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Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: cridgedaddy on April 30, 2001, 11:28:47 AM
A while back, there was a cool feature in these forums where somebody (I believe it was Ryu) reviewed PSX games worth going back to get for those who never played them.  Legacy of Kain was reviewed, and something else...don\'t remember what.  But he said it was going to be a regular feature, and it just stopped...what happened?  Anyway, some suggestions for future installments:

Einhander
Tomb Raider
Syphon Filter
Warhawk
Silent Hill


Anyone else out there remember this feature & miss it?  Thought it was a great idea...
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: EThugg on April 30, 2001, 11:58:48 AM
Or Deception, Jumping Flash, RE, Twisted Metal, Colony Wars, FF7, Bushido Blade, Tohshinden, Kings Field, Ridge Racer, Kileak, etc.... even dope old school imports like Crime Crackers, Gunners Heaven, Tobal 2 etc.
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Claypool 2001 on April 30, 2001, 12:23:30 PM
I wish I had like $1000 to go to Funcoland and buy all the great oldies real dirt cheap and play them all week!!!
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: FatalXception on April 30, 2001, 01:11:27 PM
Before I even bought any PS2 games, I went and spent a hundred bucks getting a bunch of the classics, FF7, FF8, Legend of Mana, GT, GT2, ChronoCross - etc.  These games are just soooo cheap now!
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Coredweller on April 30, 2001, 01:45:08 PM
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Originally posted by FatalXception
Before I even bought any PS2 games, I went and spent a hundred bucks getting a bunch of the classics, FF7, FF8, Legend of Mana, GT, GT2, ChronoCross - etc.  These games are just soooo cheap now!

Why did you buy GT AND GT2?  I only bought GT2 because I heard it was just "more of the same."  I also got Twisted Metal 2 and Rogue Trip, which is pretty cool.
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Sublimesjg on April 30, 2001, 02:13:09 PM
no the real question is why did you get Legend of Mana - that game was so much crap - they ruined all my hopes of a good Mana Sequel with that one - i mean dang they had two great games before - Secret of Mana and Legend of the Holy Sword[Secret of Mana 2] - these were awesome but i do understand that som people liked Legend of Mana but it didn\'t deserve to be called that

ok end of rant
Title: Hey Yo
Post by: STROKE on May 01, 2001, 02:37:06 AM
I think GT 1 is better than GT2
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Jumpman on May 01, 2001, 02:47:47 AM
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What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"

Me thinks Ryu got lazy.

Anyhoo, I liked those threads too. It would be nice to continue the tradition.
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: EThugg on May 01, 2001, 12:13:16 PM
I\'ve played so many PSone games it\'s not funny. I\'d carry on the \'tradition\', but I\'m pretty jaded, and piss off too many people now. People would scream for my head when I start ripping into GT1 & 2, FF8, etc....
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: exT0rT on May 01, 2001, 05:20:42 PM
Damn, im new here and have never heard of "backwards-compatability Mondays."  Oh well, sounds like i missed some kick ass views and opinons on older ps2 games.  I\'m all for someone starting it back up, in fact I\'d even be willing to help...anyone else for this idea?
-exT0rT
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Ryu on May 01, 2001, 05:31:42 PM
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Me thinks Ryu got lazy.


Nope.  I got hired to write for http://www.psera.com and your BCM\'s will now be on their site but they will happen Fridays instead.  Sorry to dissapoint everyone, but I got tired of doing it for free, so I went and looked around and some people at psera thought my "skillz" were good enough to actually garner pay.  Therefore, they will be appearing there on a weekly basis in the form of my own column.  I know a lot of you were looking forward to a lot of cool games, but the only way to see them now is on http://www.psera.com every Friday.  In fact, the first game to grace their pages for the column will be Metal Slug X followed by Final Fantasy 7, Resident Evil, and a few others.  You can discuss them here if you tear out links and whatnot or in PSera.com\'s own forums.  Anyways, that\'s that, hope you\'re not all too pissed off, but I don\'t see why since you still get the content just in a neat little print form. :)
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Solid Snake 88 on May 01, 2001, 05:44:57 PM
Why would we be mad???

Good for you Ryu. Its about time someone noticed your "skillz". And you get paid, too. :cool:
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Ryu on May 01, 2001, 05:56:12 PM
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Damn, im new here and have never heard of "backwards-compatability Mondays." Oh well, sounds like i missed some kick ass views and opinons on older ps2 games. I\'m all for someone starting it back up, in fact I\'d even be willing to help...anyone else for this idea?
-exT0rT


Here\'s what you missed and it\'s pretty much what you\'ll be getting starting Friday on http://www.psera.com.  Hope you enjoy them all.

Legacy Of Kain Soul Reaver:

http://194.47.16.181/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7924

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

http://194.47.16.181/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7367

Ape Escape:

http://194.47.16.181/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7625

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Why would we be mad???

Good for you Ryu. Its about time someone noticed your "skillz". And you get paid, too.


Heh, thx.  Now all I need is Darth Joyda to come in and say "Good work Ryu, we will watch your career with great interest." ;)
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 01, 2001, 09:09:20 PM
Good work ruy, we will watch your career with great interest! :)

Congrats man - you got what you deserved. But you will still stick around, right?
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: Sublimesjg on May 01, 2001, 11:11:11 PM
well i guess that solves that mystery

well thanks for the explanatin ad it seems that BCM will not be missed but replaced by BCF - its all the same to me

congrats on finding a way to get some moola, RYU and keep it coming
Title: What happened to "backwards-compatability Mondays?"
Post by: cridgedaddy on May 02, 2001, 10:31:32 AM
Cool.  Gotta check this out...thanks for replying Ryu, I really thought that Backwards Compatability reviews were a good idea, and it\'s always cool to get paid.  I\'m sure that people will check this out, and I\'m glad we could put this out there.