I was cleaning up my room when I discovered my stash of PS1 games - blew off the dust and suddenly had an urge to play these retro games once more.
Way back in the ancient years of 2002, I ate only one packet of oreo cookies a day for recess for 1 WHOLE YEAR. The precious money I saved up went into buying more productive things: Like a PlayStation console. Health be damned. The problem was both my parents were dead set against having the thing in the house. My dad threw out the TV cable in 1998 and we had lived without it for 8 years. Yes, I lived out most of my childhood without watching TV. BUT! We did have a TV set. It was a glorified white elephant placed in the living room that didn't play TV. It was there to mock the TV-less kids. Also, it made a fantastic rest for photoframes.
I hid the PlaySation inside a ratty bag that I locked with a those cheap diary locks. My siblings and I would sneak out at 3am in the night to play Castlevania. On mute. In black and white. On a screen about the size of dishcloth. How was it even enjoyable? I played the entire FF7, FF9, Metal Slug and Baldur's Gate without sound, in black and white, constantly worried that my parents would burst out from their bedroom screaming, "AHA! I CAUGHT YA! 今天你死定了!" and cane me to death. Yes. That happens.
And now, here I am - a grown up (is it that fast???) - wanting to play FF9 again. Sadly, my PS1 is dead. Fortunately, for any who are in the same predicament as me - go download a PSX emulator, pSX v1.13 works the best for me, just remember to download the BIOS files and place them in said folder. Voila!
I'm speechless. This is the first time I'm playing Final Fantasy 9 IN FULL COLOUR. WITH SOUND! AaaAAAaaa~~~~ How did I ever enjoy it any way else? This is how Final Fantasy is supposed to be experience. I know I tell everyone that FF8 is my favourite FF - to violent opposition from basically everyone - but now..... FF9, you've stolen my heart.
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