Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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Op Intensify
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Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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I just noticed that Raiden III went up on the PS2 Classics line of PS3 download games late last year, on the US Store. I know that all these games run off of software emulation, and Sony gives a warning that they may contain graphical glitches or other inaccuracies. They're also not compatible with PS2 peripherals.

All the emulated PS1 games on PSOne Classics suffer from considerable input lag. Is it the same way with the PS2 games? Anyone know if this version of Raiden III has other problems like added slowdown or skeezy polygons?
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Re: Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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Well, since the original arcade verson of Raiden III (and Raiden IV as well) run on the Taito Type X arcade platform in high-res 480p format, I thought it was a good port for the PS2 platform. Can't say how it is running on the PS3 platform. It's still possible to play the Type X version of Raiden III on a low-res arcade monitor setup via a Sega or Capcom I/O adapter (of course, it'll be running in 480i format though at best).

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Re: Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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There's also a PC version of Raiden III...I'd assume that's the most arcade-perfect port, but it's probably a bitch to get running on 64-bit platforms.
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Re: Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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Op Intensify wrote:There's also a PC version of Raiden III...I'd assume that's the most arcade-perfect port, but it's probably a bitch to get running on 64-bit platforms.
Works on my 64-bit Windows 7 computer with no issues.
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Re: Raiden III (PS2 Classics) - emulation quality?

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That's good, I guess I'll track that down. I'm still curious about the PS2 Classics version though.
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