I've never heard of GH. It's strange because this game would have been (and still is) right up my alley. Such a shame that SCEA didn't want any 2D games to be released in North America. We missed out on a lot.
On an aside, the soundtrack in Gunner's Heaven actually speeds up if you use the fast disc read feature on the PS2 or PSP/PSV emulation settings, so make sure to keep it off when playing this game.
Man, American branches should only handle advertising and office work and other shit like that and absolutely have no say in big executive decisions. Sega was the biggest victim and Nintendo's bad rep is greatly NoA's fault.
@@johnv7317 they literally lost a console war and never recovered that. Meanwhile, Sony has set recording breaking sales on both hardware and software. It's insane.
I walked out the GameShop with a PSX with Ridge Racer and WipeOut. Sold my SNES with copybox later to compensate a decission i still regret today. Better times. I never player Wild Arms/ Gunners Heaven but going to get this game asap. It looks great.
*Achievement Unlocked!* "Teach Old Dog New Game" Really rare for me hear games I haven't heard of unless from Japan and even then normally has to be really old ones am kind shocked I didn't know of this one you gladly earned a sub and like :)
+viewtifuljoe99 [Try4ce] Thank you! RGB gets the most acclaim, so we always love hearing this about our game-focused episodes. We really want to do these more often.
I know nowadays people always saying this is where wild arms started and yes, technically it did. But tenshi no uta is where everything started. Go take a listen to the ost to it and you'll find a lot of similarities. like, half of it sounds like wild arms Wild arms was basically "what if we took the three games we've made so far and mash them into one". This games guns and characters, angel storys music and treasure hunters gs graphics and most everything else
The PAL version (Rapid Reload) felt the difficulty was too wasy so they limited continues to 5 or 7 ( I cant recall) while the japanese version has unlimited. Also it's perma locked at 50 hz by which I mean: unlike most PSX games which can be forced into whatever refreshrate you need with a boot disc or action replay, this one will always remain at 50 hz. And a neat bit of trivia: Gunners Heaven was referenced in nearly every Wild Arms game at some point but most people miss the reference since they always call it "gunners heaven" and not "Rapid Reload" which is understandable since they usually the reference comes up as a name of some place.
I remember Rapid Reload being wround back then but never played it. Just looked on Ebay for a copy and... I think I'll wait until I'm super rich or something. Games like this are right up my alley. I do miss stuff like Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug and Contra.
the game looks great. its now on my list. sadly I was too young to reconize that I should have bought more ps1 games (also GBA) and not DS or PSP games
Ha! I bought by my PSX & first game -- Wild Arms at E.B. around the same time. I chose Wild Arms based purely on the game box. I had no idea what to expect. I was not disappointed.
There should have been a mention in the video that this game was released in PAL territories under the name Rapid Reload. It has English but runs at 50hz. It was a launch title for the PS1 in Europe and has become quite hard to find. I recently bought a copy on eBay sans manual for £30. So there are deals out there if you keep an eye out.
the PAL version has limited continues tho... I guess it's worth mentioning that rapid reload is available on japanese PSN for close to nothing so that might be a good option to get it for some people
This looks quite good. Will have to add it to my import wishlist. Also, I loved the hell out of Wild Arms. The only thing I didn't care for in the game was the fugly 3D monsters and characters during combat.
Hey, new Video already? Can you guys please Upload BEFORE 7 AM on Sundays? I would appropriate that because it's slowing me down at the moment. By the way, I graduated from High School from 2005 and my family were planning to move from Guam to the US and I was planning to get my hands on a PS3 and Wii when it was still called Revolution. Sounds like I'm gonna have to use Emulator for this. (4:32) Still waiting for a DreamCast and PS2 Episode.
Wild Arms is actually on short side when it comes to jRPGs roughly 20 something to 30 hours (you can make it even shorter with the item duplication glitch)
A: I have always hated Sony as a company. Their antagonism against 2D games, Japanese voice acting, hell even niche games in general it felt like never helped. B: I loved Wild Arms, but sadly I never actually beat one. I always would get pretty far in, but would get stuck for some reason. I really need to remedy that. C: I really don't like how everyone always looks down on games that are similar to others around their release, or when they completely ignore one game in a genre just because a more successful one released around the same time. Shadow Hearts for example getting totally overshadowed and ignored because of FF10. I rented SH, loved it, and went on to buy it outright later.
And add D now: Sony is uncomfy with cartoony anime style games. Everything has to be photorealistic and art house (art direction from scratch like Ape Escape, Boku no Natsuyasumi, Astro Bot, etc) from now on according to Japan Studio's senior vice president, Allan Becker, in 2017. Japanese devs tend to make games for same culture (cartoony anime) and they have to go beyond the Japanese market.
