Posted September 27, 2015
Hello everyone!
This post is about the Original Saga (minus the expansion I think) on the Playstation 1.
I found out about the port on Amazon. I was looking at BG stuff and I saw a guide for Baldur's Gate for the PS1. I also saw a Japanese version of BG going for $500. Why is that going for $500?
Anyway... it turns out the port was unreleased and there is some footage online. The gameplay looks pretty choppy and I'd assume it would be a nightmare to control with a Playstation controller. The graphics are an eyesore and the text is heavily pixelated, making the dialogue hard to read at times. Occasionally the game has to take a second to process what's happening when you are scrolling or you try to talk to someone. I guess that if it were actually released some of these would be a little smoother. But I can't imagine it would still be playable.
Here's a link to another forum that has some screen shots that I actually stole from a different forum. Thank you Mr. Other forum!
http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=2218
I think the PS1 port has a few different loading screens. It's kind of hard for me to tell though. When I play BG1 the screen loads so quickly I usually can't make out what the picture is.
I will admit that I do prefer the blue background from the PS1 port over the grey one on the PC.
This post is about the Original Saga (minus the expansion I think) on the Playstation 1.
I found out about the port on Amazon. I was looking at BG stuff and I saw a guide for Baldur's Gate for the PS1. I also saw a Japanese version of BG going for $500. Why is that going for $500?
Anyway... it turns out the port was unreleased and there is some footage online. The gameplay looks pretty choppy and I'd assume it would be a nightmare to control with a Playstation controller. The graphics are an eyesore and the text is heavily pixelated, making the dialogue hard to read at times. Occasionally the game has to take a second to process what's happening when you are scrolling or you try to talk to someone. I guess that if it were actually released some of these would be a little smoother. But I can't imagine it would still be playable.
Here's a link to another forum that has some screen shots that I actually stole from a different forum. Thank you Mr. Other forum!
http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=2218
I think the PS1 port has a few different loading screens. It's kind of hard for me to tell though. When I play BG1 the screen loads so quickly I usually can't make out what the picture is.
I will admit that I do prefer the blue background from the PS1 port over the grey one on the PC.
Post edited September 27, 2015 by jsidhu762
