PC-FX Tome of Obey

JoshTurboTrollX · 09/10/2011, 08:19 AM

Quote from: Mathius on 09/10/2011, 02:39 AMForgive me, but what is the site address? Unless I missed it I didn't see any link in this thread, and I didn't see any links on the Atherbyte website.

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 02/28/2011, 11:18 PMhttp://www.pcfxtoo.com/

in 48 hours or less (propagation!), shit will get real.

It was like the 4th or 5th post in this thread. Really should be included in the first post. ;)

Arkhan Asylum · 09/12/2011, 12:30 AM

lol.

well, things are coming along still. I've been sick all week and school just started so I've been shifting gears a bit.

fuck headcolds.

Arkhan Asylum · 12/14/2011, 12:18 AM

hey guess what!

Tomorrow is my last final. Once I am done with that, PCFXTOO will be worked on moar.

It shouldn't take very long at all to at least get a page for each game up, sans screenies.

Once each page is live however, it will be PCEngine.co.uk style.

I can slowly add screenies and shit as I go. or users can submit. Getting the boxart + game info up has become my new goal. It makes the most sense to put up the stats for the game, and a brief overview.

Once that is done, the next plan is the hardware page.

Hopefully the recent PCFX homebrew stuff can help that page have a better bit of info about the internals.

\o/

Filler · 12/14/2011, 09:26 PM

Awesome! Grats on the exams. Can't wait to see more on PCFXTOO...too.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/16/2012, 09:53 AM

When I get in tonight, I will be updating PCFXTOO a bit. I've got the stuff ready to be uploaded but fell asleep at the keys before I did it, lol.

About half of the games will have their information page, sans images. It won't take more than a few days to get every game completed and posted up.

Once they're all up, I will probably toss images up every couple days, and give an update here so everyone can go look and be excited in the pants.

Once the ENTIRE game list is up (sans images/crap), I'm going to start the hardware information page too. I feel that is more important than images for all the games.

I will also be stealing the reviews at PCFX World (Aaron gave permission), so I will basically copy-paste the content in full and put it on PCFXTOO as well.

What I want to know is if anyone wants to make videos that can be posted on the PCFXTOO youtube, and embedded on the site. I am really piss-poor at videos, and feel someone else would produce way better videos than I will.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/17/2012, 12:24 AM

Screw it. No one likes the PCFX and noone even goes to the site. I'm not bothering.

just kidding, dicks!

If everyone hated the PCFX, I'd still finish the TOO.

I updated, like I said. I'll start cranking out the rest of the pages, and whatnot like I said.

PCFX WHUT

roflmao · 01/17/2012, 08:45 AM

I just tried visiting the site and got this error message:

Arkhan Asylum · 01/17/2012, 09:00 AM

Quote from: guest on 01/17/2012, 08:45 AMI just tried visiting the site and got this error message:

Oh crap.

Old bank card on file at Go Daddy.

brb updating info.

EDIT: bank card is on desk at home. FML.

roflmao · 01/17/2012, 10:33 AM

esteban · 01/17/2012, 04:39 PM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 01/17/2012, 09:00 AM
Quote from: guest on 01/17/2012, 08:45 AMI just tried visiting the site and got this error message:

Oh crap.

Old bank card on file at Go Daddy.

brb updating info.

EDIT: bank card is on desk at home. FML.

Those are the breaks.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/18/2012, 08:51 AM

its fixed!

Arkhan Asylum · 01/19/2012, 08:24 AM

ok, is anyone else having problems going to pcfxtoo.com or aetherbyte.com?

Aetherbyte works if you type www.aetherbyte.com/index.php
www.pcfxtoo.com/index.htm works too

Maybe it's time to give GoDaddy the boot for being gimpy.

Filler · 01/19/2012, 10:05 PM

It works fine for me. You should ditch GoDaddy for supporting SOPA though.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 09:37 AM

Yeha I dunno, things went screwy there.

So, its at least up now, and people can see some shiz.

Aggie Tsubi · 01/20/2012, 03:27 PM

Great to see some new content. It's coming along nicely. Although the write-ups are coming off as a little too fanboyish. Almost everything is extremely gushing, and I don't think there's a single score below 3/5? Even the rare couple of games that actually come off as a bit negative still don't have a lower score. I think you may run into some frustrated visitors if they buy a game thinking it's the second coming only to discover that it's decent/good but not super amazing.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/20/2012, 04:56 PM

Everything on the PCFX is super amazing though.

