[SLPS-02636] Super Robot Taisen Alpha

[soluzar]

During the dialogue sequences of this game, sometimes the emulator will freeze. When playing one of the two routes, the game freezes during the very first dialogue sequence, making it unplayable.

SLPS-02636

Region: NTSC-J
pSX Version 1.3
BIOS: SCPH-1001
Settings: Default

[castilho]

That's sad...but well...since it's in Japanese it's unplayable for me ^^

[soluzar]

castilho said:

That's sad...but well...since it's in Japanese it's unplayable for me ^^

Incorrect. It's entirely as playable for you as it would be for me, if not for this bug. What it is for you is incomprehensible. However, I posted this thread in the hope that it might constitute useful information for the author of pSX.

[castilho]

In my way of thinking, if I can't understand the Dialogue, I can't see the plot, and without a plot the game sucks. That's why the only of this Series I played(and finished) is SRW3 which has a Translation.

Oh Yeah also you should post this in the compatibility Thread.

[soluzar]

castilho said:

In my way of thinking, if I can't understand the Dialogue, I can't see the plot, and without a plot the game sucks. That's why the only of this Series I played(and finished) is SRW3 which has a Translation.

There's a translation for this game well in progress. Even if there was not, there's a complete story guide on GameFAQs. I wouldn't expect the translation to be done soon, but don't expect it to take too long either.

Oh Yeah also you should post this in the compatibility Thread.

Well, after I posted the thread, I found this info is already on the compatibility list. I fail it.

[smegforbrain]

soluzar said:

Well, after I posted the thread, I found this info is already on the compatibility list. I fail it.

Not a big deal. You ended up filling out some info for the game.

[soluzar]

smegforbrain said:

soluzar said:

Well, after I posted the thread, I found this info is already on the compatibility list. I fail it.

Not a big deal. You ended up filling out some info for the game.

What's really bizarre is that the freeze-points in pSX are different than the ones in other emulators. I can now actually play a complete emulated game by switching back and forth between emulators, using the same memory card file.

[Guest]

The only copy lying around of the game is buggy as far as I know, as it also freezes randomly on the real system.

[soluzar]

I'm playing a real version of the game, that I own. Thanks for the assumption though.

It certainly doesn't freeze randomly on the real hardware, since I've played the game to completion.

[zack]

ssspsx could play this game very well.
no freeze problem.

[soluzar]

zack said:

ssspsx could play this game very well.
no freeze problem.

Did you complete your game? Most Playstation emulators can start a game. Very few can get through all 67 stages without freezing up. pSX version 1.3 and 1.4 freeze prior to the first stage when playing as a "real robot" pilot, meaning that only one of the game's two routes may be accessed.

It's bizarre that none of the other emulators freeze at that point. They all freeze at one point or another, mind you.

I'm sorry to have to report that it also does the same with the new version. I was hoping that v1.5 would prove to be a watershed event in the emulation of this particular game. Oh well.

I'd just like to clarify a few points before I leave this post, since the responses so far have been rather... interesting

1) I own the game. I ripped it myself, from a retail copy.

2) Both the original, and a CD-R made from the rip work on my PS2, and on my PS1 using Breaker Pro.

3) I don't care what you think about this game. I'm sharing information. If you don't need or want it, then that is not a problem for me.

[patrickp]

No, this is useful information, soluzar. I note that you gave the game ID and version info in your first post. Since this is a Japanese game, it might be worth trying a Japanese BIOS: different BIOSs don't usually seem to make much difference, but you never know.

I believe SSSPSX is a Japanese only emulator, which is certainly why it isn't used much in the non-Japanese speaking world, despite its excellent reputation. That means that the author(s) would be more likely to concentrate on Japanese game problems, so that may well explain why if it runs in SSSPSX and not other emulators.

If you speak/understand Japanese, why not try SSSPSX? It would seem that at least there's a good chance the game will run in it.

[Ultima]

I do believe there's an English version of SSSPSX, so understanding Japanese probably isn't required (at least for using the emulator).

[soluzar]

patrickp said:

No, this is useful information, soluzar. I note that you gave the game ID and version info in your first post. Since this is a Japanese game, it might be worth trying a Japanese BIOS: different BIOSs don't usually seem to make much difference, but you never know.

I was a bit frustrated by some of the early posts in this thread, and so I just wrote those three points in an attempt to forestall any more "lool, Japanezes gamezors suxx, d00d" kind of posts.

If you speak/understand Japanese, why not try SSSPSX? It would seem that at least there's a good chance the game will run in it.

Are we thinking of the same emulator? My copy of SSSPSX runs in English. My Japanese is good enough to use a Japanese-only emulator, but I haven't found SSSPSX to be terribly stable on my hardware. It crashes whenever I pause the emulation.

However, that having been said, it doesn't have the stage 1 freeze-point on the Huckebein/real robot route that pSX does. CVGS is said to be able to play the game all the way through, but that doesn't work on my system at all.

All said and done, I'd prefer to still hold out hope for this game to work on my preferred emulator in the future. My preferred emulator being this one, of course.

[mangamannn]

Conectix VGS run Super Robot Taisen Alpha perfect, problem is run the emulator in windows XP correctly.