***** our school systems is different then 0-3 daycare 3-7 kindergarten 7-11 elementary school 11-16 middle school 16-18 high school 18+ Vocational \ Institute \ Academy \ university (still 10 years difference between us)
I tried playing Metal Slug 5 on the PS2 recently. the controls are awful. I was never really into run & gun games. I got Metal Gear Solid with my PS1 and was hooked on that series since.
wild arms is one of my favorite games of all time. hugely love the soundtrack
Ridiculously underrated game. It should have sold 1000000000 copies or something lol :)
I love your intros, this music makes me feel that something epic is about to start! Great job guys
instablaster.
I just love classic anime character design. So much charm. I played this game a bit and it's really neat! :) Great episode, Coury!
I've never heard of GH. It's strange because this game would have been (and still is) right up my alley. Such a shame that SCEA didn't want any 2D games to be released in North America. We missed out on a lot.
Thank you for covering this one Coury, I remember seeing this in issues of Game Fan and never heard about it since. Keep up the great work!
On an aside, the soundtrack in Gunner's Heaven actually speeds up if you use the fast disc read feature on the PS2 or PSP/PSV emulation settings, so make sure to keep it off when playing this game.
Gunners Heaven was the first game i got on my PSX when I bought the JP version at an import store. Along with Motor Toon Grand Prix.
Bernie Stolar was such a jerk; he kept so many great games from coming to the United States.
Man, American branches should only handle advertising and office work and other shit like that and absolutely have no say in big executive decisions.
Sega was the biggest victim and Nintendo's bad rep is greatly NoA's fault.
Those bad decisions back then are nothing compared to what SoA is doing right now.
@@johnv7317 they literally lost a console war and never recovered that. Meanwhile, Sony has set recording breaking sales on both hardware and software. It's insane.
Looks fun, thanks for doing the games you dont see every day !
I walked out the GameShop with a PSX with Ridge Racer and WipeOut. Sold my SNES with copybox later to compensate a decission i still regret today. Better times.
I never player Wild Arms/ Gunners Heaven but going to get this game asap. It looks great.
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"Teach Old Dog New Game"
Really rare for me hear games I haven't heard of unless from Japan and even then normally has to be really old ones am kind shocked I didn't know of this one you gladly earned a sub and like :)
I thought that game was called rapid reload, but gunners heaven is such a cooler name!
[Try4ce] Rapid Reload is the European name.
@@mylifeingaming Any idea why they changed the title for EU release?
[Try4ce] No specific idea, no. Game names change a bit between Japan and western markets all the time, so it's not particularly unusual or surprising.
I like the rgb episodes but the game features and retrospectives you two do are why I love the channel.
+viewtifuljoe99 [Try4ce] Thank you! RGB gets the most acclaim, so we always love hearing this about our game-focused episodes. We really want to do these more often.
that is one of the sickest discs i've ever seen
You have probably the best intro music on CZcams.
I know nowadays people always saying this is where wild arms started and yes, technically it did. But tenshi no uta is where everything started. Go take a listen to the ost to it and you'll find a lot of similarities. like, half of it sounds like wild arms
Wild arms was basically "what if we took the three games we've made so far and mash them into one". This games guns and characters, angel storys music and treasure hunters gs graphics and most everything else
i know they didnt make G but that game has so much in common with wild arms feelwise that it cant be a coincidence
The PAL version (Rapid Reload) felt the difficulty was too wasy so they limited continues to 5 or 7 ( I cant recall) while the japanese version has unlimited.
Also it's perma locked at 50 hz by which I mean: unlike most PSX games which can be forced into whatever refreshrate you need with a boot disc or action replay, this one will always remain at 50 hz.
And a neat bit of trivia:
Gunners Heaven was referenced in nearly every Wild Arms game at some point but most people miss the reference since they always call it "gunners heaven" and not "Rapid Reload" which is understandable since they usually the reference comes up as a name of some place.
I remember Rapid Reload being wround back then but never played it. Just looked on Ebay for a copy and... I think I'll wait until I'm super rich or something. Games like this are right up my alley. I do miss stuff like Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug and Contra.
the game looks great. its now on my list. sadly I was too young to reconize that I should have bought more ps1 games (also GBA) and not DS or PSP games
Ha! I bought by my PSX & first game -- Wild Arms at E.B. around the same time.
I chose Wild Arms based purely on the game box. I had no idea what to expect. I was not disappointed.
love this game one of my alltime favorites on the psone
Small world... lol
Wild Arms is a great game :)
There should have been a mention in the video that this game was released in PAL territories under the name Rapid Reload. It has English but runs at 50hz. It was a launch title for the PS1 in Europe and has become quite hard to find. I recently bought a copy on eBay sans manual for £30. So there are deals out there if you keep an eye out.
