi is have "the best" re-release so easy and cheap to find. Arika games are seem to be in well supply - but shop around for those two. They can be had for better price with patience.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:36 am

Get 2 of Ibara then burn one so it becomes more rare!!!! .....and you'll still have one!!!

ktownhero · Post by **ktownhero** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:58 am

What's so bad about the PS2 port?

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:02 am

ktownhero wrote:What's so bad about the PS2 port?

The thing is I can't know

I am not highbrow enough to play a pcb of the game.

The game is perfectly fine for folks like myself. Some people are pure anal about some things and thus the 'port' to the PlayStation 2 is 'broken' when compare to 'original' material.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:09 am

ktownhero wrote:What's so bad about the PS2 port?

Different bullet patterns (from memory).

More slowdown than PCB.

Filtered graphics (everything looks blurrrrrry).

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:10 am

ktownhero wrote:What's so bad about the PS2 port?

The same game costed some other sucker $500-$1000 more than what you paid.

*...and what Fighter 17 said.

Is the port harder or easier than the PCB because of this? Just curious....If the port is the harder one i'd think i'd be much better off conquering that one.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:10 am

I just wanted to let everybody know that I'm a better person than Sonic R. I play pcb's

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:12 am

Fighter17 wrote:More slowdown than PCB.

I thought there was supposed to be less.

Filtered graphics (everything looks blurrrrrry).

I think Dave K. posted side-by-side pictures for comparison some time back...there is a difference, but not enough for me personally to make a big deal about it, I still think the game looks good (and more importantly the [playability isn't affected at all).

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:13 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
Fighter17 wrote:More slowdown than PCB.
I thought there was supposed to be less.

Nope.

Even Cave can't port games their own games well.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:16 am

I coulda sworn that a bunch of people said that there was less slowdown on the port than on the PCB - the same complaint was made about the Mushi port.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:19 am

BulletMagnet wrote:I coulda sworn that a bunch of people said that there was less slowdown on the port than on the PCB - the same complaint was made about the Mushi port.

Mushi - More slowdown, especially in Arrange, and not the nice gradual type either. The really annoying stuttery type.

Ibara - Virtually no slowdown at all. Very noticeable during usually slowdown-ridden parts such as the st3 triple train section, or during hadou milking with Kasumi and Teresa.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed May 16, 2007 3:20 am

Fighter17 wrote:
ktownhero wrote:What's so bad about the PS2 port?
Different bullet patterns (from memory).

More slowdown than PCB.

Filtered graphics (everything looks blurrrrrry).

as i recall, you dont own the PCB...as i recall, you dont own any pcb's

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:04 am

Has Fighter17 played either PS2 or PCB versions?

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:09 am

iatneH wrote:Has Fighter17 played either PS2 or PCB versions?

hahaha, nope.
Just more regurgitation of what others have said to feel like one of the big boys.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:11 am

I wish I was a big boy

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:15 am

I've never played an Ibara PCB but I can confirm that the PS2 has no slowdown whatsoever. What ever slowdown there was in this game, it was 100% eliminated as the game never hiccups. A shame too, as I could benefit from some...

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:26 am

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP wrote:
Fighter17 wrote:
ktownhero wrote:What's so bad about the PS2 port?
Different bullet patterns (from memory).

More slowdown than PCB.

Filtered graphics (everything looks blurrrrrry).
as i recall, you dont own the PCB...as i recall, you dont own any pcb's

Card Pulled....

Post by **Dave_K.** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:37 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
Fighter17 wrote:
Filtered graphics (everything looks blurrrrrry).
I think Dave K. posted side-by-side pictures for comparison some time back...there is a difference, but not enough for me personally to make a big deal about it, I still think the game looks good (and more importantly the [playability isn't affected at all).

Yep, interlaced picture on the PS2 port v.s. non-interlaced on the PCB means some graphic shearing during high motion sequences, and of course a slight blur due to the field merging. I agree with BulletMagnet, if you are playing on a regular TV, its not a big deal. The gameplay is whats important, and is completely awsome. I own both PCB and port, due to the ps2 practice options and arrange mode.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:23 am

Wow... 40 minute difference but I swear I didn't see PPPP's post before I made mine...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:45 am

Icarus wrote:Mushi - More slowdown, especially in Arrange, and not the nice gradual type either. The really annoying stuttery type.

Play Maniac... stage 3 & 5 particularly. The litle slowdown that is there is the stutter type, but there is far less than found on the PCB.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:08 am

shinsage wrote:
iatneH wrote:Has Fighter17 played either PS2 or PCB versions?
hahaha, nope.
Just more regurgitation of what others have said to feel like one of the big boys.

I played the PS2 version before. Looked so bad with the filtered graphics I said "screw it" and didn't touch it again. Well at least it was a cough backup cough. Then again that could explain some extra slowdown in certain areas. Or could it be that my PS2 is about to fall apart.

They are more than enough videos of Ibara from the PCB version to make a point.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:27 am

Maybe you shouldn't give advice about games you don't own and haven't played (more than once).

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:28 am

Ceph wrote:Maybe you shouldn't give advice about games you don't own and haven't played (more than once).

I played it many times to make a point (hey, I was trying to see if it was worth the $60+ at the time of release).

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