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And these pictures are taken from the first chapter. I made some corrections regarding the resolution ratio, which made the earlier screenshots look a bit flat.

Enjoy the pics.

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Finally, we post our first screenshot page. These pictures are taken from Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria, the second of Valkyrie Profile series from TriAce. As you can see the graphics are drop dead gorgeous, especially the female characters (ehmm…).

The bulk of these pictures were taken using Pinnacle PCTV card, the one with Phillips chipset. The later cropping, deinterlacing and resizing was done with VirtualDub filters. All hail VirtualDub, for doing batch cropping, resizing and deinterlacing is now a breeze.

OK now, enjoy the screenshots.

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For RPG gamers, the wait for Valkyrie Profile sequel is over with the June 2006 release of Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria. The last release, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, was in 1999 and it breed a new life into the RPG genre, for its combination of RPG and side scrolling action, which delivered a unique gaming experience and attracted so many fans. Still, I consider the graphic of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth as ordinary for the then console’s technology.

Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria comes up with many new and interesting stuffs. New elements are added, resulting in fascinating gameplay.

Perform your team combos by tapping on the four main buttons.

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by w2n

Konami has released the fifth of their best RPG franchise, Genso Suikoden. This is after Genso Suikoden IV, which was good, and Genso Suikoden Tactic which earned praises from several websites although lacks in traditional RPG challenges.

The story of Genso Suikoden V is set 10 years before Genso Suikoden I and 1000 years after Genso Suikoden IV. It takes place in a land called Falena, which is located near Island Nation, which was the setting of Genso Suikoden IV.

Lyon, Konami’s official wallpaper

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Each PS2 console, both old and slim, provides two USB ports. You can plug any regular USB drive and copy the content of the memory card. All you need now is a special software.

There are several kind of softwares that let you copy your saved games to an USB drive, and vice versa. One of them is Datel’s MaxDrive. Datel’s official site asserts that you can only use MaxDrive with their special USB drive that comes inside MaxDrive package. But the truth is, we can use any ordinary USB drive, provided they are formatted the right way.

– update 02 Nov 2006 –
Someone has said that not all USB drives can be used as a replacement. I can’t verify this and I must admit that I can’t verify the opposite either. But at least I’ve tried with two USB drives, of SanDisk and Kingston. Since naturally manufacturers strive for compatibiliy, I have no reason to believe that other brands are somehow significantly different than the ones I tried.
— end of update –

Datel’s MaxDrive

Actually, any regular USB drive will do just fine

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review by: aru

The King of Fighters : Maximum Impact 2 is the second attempt by SNK Playmore to bring the franchise into the world of 3D. The first Maximum Impact in 2005 was a rather dissapointing experience, with its bland graphics, small number of fighters (compared to the 2D series), and cheap combos.

Care for a light, mate?

The second Maximum Impact takes its cue directly from the many shortcoming of the first one. Cool intro movie, more detailed, smoother and beautifully drawn graphics that match the expectation of a PS2 owner, excellent sound, brand new character sprites, moves and customes, a total of 38 fighters (including hidden ones), and less cheap combos.

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by w2n

A new game by SNK Playmore, this is the sequel of King of Fighter : Maximum Impact.

The last installment was heavily criticized by the fanatical fans of the KoF franchise who strongly against the loss of the trademark tag team battle system, the very thing that had gained so much fandom since the first one of the series in 1994.

And now, the franchise is back, introducing a brand new dodging style (although the old Fatal Fury series had already introduce the concept of dodging moving side-by-side).

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