[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by DJC

I finshed the download. From the readme file:
"ePSXe is the main "engine" for the game. However, we have tweaked it to fully support Silent Hill and provide the best game experience possible".
Hope this helps

Yes DJC is right. Basically what they did is illegal. They wrote their own config frontend for ePSXe and included the iso image of Silent Hill in the release. As far as i know, Silent Hill 1 was never released as freeware by Konami.

So i guess this is only worth something to those who want to play SH1 on PC without having to tinker with settings of ePSXe or to get illegal copy of SH1.

As far as seeding on bittorrent goes, yes it seems there are problems with sources... i got stuck at 99.9% and kicking me back to 99.6% whole day, saying hash check failed, but then it got finalized somehow. i'm seeding it for the others, but i won't be doing it for long, since this is pretty much useless to me.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

I knew this was too good to be true.

Ah well, means that I won't feel obliged to play SH again. That game freaked the bejesus out of me!

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

That game freaked the bejesus out of me!

You and me both buddy.

Well there is always a chance they'll remake the first one with SH2 or SH3 engine. Although because the first one was huge, i highly doubt that this will ever happen.

It would be like updating all final fantasy games with FF X graphics

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Oh I don't mind the raw looking graphics in SH. If fact, I actually think it contributes to the freakiness of the whole experience.

Kudos to Konami for having the cleverness to use the limitations of the engine (and PS1) to its advantage, creating an atmosphere where the fog, aside from concealing the draw distance, also concealed whatever horrible things were within hearing distance. And that flashlight effect ! I tell you, Voodoo, the first time I stepped out into the backyard of that house with nothing but my flashlight to guide me, and that damn choir music, I actually had to take a break to get ready to move forward in the dark.

There were moments, my friend, there were moments...

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Oh I don't mind the raw looking graphics in SH. If fact, I actually think it contributes to the freakiness of the whole experience.

Well to tell you the truth, i don't mind the graphics either. I even prefer to run the game on VGS with all it's blockiness. I never really liked the look of it on ePSXe with all the enhanced stuff. Characters looked weird. But with VGS, now there nothing really bothered me, except that my p200 had troubles running it decently

There were moments, my friend, there were moments...

Yes i clearly remember one scene inside the school...

Spoiler:

...where you see something shaking one of the cabinet drawers, you open it... nothing, you turn to walk away, camera changes and the corpse falls out of the opposit cabinet... i think that's the only time i jumped out of my chair while playing a game.... ever

Plus the sound of the radio... when you just get in that "Ready to kill something" mode, and waiting from which side of the fog will the damn mutant dog/bird come out. Nothing quite like it I barely touched fire weapons... i just ran around with an axe

Trep have you got around to try SH3 yet? i'm expecting my DVD in next few days, and since i remember your posts from the days of " SH2 flashlight problems" i was just wondering, any tehnical problems with this one?
And how would you rate SH3? Better same or worse compared to SH2? I already know, that nothing can top SH1

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Originally Posted by VoodooFX

Yes i clearly remember one scene inside the school...

But I'm sure you haven't forgotten...

Spoiler:

...the second floor bathroom in the school where you entered and found nothing, but when you're about to leave a dismebodied sobbing from a little girl slashes through the still air!! My heart just about shot out my mouth!

Trep have you got around to try SH3 yet? i'm expecting my DVD in next few days, and since i remember your posts from the days of " SH2 flashlight problems" i was just wondering, any tehnical problems with this one?
And how would you rate SH3? Better same or worse compared to SH2? I already know, that nothing can top SH1

I don't yet have it, no. I've only played the demo, and I can tell you the graphics are even more luridly rich than SH2. The cinematic depth-of-focus is interesting as well, the characters look even more eerily lifelike, down to their individual freckles. I plan on ordering it once I have more money on the side.

But yeah, even after playing SH3 I'll still probably insist that SH1 trumps both it and SH2.

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

But I'm sure you haven't forgotten...

Ahhh yes, the memories... damn i wish i could find some spare time to dive into it again. By the time i acutally find it, i'm affraid it will be too dangerous for my health to play these kind of games anymore My heart might just fail me right in the middle of the game

[Intrepid Homoludens]

And also you have to remember...

Spoiler:

...those two rooms in the basement of Alchemilla Hospital. One had nothing but scrawled graffiti on all four walls, the other was empty and just as you get used to it....*CRASH*....a violent sound!

Okay, no more of this. I mean, I need to sleep soundly tonight, okay?

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

And also you have to remember...

Spoiler:

...those two rooms in the basement of Alchemilla Hospital. One had nothing but scrawled graffiti on all four walls, the other was empty and just as you get used to it....*CRASH*....a violent sound!

Okay, no more of this. I mean, I need to sleep soundly tonight, okay?

Nighty Night... BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

It's almost 4 AM here... i better get some sleep. i better take my faithful axe with me tonight, too. i suggest you do the same

[Intrepid Homoludens]

'kay. Good night. And I won't need the axe, I already have my sexy little chainsaw to keep me warm. Had to banish the katana to the closet, though, she's a bit to, um....sharp, for my taste.

[VoodooFX]

well i was planning to write to take your weapon of choice, but then ended up not writing it Blame it on the late/early hour

[HempKnight]

So there's hacked emulator and pirated iso inside? OMG, that's is so lame.

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by HempKnight

So there's hacked emulator and pirated iso inside? OMG, that's is so lame.

Yes, that's the way it is. And yes, it's lame.

[Clandestino]

I only want to know if the PC game runs at normal speed or of ot does glitches as it does usually with an emulator.

My main problem is that a simply emulated version makes my pc to run really faster and it glitches the sound.

My pc is p4 3000mhz and gf 4 ti 4200. That makes me a problem for emulation...

Can anyone tell me how the PC game works (speed, glitches...)? Thanks

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by Clandestino

Can anyone tell me how the PC game works (speed, glitches...)? Thanks

I've tried it a bit now and indeed the sound is not very good and there are glitches (with sound).

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Okay, waaaaaaay too high maintenance!! Sex this excrement! I've got my original Silent Hill, my old PS1, and a basic television set. You guys go bust your PCs over this, I'll be in the alternate world amusement park running from nasty beasties with Harry Mason by the time you figure things out.

[Erkki]

Yeah, it seems like it would play a lot better on a console. Better suited for gamepad too. The game seems good though. Too bad I sold my PS2 (a year ago already I think).

[VoodooFX]

Originally Posted by Erkki

Yeah, it seems like it would play a lot better on a console.

As i stated earlier, VGS runs it without any problems, although i haven't tried it on my new machine, only on old p200 with 32MB of RAM, where i even finished it.

The key of running SH smoothly on ePSXe is right configuration...choosing right plugins, GFX settings, etc...

[MysterD]

Konami should hide SH1 in the upcoming version of SH4: The Room for all the systems.

That'd be cool.

SH1 for PSX is a classic -- I have it and loved it.

Hey, for all of you that don't own the original PSX, can't you play SH1 on PS2, since it's backward-compatible w/ PSX?

[Igor]

Originally Posted by MysterD

Hey, for all of you that don't own the original PSX, can't you play SH1 on PS2, since it's backward-compatible w/ PSX?

Yes, but i can't find the game anywhere (and i'm still a bit paranoiac about shoping over internet). I have SH1 for emulator, but playing SH games on computer just isn't the same as playing them on big screen