Tag: PS1

Birth of the Stealth Assassins was a sequel in number but a prequel to the original Stealth Assassins in content. It followed the two characters of the first game, Rikimaru and Ayama as ninja’s in training. “The Azuma Ninja have served the House of Gohda for countless generations. Now three…

Echo Night is a haunted mystery, adventure-style game from FROM Software, famous for King’s Field, Armored Core and most recently the Souls series of games. More info from Wikipedia: “Echo Night is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in…

Chrono Cross is the second game of the Chrono series but with an all new cast, setting and world. More info from Wikipedia: “The story of Chrono Cross focuses on a teenage boy named Serge and a theme of parallel worlds. Faced with an alternate reality in which he died…

Vampire Hunter D for the Playstation was relesed ahead of and based on the 2000 anime Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, the second film in the series. It is quite different from the original mid-80’s anime that most fans of the medium remember. The game has a tank-style movement and exploration…

Vagrant Story is a lesser known square RPG that has a strong niche following. It’s influence is from the FF Tactics, who’s creators also worked on this game. This is from disc, through emulator ePSXe using xBRZ with 1920×1080 settings. More infor from Wikipedia: “Vagrant Story (ベイグラントストーリー Beiguranto Sutōrī?) is…

Legend of Dragoon captured through epsxe using xBRZ in 1080p. This late 90’s PSX RPG is a lesser known title from SCEI More info from Wikipedia: The game takes place on the fictional continent of Endiness. It is a geographically diverse land, with each climate zone being home to a…

The first in the Silent Hill series, captured from an original disc run through ePSXe with a modified OpenGL driver allowing for the upscaling filter xBRZ to be used. Info on Silent Hill from Wikipedia: Silent Hill is the first installment in the series and was released in 1999 for…

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain was the first in the series exploring the story of Kain, Raziel, the Nephelim and the Vampires. Our story begins as nobleman Kain seeks a drink at a tavern as night falls. Kicked out of the establishment, he set upon by bandits and murdered. Kain,…

Intro/Titles for the first Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. Info from wikipedia: “Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is an action-adventure stealth game developed by Acquire and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in Japan and Activision worldwide for the PlayStation in 1998. Tenchu is known for its stealth gameplay and the eerie settings of…

Final Fantasy Tactics, image created from original disc. Running on latest full ePSXe release 1.9.25. Using an xBRZ filter at 1080p (effectivel 1440×1080). It helps the FMVs very little, but skip to the in-game section at 07:46 to see its effect. Settings as follows: PeteOpenGL2 Tweaks 2.0 plugin (experimental with…