Skies of Arcadia vs Maqiupai

[Darksaviour69]

Skies of Arcadia (http://www.mobygames.com/game/dreamcast/skies-of-arcadia)

vs

Maqiupai (http://www.mobygames.com/game/dreamcast/maqiupai)

[ptr.exe]

A game of Mahjong against one of the greatest RPG's ever made... slightly unfair me thinks.

One vote for Skies of Arcadia. This IMO is the closest rival to FFVII for an all time great 3D rpg. Although neither compare to the many great 2D rpgs of the good ol' SNES.

[Darksaviour69]

Panzer dragoon is the best rpg i have ever played, but SOA is brill (2nd best rpg in my book)

[ptr.exe]

Ive never played PD, i don't have a Saturn, is it really that good? i was thinking of getting a saturn.

SoA ranks about 4th with me, Chrono Trigger firmly set in 1st place :)

[Darksaviour69]

i never had a snes, but i did play Chrono Trigger on a emu years ago, and it was very good. i never completed it (got up to the bit were the main guys dies) but still a great game, in my top 5.

i loved Panzer dragoon saga, i guess not everyone would think its the best, but i thought it was. problem is its very rare now (i bought it when it first came out for £30, but i lent it to a friend. now i hear it goes for over £150 on ebay

shinning force 3 is another good rpg

[beetroot bertie]

My vote's to Skies Of Arcadia.

I didn't buy a next generation console (at the time) to play Mahjong. It's a tough pairing.

[Darksaviour69]

Yeah i feel, a bit bad for JMD, it was the luck of the draw. if its any consolation, its a great game

[Cap'n 1time]

GAH! Another uneven matchup!!! im not even going to vote on this one.

[links1981]

Skies

[ptr.exe]

I hear it goes for over £150 on ebay
The saga can get about £100 if its mint.

Thats far too much for me, can DC do Saturn emu yet?

[Darksaviour69]

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/yabausedc.shtml

Yabause DC runs about 5fps and i don't think it runs games yet but it does run the bios which is very cool

[ptr.exe]

Is 5fps bad? i don't know anything about where to get a saturn bios, or how use a binary file so i think its best i just leave well alone :p

Is there any plans of an update to the saturn emu?

[Darksaviour69]

there is a sbi at sbiffy, and yeah 5fps is bad (5fps instead of 60fps) you can get a bios around the next some where on a net, i got a jap and US one but i could not find a PAL one so i could not try my games

[MetaFox]

I voted Maqiupai. While it's not in the same calibur of Skies of Arcadia, it's very under-rated game. People overlook it because it's mahjong, but it's actually a fun game (I didn't even know how to play Mahjong before I played Maqiupai). Plus, the music rocks. The music in the game alone is worth the $14.90. :)

[Christuserloeser]

There will be a update of the Saturn emu. BlueCrab is still working on it:

http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=67496

My favorite RPG is Grandia 1 for Saturn from 1996, it's been ported to PS1 in 1998.

[ptr.exe]

Ive heard alot about Grandia, do you ever get the feeling theres too many great games and just not enough time to play them, there are so many SNES games that i wanna play and so many great Sega games that ive never played, plus this gen has loads of games that im half way through, i need more time :D

I might get Maqiupai, where can you get it? $14.90 is like less than a tenner, seems a good deal.

[MetaFox]

I might get Maqiupai, where can you get it? $14.90 is like less than a tenner, seems a good deal. Lik-Sang (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=33&products_id=4397&) or GOAT Store (http://www.goatstore.com/info.php?id=372020).

[ptr.exe]

Cool, im getting it from LikSang as soon as theres some money in my account :p