I haven't gotten to the stuff I want to rate a 2/5 and below.

nat · 01/23/2012, 08:04 PM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 01/19/2012, 08:24 AMMaybe it's time to give GoDaddy the boot for being gimpy.

You definitely should.

When I was originally shopping for a domain server to host www.thebrothersduomazov.com, I initially signed up with GoDaddy. Two days later, before the site had even been put up, I got a message from GoDaddy saying my account had been terminated for fraud. I complained, and was subsequently banned from ever using GoDaddy again at any point in the future.

Good riddance, I say.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/23/2012, 08:18 PM

whoa. thats dumb.

that being said, hows it looking so far? The Protocard excursions are coming to and end and I will then be able to wack out the other half of the write ups and start putting images up.

and, I still encourage others to offer up screenies or writeups themselves, if they've got them or want to.

esteban · 01/24/2012, 07:19 AM

Quote from: nat on 01/23/2012, 08:04 PM
Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 01/19/2012, 08:24 AMMaybe it's time to give GoDaddy the boot for being gimpy.
You definitely should.

When I was originally shopping for a domain server to host www.thebrothersduomazov.com, I initially signed up with GoDaddy. Two days later, before the site had even been put up, I got a message from GoDaddy saying my account had been terminated for fraud. I complained, and was subsequently banned from ever using GoDaddy again at any point in the future.

Good riddance, I say.

Wow. I wonder what (about you) triggered the red flag for them? Although it was frustrating at the time, I'm sure you feel grateful not to do business with them.

Bernie · 01/25/2012, 09:42 AM

Soon as the PC-FX BlueBMW sent me gets here, I will be playing something.. Just dont know what yet..

Mishran · 01/25/2012, 11:37 AM

I'm seeing alot of broken images. Is it really a problem or just place holders?

Arkhan Asylum · 01/25/2012, 11:49 AM

placeholders

the broke images dont show up in firefox for me. what pages did you see the broke images.

Mishran · 01/25/2012, 12:42 PM

Some on Zeroigar, all Chip Chan Kick, and all Zork are missing with IE8 here. Those are the only pages I looked at though.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/25/2012, 12:43 PM

yeah thats about right then.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/26/2012, 09:55 PM

Fixed a few typos/goofups
Changed a rating for RRR to 2.5 instead of 3
Updated Detective Ladies (Gave the game another play recently, after Necromancer mentioned it)
Queued up the next bunch of stuff I will be making pages for.

yay updates

KiddoCabbusses · 01/31/2012, 11:33 AM

Hey, I just got around to checking the site. First review I checked was Battle Heat, because it's a game I analyzed very well....

QuoteNo cheese exists in this game, that I have seen at least.

I presume you haven't seen me do this.

It works with any character against any CPU opponent - even the final boss.

However since I found the CPU on hard mode pretty difficult otherwise, I'd say the blasted AI had it coming.

Here's a good question; has this game ever been seriously attempted in a competitive-scene sense to see whether the metagame is balanced or broken?

EDIT: Some other comments so far.

Some more details on the "Der Langrisser FX" review would be nice. Consider this from my perspective: I played the SFC Der Langrisser Fan Translation and the Megadrive Langrisser II Fan Translation, and I also own (though haven't played through) the Langrisser Tribute version of Langrisser Dramatic Edition. I feel a good review should compare these down to minute details. Since Der Langrisser has a FX, Saturn and PS version, doing direct, frame-by-frame cutscene comparisons for each one (Most likely in the form of direct rips from the ISOs of identical scenes) would be an excellent way to showcase how each system's video encoding compared to each other. It'd also be a good idea to compare the game dialogs, since I recall hearing rumors that -each version- has various differences in dialog with alterations in the plot accordingly.

I was kinda hoping to have DL FX by now so I could really try this kind of thing myself, but haven't gotten a copy yet.

EDIT 2: Reading more of the reviews.

You should probably cut down on the commentary about people calling the PC-FX a "Dating box" - especially on games that actually have a dating element, like Blue Breaker and Arubera's Maiden. Save it for games that avert even having the vague appearance of a dating sim.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/31/2012, 12:09 PM

Not enough people own the game. and those who do, not enough understand or want to play the game... lol

and no i never saw you do that. That's hilarious. I'll have to edit the writeup and show that off.

