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Googleshng - February 21 '99- 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
Last night when I was about to write the column, I was in a really
lousy mood with a huge headache too. A little while later it occurred to me that I'd only gotten
three hours of sleep the night before. Anyway, that's the only reason this is going up so late.
Although I'm meeting a friend later today who I haven't seen in months, so I might have to cut
things a bit short. Anyway, who's that Pokémon?
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In the PSX:
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Wild ARMs
I got a new "friend". 8)
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In the Genesis:
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Shining Force
Ah, the classics
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In the Gameboy:
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My cousin's copy of Pokemon
DIE!
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In the SNES:
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Civilization
AC is in the mail!
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In the SMS:
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Phantasy Star
Always.
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In the NES:
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River City Ransom
Time to give it back.
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In the Saturn:
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Nothing
No games yet
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In the N64:
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Super Smash Bros.
Link! Vs. Pikachu! >8)
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In the Dreamcast:
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Soul Calibur
This victory strengthens the soul of... Ranma!
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Musical Overflow
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Chronodin
I was wondering if you could, well, help me out a bit. I want to get a
Chronotrigger and Xenogears soundtrack, but there are quite a few to choose
from, like Xenogears 2cd original or Xenogears arranged or whatnot. If
there is an (SM) after the title, what does that mean?
Which soundtrack(s) do you suggest that I get? PLEASE help me out, since
you're the new music guru.
aeris40
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Googleshng:
Well, this letter came in just after I uploaded Thursday's
column, but I'll answer it anyway. The OST is of course the songs as they're found
in the game, well, slightly better quality I believe. The arranged CD, if it's what
I'm thinking of (Creid) has alternative versions of various songs. A rock remix of
the Dazil music, an upbeat panpipe version of the Yggdrasil music etc. I believe it
also has the Japanese versions of the two lyrical songs. That's the one I'd recommend
probably since it has stuff you haven't heard. As for SM, that, in a nutshell means
low quality bootlegged CD. Why you come across them so often is beyond me. I hope that
helped.
It's Cactuar! Thanks to AGiES for those.
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Big Al
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Dear Gogo...Ggoo...Goog...
Another possible explanation for Alexander is from FFV. King Tycoon's
full name is Alexander Highland Tycoon. King T is also fascinated with
machines. Put 'em together and another theory is born.
<snip>
-EE
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Googleshng:
After I put up yesterday's column, someone else immediately
came and told me that. So let's see, there's a machine happy king in a late mideval
setting who helps you out after he dies in the FF game that immediately preceeds Alexander's
introduction. I think we have a winner! Although that means Alexander is an internal
reference. Well, Square HAS done it other times (Choco Mog).
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Vagrant Story
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Hey, Googleshng
**Possible Spoiler??**
Is it me, or does everyone else have a hard time believing Vagrant Story
is only a 5 hour RPG.. I mean. I'm about 2 hours into it at the moment, and
can't seem to comprehend how it could be so darn SHORT? What's the point in
gaining abilities and such. Kinda almost pointless. I love the game though,
great graphics as well. It's almost like it's got some interesting points to
it. With the flash movements and all. Give me your two cents on it if you
don't mind! ^_^*
Dark Anime Ninja of Gaming
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Googleshng:
Well, the time estimate I've heard was more like 9 hours if
that's any consolation. I would be rather curious to find out how long it winds up taking
you. I'm assuming it at least has good replay value, right?
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Long'un
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Greetings Googleshng ,
this letter is a tad lon, I hope you put it to good use (printing it
out and using it as kindling does count, i suppose)
First, the Grandia questions and comments (I am not sure if you have
played it yet, but thats nto gonna stop me from asking ^_^):
1.What level where you on when you met gadwin?
I ask this becuase when i got him, the highest charecter i ahd was
level 17. it just seemed odd that all of a sudden this guy was in my
party and twice my level, wiht three tiems my hit points. Even more odd
was that we both did about the same amount of damage (well, justin and
gadwin. feena and where behind by lots) Is this a normal occurence, or
is my
wander-around-aimlessly-hacking-everyhting-in-my-way-until-i-randomly-stuble-upon-the-
next-plot-point-or-get-so-utterly-lost-that-even-a-walkthrough-doesn't-help style of
play doing somethign good for a change? (I'm not kiding about the
randomly stumbling about bit either....it took me almost 4 hours to
bumble my way out of the misty forest after the luc village event. talk
about a "and they let me into college????" moment)
2. Did you find Grandia to be a tad easy?
I ask this cause, despite the fact that i am at a relativley low
level (compared to, say tfinal fantasy where level 17 is rather
pitiful) and i am not having any problems. i havent even died yet,
which is very odd. In an y other game, i would have been beaten
visciously by at least one boss by now, but in grandia i seem to be,
well, laying the smack down. viciously no less. oh well. its still a
great game.
