Out of the blue I wanted to play League Bowling on NeoGeo again.
Went to the Belgium PSN shop but to my consternation the game is no longer available.
So a quick hop over to play Asia and logged in with my Japanese account and we’re ready to go. 😊
#retrogaming
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games :cat_cheer: Maybe I should setup a Japanese PSN account? 🤔 I bought quite a few games on the NA PSN (with gift cards from PlayAsia) - many classic games for less than 10$ that are otherwise unavailable in the EU.
@chris@mstdn.games
Yeah, there are quite a few arcade archive and NeoGeo games that are still available in Japan but have been delisted in the west.And if you’re planing on buying PSone games on PS3, then having a Japanese account is a must have.
Although we’ve lost quite a few of them over the years due to licenses expiring. But there are still hundreds for sale right now.
And some really great PC Engine games as well.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games This is why I believe all games should be given a physical release too, it’s hard to preserve things we can’t acquire anymore.
@BigBlue@geekdom.social that’s why I’m so happy that Hamster is finally doing at least two NeoGeo compilations in Switch.
https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/aca-neogeo-selection-vol-1-and-2-announced-for-switch
Ended up booting my PS3 to spend the rest of my credits on Japanese PSone games.
Had a ton of fun tonight playing these.Top to bottom these are:
Advanced V.G.2
Power Instinct 2
Touge Max 2
Slap happy Rhythm Busters
Rival Schools: United by Fate
Puyo Puyo SunToo bad this game doesn’t have a platinum trophy. 😅