+Nemesis2K [coury] I mention the PAL release and Rapid Reload title at around 1:35 in the video.
Jeez! how did I miss that. Keep up the good work Coury!
the PAL version has limited continues tho... I guess it's worth mentioning that rapid reload is available on japanese PSN for close to nothing so that might be a good option to get it for some people
Never heard of this. Thanks and great episode
I've been wanting to play this for years! It sucks it's only one player though.
The bar from wa2 came from here
This looks quite good. Will have to add it to my import wishlist. Also, I loved the hell out of Wild Arms. The only thing I didn't care for in the game was the fugly 3D monsters and characters during combat.
In europe it was called Rapid Reload.
I was hoping for more wild arms content :<
I miss that game.
Neat to see this other game tho
Suikoden was my first psx jrpg. I bought that and Tekken 2.
I was excited for a new gem, but no NTSC release. Sad pandas. Sad pandas everywhere.
awesome video!
Maybe they should release the games on modern platforms? That could be cool.
This game was a big reason why I set up a Japanese PSN account! Not as good as Gunstar Heroes, but still a solid run 'n' gun.
Hey, new Video already? Can you guys please Upload BEFORE 7 AM on Sundays? I would appropriate that because it's slowing me down at the moment.
By the way, I graduated from High School from 2005 and my family were planning to move from Guam to the US and I was planning to get my hands on a PS3 and Wii when it was still called Revolution.
Sounds like I'm gonna have to use Emulator for this. (4:32)
Still waiting for a DreamCast and PS2 Episode.
Shame this didn't come out to the states. Guess I'll have to find some way to find this game and get it to work on PS2.
it seems like an amazing game u would like to play!keep up the good work!i would like to see some sega saturn games too.or imports! :)
Axl Rose and Jim Hetfield
Those pixels are hitting me real hard its way too crisp I wish I had the time and money to get this quality.
great video!
which song you play for introduction and ending?
Please recommend a good Wild Arms LP series on CZcams for the me that doesn't want to play through the whole game.
Super Beard Brothers, have a great LP of Wild Arms
Wild Arms is actually on short side when it comes to jRPGs roughly 20 something to 30 hours (you can make it even shorter with the item duplication glitch)
A: I have always hated Sony as a company. Their antagonism against 2D games, Japanese voice acting, hell even niche games in general it felt like never helped.
B: I loved Wild Arms, but sadly I never actually beat one. I always would get pretty far in, but would get stuck for some reason. I really need to remedy that.
C: I really don't like how everyone always looks down on games that are similar to others around their release, or when they completely ignore one game in a genre just because a more successful one released around the same time. Shadow Hearts for example getting totally overshadowed and ignored because of FF10. I rented SH, loved it, and went on to buy it outright later.
And add D now: Sony is uncomfy with cartoony anime style games. Everything has to be photorealistic and art house (art direction from scratch like Ape Escape, Boku no Natsuyasumi, Astro Bot, etc) from now on according to Japan Studio's senior vice president, Allan Becker, in 2017. Japanese devs tend to make games for same culture (cartoony anime) and they have to go beyond the Japanese market.
are you using a Japan ps2 or is there a way to play this on a us ps2?
I have having to keep my ps1 connected to play imports.
[Coury] Yeah, I recently got a Japanese PS2 so that I could play my import PS1 and 2 imports without doing a swap. Totally worth it!
free mcboot wil make you ps2 phat and slim region free !
+scroeffie it only works for ps2 software. theres no way to do region free playstation one games on ps2.
not true i can play ps1 asian games on my pal ps2 !! but of course its not in english
oh wait if you mean ps1 original games iam not shure because i play via hdd iso /works also via burnt cd/dvd
roll the pizza dough raj !... just kidding, you remind me of him though hahah
Absolutely love the art style of the game. A shame it is single player only.
do a el dorado gate story on the import dreamcast?
graduated in 97? what? you don't look like you are 41
[Coury] Because I'm not! I'm 37. 38 in December.
*****
our school systems is different then
0-3 daycare
3-7 kindergarten
7-11 elementary school
11-16 middle school
16-18 high school
18+ Vocational \ Institute \ Academy \ university
(still 10 years difference between us)
its better than gunstar heroes imo
I tried playing Metal Slug 5 on the PS2 recently. the controls are awful. I was never really into run & gun games. I got Metal Gear Solid with my PS1 and was hooked on that series since.
Wow, the PAL version is rather pricey.
yeah and it's unoptimized in 50 hz ! have fun with that .
Too bad there's no Coop..
Can yoi do Jojo's Bizarre Adventure for Dreamcast?
wryyy