3. Not a question, but it gets its own number anyway.
paws mentioned RPG posters yesterday. try ebay. tons of stuff.
or, if you liked lunar, try to score a copy of the official strategy
guide, put out by workign designs. it has an offer for a free poster
(well, 2.95 after shipping and handling, buts that close enough to free
in my book)and what a poster it is. Big, wth a sweet design, on both
sides! Or, if you are more the do-it-yourself type with no regard
whatsoever for copyright law:
##include plug.shameless
kinko's offers oversize color printing. they can do up to 36 in wide by
500 feet long, i believe. give them an image on a disc, they can print
it out. they may ask you a few questions about copyright, but if you
sign the form saying "i hereby authorize the owner of this copyright to
sue kinko's and not me" they will probably hook you up. downside is its
pricey. 12.00 a square foot. the average poster is probably around 3
feet square, which will be about 36 bucks, plus tax. o.O Howver, try
could try on the night shift. chances are, if they person knows how to
use the computer, they will be so tired and/or desperate for
conversation that they will print out the poster for you! Especially if
you're an RPGirl (hey, it gets lonley on the night shift
so...very...lonley......*sniff*) they may even give you a reduced
price. unless they are printing a poster out for themselves (i knew
there was a reason i took this job. . . note to kinkos magagement, in
case they happen to be reading this: The previuos statment was a, lets
face it rather pitiful, attempt to be humourous. It is in no way, shape,
or form indicative of any intent to defraud the kinkos corporation, nor
of an admission of actual...... err......defraudment)
On an unrelated note, it is great to see you are programming for the
mac. After all, it is tied for first place among best computer OSes
(Lets hear it for Yellow Dog Linux!!!! Anyone??!!! *sound of crickets
chriping*). A true sign of your no doubt vast intellegence. You need
any beta testers? ^_^
Thats about it. geez, that was long. oh well, back to studying.
Chris "Forget RPGirls, I want to find a LinuxChick!" Martin
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Googleshng:
I'm glad you admit it's long. Oh well, it's Monday, I have room.
Anyway, I think I was somewhere around level 15-17 when I got Gadwin, so that's fairly
normal. You just don't go up levels that fast. I was only on like, level 37 at the end.
As for Grandia being easy, well, I guess it's a question of playing styles. I've heard
people talk about being hideously stuck in the game, but I personally won without taking
a hit. I'd say without taking any damage but I took SOME from traps and stuff. (How else
could I get my water up?) Anyway, I think it can generally be said that decent difficulty
is present in any game where you die at least once. It's also somewhat disturbing when
the head guy doesn't even get a chance to damage you... that's just not right. Still,
Grandia's a good game. 8)
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Tactical RPGs
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I've had Final Fantasy Tactics since the day it came out, and haven't stopped loving it since. I'm looking for
another tactical RPG however. The only other ones I know of are Kartia and the Vandal Hearts series. What
tactical RPG would you recommend?
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Googleshng:
For starters, check out Kartia and Vandal Hearts. 8) Seriously
actually, they're both great games. Then there's also Vandal Hearts 2, which is a fairly
decent game, just don't go in expecting more of the same, because you aren't going to
get it. Also there's the original TRPG, Shining Force for the Genesis. Sure there's no
height modifiers and the AI isn't too good, but it has some interesting features.
There's terrain effects (I still find firing an arrow from a forest, OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE, to hit someone on flat ground, for some
reason when you fight out in the wilderness you're city destroying size). There's some
REALLY interesting characters, off the top of my head a werewolf, a hampster (he's worthless)
an armadillo in steam-power-armor, a flying jellyfish mage, and of course about a dozen
centaurs. Plus the plot's good. The most notable thing though (since people gripe about
the limits in FFT) is that by the end of the game, you have a party of about 60 very
individual characters, of which you use twelve at a time. Oh, and there's sequels to
Shining Force, but they don't have quite such a menagerie of freaks.
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Speaking of Shining Force...
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Hey there guru of knowledge...
Are there ANY Game Genie codes for Shining Force 1? I know, I know...Cheating is wrong
but...Come on!! Please? I'll give you some pie! Will that help? Pretty pretty please with olives and
onions on top?
~FishLad
Moo
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Googleshng:
Is there any game that DOESN'T have game genie codes? I thought
that thing worked just by putting weird values in the memory registers or something.
Anyway, I don't know any off hand, but I DO recall that there's a complex controller
code that let's you control the enemy (leads to some seriously handicapped 2 player
fun). There's also some weird trick that let's you rename all the characters, but that
might have been in 2, it's been a while. I'm pretty sure you can find these in RPGamer's
walkthroughs/FAQs.
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