Bernie · 01/31/2012, 12:10 PM

I had Battle Heat before, with my last FX.. And I couldnt stand it. lol. Maybe if I understood what I was supposed to do I would like it better.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/31/2012, 12:18 PM

Yes not knowing what to do makes it feel like you're just watching a demo of the game.

KiddoCabbusses · 01/31/2012, 12:26 PM

Quote from: Bernie on 01/31/2012, 12:10 PMI had Battle Heat before, with my last FX.. And I couldnt stand it. lol. Maybe if I understood what I was supposed to do I would like it better.

I once had a very detailed guide (though poorly formated and a bit sloppy) on the late Rising Stuff website. It detailed a lot of things better than any prior guide I saw for the game, including major details into how the play mechanics worked, how the specials worked/whatever unique properties they had, and even strategies for how to beat the AI if you -don't- want to abuse jump-kicking.

I wish I saved that... It doesn't appear to have been archived. I may have to do a re-write of it sometime.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/31/2012, 12:33 PM

Please do rewrite it, so we can add it to the tome of obey.

Falling Junk, what a sad tale.

nat · 01/31/2012, 09:43 PM

Apparently Rising Stuff forgot to take its Viagra. :/

KiddoCabbusses · 02/01/2012, 12:36 AM

Hmm... I still have a few of the old pictures I used on my webspace.

/BHControls.JPG

Yes, they can be rather ugly. Like I said, it wasn't the most polished article. That's a reference for what the (Default) button layout is.

Some of the things I remember off the top of my head;

1) The "Defend" button is probably the most important button in the whole game, because it's an almost-always-working failsafe if you're in trouble.

/Defend.JPG

If you mash the defend button when you see an enemy attack coming, you will block it. You will be chipped, but as far as I've seen -Battle Heat has no Chip Death-, so you can theoretically block perpetually.
It's also the -only way- to get out of certain specials - if it looks like a grab-throw and it's a special, mash the defend button!
Note that some attacks do need to be defended -low- (Down + Defend). This includes being countered from a stomp and any down + attack commands.
The only attack that, to the best of my knowledge, can not be blocked are Kai and Alamis's counter-specials.

2) Obviously enough, the quickest way to beat the CPU is to master the jump-kick, but it kills the fun of the game very quickly;

kiddocabbusses,tryhappy,net/rstuf/quickedit.JPG

Press the "jump" button, and then down + the strong attack button. It'll work at any point while the jumping animation is playing. The CPU may try to cancel the jump animation with an attack, but if he tries a non-special he'll put himself at a disadvantage in the game's countering system, and like I said before, blocking always works.
If you're able to actually get into the jump-kick animation, there's nothing the CPU can do - it ALWAYS takes a hit.

You can also use this command to do a "Stomp" on an enemy that is knocked down. If you want to go for the extra damage, though, I suggest you try to position yourself "far", because the enemy can counter it if you're "near" and you'll be forced to defend or take the hit.

If you get knocked down yourself, and your opponent tries to stomp from near, you can counter by mashing the "Strong attack" button.

3) The cheat code commonly identified as "Extra Characters" does the following;
A ) Allows you play as "The Holy Dark Empire" characters in single-player mode, fighting the Kriph-side characters. It appears they even have individual character endings just like the Kriph characters.
B ) Allows the second player to play as the Boss characters in 2-player mode.

4) How the game's countering system works (If memory serves me correctly, I'll get back to analyzing this when I can go through the special moves again);
A ) Moves have certain properties. For example, some can be done practically anytime, while some require having the player in a specific position or being caught in a particular status.
B ) Obviously the receiving side can usually counter. The general rule is that moves can be countered with an identical type of move. IE. Low blows from near counter low blows from near. Projectiles counter projectiles. As far as I've seen, only "Grab" specials are un-counterable.
C ) There are some specials where the attacker changes his position, so the defense has to counter with a special that can be executed under the changed condition. This can particularly be confusing if one can succeed in pulling this off in the middle of a special counter-string.
(IE. Kai does his somersault, which moves him from "near" to "far". The opponent has to counter with a "far" special instead of a "near" special.)
D ) Counters can be countered back based on basically the same rules, but there is less time to execute it successfully. This is no big deal on basic attacks, but specials are hard to get down this way. After 3 counters, a normal attack will be impossible to counter, although defending might still be possible.
E ) Kai an Alamis have unblockable counter-specials that appear to be randomly activated during a normal quick or strong attack counter string. With this in mind, try to avoid doing those types of attacks against them if they're your opponent.

