Gunbird - Europe

Post by **system11** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:07 pm

It seems that on Friday the PS2 Gunbird pack will be released in Europe, might be interesting to people who don't/can't import.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:42 am

You can order it from the official website

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:10 pm

Mine copy shipped today. I'll post impressions and crucial details such as 60hz /tate options as soon as it arrives.

Post by **Ghegs** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:18 pm

My copy shipped as well. I won't be getting it until Tuesday thanks to the holidays, though.

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:17 pm

Picked up a copy yesterday.

Its spot on, they run in 60HZ and they all have TATE

Another quality conversion from Xplosive, shame that the Midas strikers versions was so poor.

The only downer is that the loading is noticable on Gunbird 2, compared to teh Dreamcast version, and there is slowdown on the PS2 one (2 player TATE) which Ive never experienced on teh DC one. However these are really quite minor niggles for such a bargin price.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:09 pm

Very good price, good conversion...It's a must buy!

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:32 pm

So, Gunbird's finally in English or what?

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:10 pm

Well, yup its in english..

Dont expect it to make much sense..

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:39 am

I'm mainly interested in what they did for Ash and Tetsuo's ending

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:30 am

PS2 Gunbird 2 seems to output in a resolution and refresh rate frequency much like Gunbird 1. i.e. like a PS1 game, not like a PS2 game. This is relevant for some TFT screens or VGA adapters which may balk at the older resolution/frequency combo.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:01 pm

Okay, I got it. it's well, nice, I'd say. You can select 60hz at the beginning, and also center the screen better.

Each game comes with sound test, random stages on/off and three screen ratio: ultra small yoko (hard for eyes), expanded fat yoko (horrible), and tate (recommended). No "wobble" yoko.

You can customize controls but there's no possibility to reverse controls for playing in tateyoko mode.

Backgrounds show some flickers when playing yoko, especially Gunbird. Loading times are bearable.

The major gripe I'll hear from this package is that there is no memory card support at all. The games still have their high score tables, but you can't save them or the settings. This is a shame, since I remember Psyvariar CE offered lots of customization and even saved replays... I don't know to what extent this reflects the japanese releases, though.

Ah, of course it's cd-rom media.

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:46 pm

Turrican wrote:The major gripe I'll hear from this package is that there is no memory card support at all. The games still have their high score tables, but you can't save them or the settings. This is a shame, since I remember Psyvariar CE offered lots of customization and even saved replays... I don't know to what extent this reflects the japanese releases, though.

*groan*

I didn't get my copy yet, but that's a bit of a downer. The JPN version saved high-scores and all the other settings. It's not that big a deal, writing scores down is easy if you want to keep them, but it's still rather silly to leave memory card support out.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:34 pm

My copy is coming...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:56 pm

Turrican wrote:tateyoko mode.

Hmm, that sounds like a prime candidate for me to steal for the glossary...mind if I swipe it?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:16 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
Turrican wrote:tateyoko mode.
Hmm, that sounds like a prime candidate for me to steal for the glossary...mind if I swipe it?

Sure, but you're not stealing from me. You'll find the word in Psx Dodonpachi iirc.