PS2 Vertical Shooting The Best

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PS2 Vertical Shooting The Best

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Never seen this before:

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Is this actually legit or some kind of homebrew? Any good? Quite a few PS2 ports included...
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Looks like homebrew, but I'm not quite sure. I can't find it on official games listings for ps2.
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I figured, I kinda want to track down an ISO and have a look if it's actually any good, I assume it's just a launcher for the various official ports.
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Bootleg as hell.

I also just realized that I have never seen a bootleg PS2 game until now and wasn't even aware that there are PS2 bootlegs.
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Steven wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:14 pm Bootleg as hell.

I also just realized that I have never seen a bootleg PS2 game until now and wasn't even aware that there are PS2 bootlegs.
Yeah, hence my confusion.
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If you google "usagiru" you get some sort of ISO blog, so it's just some homemade compilation.
You can find the iso on Google/ archive.org
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The fact that this includes quite varied sets of developers and publishers is another clue, normally they don't "collaborate" this way :P
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I'm a big fan of "videogame folk art" such as this. I'd buy this in an instant just to have it as a weird relic.
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Did some more image searching and you can actually buy those:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235377074887

"Unofficial compilation. Quality printed personalized cover New DVD case (WARNING!! you need freemcboot or m0d chip to work) Does not work with original PS2s"

:D

So just a normal burned DVD from an homebrew ISO in a decent looking case.
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