4) Ah, yeah, since your "position" is important, I'll explain it;
A ) Basically, you and your opponent can either be "near" or "far". You can tell just by looking at the top of the screen with the character icons what position they're in - "near" will be closer to the center of the screen while "Far" is near the edges". If you're idly standing in battle, that'll also give some visual cues.
B ) You can use the commands up, up or down, down to try to switch positions, but it may leave you open for an attack.

(Anndd I'll get through more of this later.)

incrediblehark · 02/01/2012, 06:37 PM

awesome, might have to bust out the fx and see if i can stumble through battle heat now!

Bardoly · 03/03/2013, 09:46 PM

So, what's the most recent update to the website?

esteban · 03/10/2013, 01:28 PM

Quote from: Bardoly on 03/03/2013, 09:46 PMSo, what's the most recent update to the website?

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS WONDERING...

Arkhan Asylum · 03/11/2013, 11:59 AM

Quote from: Bardoly on 03/03/2013, 09:46 PMSo, what's the most recent update to the website?

The most recent update is the entire bulk update I did myself that you see. That all went up at once.

I would like to put some more time into the site, but since I'm also working on making games for PCE, it kinda limits my free time.

What I need to do most is go and remove the large gaps of space on the finished pages....

and then start going again.

I am aiming to do maybe a page a week to get the thing finished up.

esteban · 03/11/2013, 06:22 PM

SELFISH: I don't mind if you keep the PC-FX site on the back burner whilst you make some gorgeous PSG tunes from Shadow of the Beast (or something equally worthy).

You know you want to.

spawn844 · 08/25/2013, 04:14 PM

Sorry to bump this, but if you need help with your site i can help. I know some basic html so i could make some pages and also add in some pictures. I have alot of free time so i dont mind helping for free^^

esteban · 08/25/2013, 06:59 PM

Quote from: spawn844 on 08/25/2013, 04:14 PMSorry to bump this, but if you need help with your site i can help. I know some basic html so i could make some pages and also add in some pictures. I have alot of free time so i dont mind helping for free^^

Certainly help Arkhan.

ALSO, if you have lots of free time, I have a job for you (seriously)...it involves cataloging scanned magazine pages (short description of page, identifying key words (AKA "tags")...

No obligation, no pressure...

spawn844 · 08/25/2013, 11:39 PM

As long as it does not take forever:P That html work would only take me... 30 mins to 2-3 hours to finish his A-Z game well update/finish it.
cataloging sounds long and boring:P though i do not mind helping you, as long as it has to do with the PC-FX i guess.

Arkhan Asylum · 08/27/2013, 02:40 PM

What I'd be most interested in getting from people are quality screenshots, because I find that shit to be really tedious and boring. The HTML is basically save-as-->Fill with new info

spawn844 · 08/27/2013, 05:02 PM

Well id fill in all the blanks and you could just edit what you dont like so everything could be finished.

Arkhan Asylum · 09/30/2013, 12:51 PM

Quote from: Nulltard on 08/27/2013, 03:43 PMOh, c'mon Arkhan... made so many games that you find playing them a chore?

Send me a PC-FX and a translator (preferrably Yukie Nakama) and I'll do this for ya. ( :

It's not the playing them, it's the fiddle dicking around with organizing the pages and uploading them.

When I'm at the computer at home, I'm usually working on Atlantean.

I moved the hosting and domain to a new place, and finally setup the Facebook page that I thought I had already made.

So, I will likely start putting the info pages together slowly again. I have like half of them done, already.

I'll go back in and add screenshots later. That seems alright, right?

Arkhan Asylum · 04/07/2015, 05:05 PM

HEY

I want to start fucking with this site again because it's been too long.

Does anyone have any small comment snippets on any of the games they'd like to submit so it's not just my onesided, possibly Yuna/Rolfee Bias commentary?

Or screenshots, if you want to help submit/gather them?

I'll be honest, I am slow/retarded at doing website stuff because I find the work tedious and boring.

It's also why I don't really post pictures of my stuff. I am too busy playing around with the stuff to photograph it or grab screenshots.

esteban · 04/07/2015, 10:22 PM

It's never too late.