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Zeus
10-12-2006, 06:54 PM
Japan's ITmedia seem to have got their hands on a PS3 unit and in doing so took a wealth of pictures including one of PS2 title Fantavision running on the PS3 console. Unfortunately no details are revealed on the mechanism used to utilize backwards compatibility. Be sure to check out all the pictures at <A href="http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0610/12/news077.html" target="_blank">itmedia.co.jp</a>

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Robotron
10-12-2006, 07:08 PM
Hey is the PS3 going to upscale the older titles?
Just wondering because I haven't heard.
LordX
10-12-2006, 07:12 PM
Hey is the PS3 going to upscale the older titles?
Just wondering because I haven't heard.
I am not sure , but I think 99% yes .
xShrimp
10-12-2006, 07:22 PM
It was pretty obvious that PS3 was gonna beable to do play PS2 (im still wondering about psx, but most likely yes)
hmmm i wonder if it will have rumble for the ps2 games using ps3 controllers
technosexual
10-12-2006, 07:33 PM
It was pretty obvious that PS3 was gonna beable to do play PS2 (im still wondering about psx, but most likely yes)
hmmm i wonder if it will have rumble for the ps2 games using ps3 controllers

theres no rumble in the ps3 controllers period
Mastershredder
10-12-2006, 07:50 PM
Hey is the PS3 going to upscale the older titles?
Just wondering because I haven't heard.

Who knows. They said the PS2 would make PSX games look better and it didn't do a damn thing. We'll either find out from a review, or when it's released. Out of all the PS2 games to try, WHY Fantavision?!
KPunk
10-12-2006, 07:50 PM
hmm, maybe when i get a ps3 at some point. I can play socom online with a tad better gfx.
Robotron
10-12-2006, 08:04 PM
Who knows. They said the PS2 would make PSX games look better and it didn't do a damn thing. We'll either find out from a review, or when it's released. Out of all the PS2 games to try, WHY Fantavision?!

True enough, my PS2 doesn't improve any of my games...now PS1 emulators do the job great (sheds a tear for Bleem).
pCeSlAyEr
10-13-2006, 01:36 AM
Who knows. They said the PS2 would make PSX games look better and it didn't do a damn thing. We'll either find out from a review, or when it's released. Out of all the PS2 games to try, WHY Fantavision?!
cuz its one of the few titles that actually work...
Havok154
10-13-2006, 02:10 AM
Who knows. They said the PS2 would make PSX games look better and it didn't do a damn thing. We'll either find out from a review, or when it's released. Out of all the PS2 games to try, WHY Fantavision?!

Because they still have 2000 unsold copies laying around.
{{909}}
10-13-2006, 04:58 AM
fantavision was a launch title for the PS2 i think, and probably the best game on the machine for the first year.

Ps1 games did look better on the SP2 aswell, u had to enable it in the options tho, i recall playing a square rpg and comparing it directly with the same game on my ps1 and the textures were smoothed out quite well.

The PS3 should upscale PS1/2 stuff, as well as improve FSAA etc, hopefully it will put them into a proper HD resolution rather then just upscaling.
Mastershredder
10-13-2006, 08:42 AM
fantavision was a launch title for the PS2 i think, and probably the best game on the machine for the first year.

Ps1 games did look better on the SP2 aswell, u had to enable it in the options tho, i recall playing a square rpg and comparing it directly with the same game on my ps1 and the textures were smoothed out quite well.

The PS3 should upscale PS1/2 stuff, as well as improve FSAA etc, hopefully it will put them into a proper HD resolution rather then just upscaling.

Care to tell me where this "option" is? If there was an option in the PS2 to make PSX games look better (as advertised on the box of the PS2), it would be all over the place in reviews instead of constant rants on how PS2 doesn't do **** for PSX games when it comes to improvement. And fantavision being the best game on the machine for the first year???? That game blew. I had PS2 when it launched.. I sold it 6 months later cause nothing good was coming out (at the time), but there were FAR better games for it than fantavision...
Retroboy
10-13-2006, 09:08 AM
HMMMMM This is going back a long time, but i know in the PS2's main menu (browser ect) there is a feature where you can change for the PSX games.

All it does really is make the image smoother and looks slightly better, isnt anything super.
Mastershredder
10-13-2006, 02:14 PM
HMMMMM This is going back a long time, but i know in the PS2's main menu (browser ect) there is a feature where you can change for the PSX games.

All it does really is make the image smoother and looks slightly better, isnt anything super.


Hmm.. i'll have to go over my buddy's house and check that out.
peppers
10-13-2006, 02:20 PM
bacwards compatable with ps2 but how bout ps1?