Bonk, Star Soldier, & Adventure Island coming to US PS2

[ParanoiaDragon]

Found these listings at buy.com
http://www.buy.com/prod/bonk/q/loc/108/204713827.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/adventrue-island/q/loc/108/204713826.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/star-soldier/q/loc/108/204713828.html

Anyone think they're real??

Uh oh, they're listed at Walmart as well
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5996743
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5996757

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I wouldn't hold my breath, considering the listed publisher (Destination Software) doesn't list them under 'Coming Soon'.  Hope springs eternal though.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Indeed.  I do remember hearing about Bonk coming to Wii as well at some point, & at the same price.  But, I haven't heard anything about it lately.

[nat]

It's too bad they don't come to the US for GameCube since I refuse to buy a PS2.

[ParanoiaDragon]

You could always try n' track down the Jp GC versions, & Freeloader to boot them.  I have Star Soldier for GC.  Quite frankly, I wish they had added in more weapons, that would've been nice.  As for the PS2, they're dirt cheap these days, why not pick one up, just hatred for Sony or something?  I hate Microsoft more then anyone, but, even still, I may pick up a 360 someday, despite the fact that I absolutly want them/him to fail.

[Kitsunexus]

It's too bad they don't come to the US for GameCube since I refuse to buy a PS2.

Dude, I was the same way once, but honestly man, with all the retro stuff and generally cool Japanese-style games that are on the PS2 now, anti-PS2 mentality is stupid. Plus the new thin-style is sexy! ^____^

[nat]

I despise Micro-penis-soft over any Sony any day. I used to swear by Sony audio equipment back in the early 90s.

I got a bad taste in mouth for them after the PS1 and ruining gaming that I knew and loved with that early 3D crap that was ass-ugly. I never quite got over it. Besides, all my friends that have PS2s have had like 10 of them because they always break.

I'm not really familiar with Freeloader, but I'll look into it. I've seen the Jap GC versions available from time to time.

[Kitsunexus]

I used to swear by Sony audio equipment back in the early 90s.

Our very first CD player was Sony. It was big and black but BOY did it sound good! It also introduced me to "Rhythm's Gonna Get You", and for that I am eternally grateful (in fact the MP3 I have of that song COMES off of that CD).

[nat]

Haha, damn right. I remember my first Discman-- it was a Sony and it was chunky. But it sounded oh-so-sweet. I still have that same pair of Sony earmuffs. They sound downright delicious to this very day, even though the padding is starting to wear away.

[Kitsunexus]

Haha, damn right. I remember my first Discman-- it was a Sony and it was chunky. But it sounded oh-so-sweet. I still have that same pair of Sony earmuffs. They sound downright delicious to this very day, even though the padding is starting to wear away.

Oh no, man. This wasn't a Discman. This was a full-fledged STEREO CD player, from around when they first came out.

[ParanoiaDragon]

One good thing about the GC, is that it doesn't need to be modded or whatever like the PS2, Freeloader just boots up, & then you pop in the game, IIRC, it's like that Dreamcast Utopia disc.  I do know what you mean about early 3D....it's pretty hideous.  Some games look like they should've just waited until the tech was better.  There's one game for Saturn I used to have, called Fist something or other.  I recently saw a youtube video of it, but, I can't seem to find it now.  The game looks flat out terrible, they should've either a)waited until the Dreamcast or b)done it in 2d!

[Kitsunexus]

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn/fist.htm

I <3 IT!!! ^__^

[ParanoiaDragon]

Yup, that's the game, I couldn't take it, so I sold it years ago.

[SignOfZeta]

One good thing about the GC, is that it doesn't need to be modded or whatever like the PS2,

Nevertheless, I'd avoid the Freeloader. It "tricks" the GC into loading a JP game, where as a switch hack actually make a US GC into a JP GC, even down to the internal menus and stuff. The bid advantage to this is that with a Freeloader games that use any built-in GC font will almost certainly not display text correctly giving you a bunch of squares and question marks or whatever instead of actual Japanese text.

The other thing you need to know about GC import playing is that save files for JP and US are formated differently. You need to quarantine your saves; have all JP save cards, and all US save cards. If you don't do this certain games will insist that your memory card needs to be reformatted and you'll just say "yeah" if you can't read Japanese (or squares and question marks if you are using a Freeloader) and delete all your US saves.

With a Freeloader I'm pretty sure the cross region save thing gets even weirder.

Another reason to avoid a Freeloader: swap disks are a pain in the ass.

[nat]

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn/fist.htm

I <3 IT!!! ^__^

That looks terrible. Man, oh man.

Zeta, how tough is the GC switch mod? Have you done it?

[guyjin]

Chalk me up as someone who has never owned a playstation anything. My brother had a ps1 and ps2, but they both sucked. So badly they made me a computer gamer for a while. Then around '98 I discovered the Saturn, and it was awesome.

[SignOfZeta]

Zeta, how tough is the GC switch mod? Have you done it?

Well the schematic is as simple as you'll ever see. You just need to rig a SPST switch to be able to jumper two points on the mainboard. The only problem is that the solder points are really really *really* small. You have to be more careful and precise than with any other console mod I know of, but you only need to solder in two wires. Give and take.

The inside of a Cube is pure design succinctness, btw. The exact opposite of something like a Saturn. More like a PCE core.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I only have Star Soldier, so, this stuff is all new to me.  If I had more games import games to play, then I may have a problem.