Three new PS1 games this week:

- Fade to Black (Full Game, £3.49)
- Theme Hospital (Full Game, £3.49)
- Motorhead (Full Game, £3.49)

Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around to 
trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief search 
of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black and 
Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after all this 
time?

-- 

(O)enone

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:53:22 -0000, "\(O\)enone" 
wrote:

>Three new PS1 games this week:
>
>- Fade to Black (Full Game, £3.49)
>- Theme Hospital (Full Game, £3.49)
>- Motorhead (Full Game, £3.49)
>
>Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around to 
>trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief search 
>of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black and 
>Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after all this 
>time?

theme hospital is ok, but like theme park, it gets a bit repetitive.

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:53:22 -0000, "\(O\)enone" 
wrote:

>Three new PS1 games this week:
>
>- Fade to Black (Full Game, £3.49)
>- Theme Hospital (Full Game, £3.49)
>- Motorhead (Full Game, £3.49)
>
>Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around to 
>trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief search 
>of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black and 
>Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after all this 
>time?

Theme Hospital is wildly entertaining for a dozen hours or so, if you
like Theme games at all.

Fade To Black I have very little memory of, but what remains is
positive. Motorhead I've no idea.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
'The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human 
 mind to correlate all its contents'   - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 31 Jan
2008 17:53:22 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "\(O\)enone"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around to 
>trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief search 
>of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black and 
>Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after all this 
>time?

Fade to Black was dreadful at the time. I daren't think how horrific it would
be now.

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 31 Jan
> 2008 17:53:22 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "\(O\)enone"
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
>> Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around to 
>> trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief search 
>> of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black and 
>> Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after all this 
>> time?
> 
> Fade to Black was dreadful at the time. I daren't think how horrific it would
> be now.
> 

At the time?  Not on PC it wasn't, average perhaps, but not dreadful.  I 
recall the controls being a pain, but I'll have been using a keyboard.

-- 
[ste]

"(O)enone"  wrote in message 
news:fnt290$ore$1@aioe.org...
> Three new PS1 games this week:
>
> - Fade to Black (Full Game, £3.49)
> - Theme Hospital (Full Game, £3.49)
> - Motorhead (Full Game, £3.49)
>
> Not having played any of these (I didn't have a PS1 and never got around 
> to trying Theme Hospital on the PC), are any of them any good? My brief 
> search of the internet suggests the answer may be "no" for Fade to Black 
> and Motorhead... Does Theme Hospital still stand up as a fun game after 
> all this time?
>
> -- 
>
> (O)enone

excuse the noob Q, but can you now download PS1 games to a PSP without a 
PS3?

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 31 Jan
2008 20:15:44 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>deKay wrote:
>> Fade to Black was dreadful at the time. I daren't think how horrific it would
>> be now.
>> 
>
>At the time?  Not on PC it wasn't, average perhaps, but not dreadful.  I 
>recall the controls being a pain, but I'll have been using a keyboard.

Yeah, it was the PC version (with keys) I was talking about. Dreadful,
dreadful game.

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 31 Jan
> 2008 20:15:44 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> deKay wrote:
>>> Fade to Black was dreadful at the time. I daren't think how horrific it would
>>> be now.
>>>
>> At the time?  Not on PC it wasn't, average perhaps, but not dreadful.  I 
>> recall the controls being a pain, but I'll have been using a keyboard.
> 
> Yeah, it was the PC version (with keys) I was talking about. Dreadful,
> dreadful game.

I loved it.  I've still got a copy.

Mind you, it probably helped that I absolutely adored Flashback.

-- 
Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 01 Feb
2008 08:55:09 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Gareth Robert Halfacree
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>deKay wrote:
>I loved it.  I've still got a copy.
>
>Mind you, it probably helped that I absolutely adored Flashback.

That's the main reason I hated it.  I loved Flashback, and Fade to Black was a
buggy, ill-advised, awful to control, unnecessarily 3D pile of shite "sequel".

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 01 Feb
> 2008 08:55:09 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Gareth Robert Halfacree
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> I loved it.  I've still got a copy.
>> Mind you, it probably helped that I absolutely adored Flashback.
> 
> That's the main reason I hated it.  I loved Flashback, and Fade to Black was a
> buggy, ill-advised, awful to control, unnecessarily 3D pile of shite "sequel".

Then we shall have to agree to disagree.  I still remember thinking how 
ace it looked when I ran away from one of the blobs and did a shoulder 
roll just as a laser beam zipped past my head.  Awesome.

-- 
Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 01 Feb
2008 11:37:23 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Gareth Robert Halfacree
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Then we shall have to agree to disagree.  I still remember thinking how 
>ace it looked when I ran away from one of the blobs and did a shoulder 
>roll just as a laser beam zipped past my head.  Awesome.

One thing that was good about it is that it carried the "run through a wall"
bug over from Flashback :)

deKay
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Turbohat wrote:
> excuse the noob Q, but can you now download PS1 games to a PSP
> without a PS3?

If the game you want is available in the Sony Store 
(http://store.playstation.com) then you can buy it and download it using a 
Windows PC, no PS3 required. However they only have a small (and rather 
bizarre) selection of games. PS1 games cost £3.49 each. Post here if you 
have any other questions.

HTH,

-- 

(O)enone

"(O)enone"  wrote in message 
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> Turbohat wrote:
>> excuse the noob Q, but can you now download PS1 games to a PSP
>> without a PS3?
>
> If the game you want is available in the Sony Store 
> (http://store.playstation.com) then you can buy it and download it using a 
> Windows PC, no PS3 required. However they only have a small (and rather 
> bizarre) selection of games. PS1 games cost £3.49 each. Post here if you 
> have any other questions.
>
> HTH,
>
> -- 
>
> (O)enone
>

Thanks! Destruction Derby is there my favourite PS1 game of all time!!! Woo!