Sunday, December 5, 2010

Cool Stories and region free

Thought I'd make a cool blog post, but making a really long-winded posts aren't very enjoyable to me. Probably later down the line this week when I get even more depressed. For now, lets just say I'm coming to terms with my life and what I want to do, and its not very good (and will certainly make my parents very disappoint). Its pretty much school related and I'm not enjoying what I'm doing at all, and feel its a waste of time/money/effort to stay in, yet also at the same time if I quit now I'll feel even more like a failure. I can't take it easy at all like this.

Anyways I think some people expressed interest in knowing which shmups for the Xbox360 are region free, so you can know if pirating buying a copy will work on your NTSC-U or PAL console. There is a very handy guide on the shmups forum about owning a Japanese 360, and in there is the list of most every shmups released on the 360 so far. Also, on play-asia they list which regions a certain game will work on if you happen to buy from them, or even if not a good resource on looking up a specific game, STG's or otherwise.

Pretty much in general, all XBLA releases work on any console, and the only two region-free retail disc games are Mushihime-sama futari, and EspgaludaII Black Label (normal edition only), both of which are very excellent games. If there's just one you must get, I'd recommend mushi futari for its slew of many modes that both novices and experts of the genre can enjoy, and overall represents quite possibly Cave's finest work, and a very good modern bullet hell shmup in general. The music is fantastic, the scoring systems in all the modes are fun, and it also features Palm the shota, as well as the delicious no panties wearing Reco. There is a platinum edition that recently came out for it, so its pretty cheap to import it now (~$35). For you fortunate NEETs out there getting SSI money and whatnot, add this game to your list of figures!

6 comments:

  1. It's okay if you're not enjoying school. Try figuring out what you truly enjoy and pursue that.

    I wish I had an Xbox to try out these games.

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  2. Unfortunately there is no major for playing video games and fapping, so I don't know what to do.

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  3. >For now, lets just say I'm coming to terms with my life and what I want to do, and its not very good.

    I can honestly relate to this. Earlier this year I was doing a course that I was pressured into by my family, and I fucking hated it. It was difficult, but I changed into something I enjoy.

    You'll find what your calling is; I know it! Just be patient and try not to stress too much. You're not a failure at all.

    I don't have a 360 ;_;

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  4. >Its pretty much school related and I'm not enjoying what I'm doing at all, and feel its a waste of time/money/effort to stay in, yet also at the same time if I quit now I'll feel even more like a failure.

    Are you me? I've changed majors and schools multiple times and still have no clue what I want to do. But there are plenty of people who get by without a college education.

    I'll have to try some of those games out when I have access to my 360 again. I didn't take it here because I was worried it wouldn't survive the car ride.

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  5. Nice post on the region coding. Specialy for those two games! =D as for coming to terms yea.. I had gone through that phase once =/ not alot of fun. But after pulling through it it sure paid off though so just hang in there tightly and dont let go =)

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  6. School sucks, no doubt... but school has its benefits, right? You don't have to get a job so long as you're in school, and once you finish school with a good degree you're pretty much guaranteed a job even though it'll probably suck. It's pretty hard to get a good job without going to college, I think... but you can find a nice person at college who you're sure is going to go on in life, marry that person, and then mooch off their money >:)

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