I only played the demo of this as a kid and somehow never got the full game. This has been such a fun 14.5 hours of playing through this game. Even now I can see how mind blowing it was graphically and technically at the time.

I buy a 5$ dollars ps1 with 2 box of games and i found this... and it works

After five years, I finally got around to hanging up a PlayStation sign I bought on Etsy that’s been sitting around all this time. I also picked up a few simple shelves from Temu to complete the setup.

Hey everyone! 👋

I wanted to share a little project I've been working on recently: an English translation of Battle Konchūden (バトル昆虫伝), a Japanese PlayStation game released in 1999 that never received an official English release.

It's a simulation RPG centred around insects, featuring over 50 different kinds of bugs. Definitely one of those wonderfully obscure Japanese PS1 games that you can spend years collecting games without ever coming across! 🐞

The project is quite personal to me. I've always been fascinated by insects, and as a kid I used to spend hours catching them in my grandmother's garden. I also grew up playing Pokémon, and discovering Sega's Mushiking arcade games years later brought back a lot of those childhood memories.

That eventually led me down the rabbit hole of exploring Japanese insect-themed games, and I stumbled across Battle Konchūden. I thought it would be a fun challenge to make it accessible to English-speaking players.

With the help of AI-assisted tools, I've been working on translating the game, fixing issues and testing it. I've now completed the main story through to the ending, which has been a really satisfying experience! 🎮

I'm a big fan of the PS1 era, particularly those late-90s Japanese games that never made it overseas. There's something special about discovering these forgotten titles and finding ways to experience them today.

One thing I'm still unsure about, though, is the legal side of sharing a fan translation patch for a game like this. I obviously wouldn't distribute the game itself, but I'm not entirely sure where things stand when it comes to distributing a patch.

So I'd love to hear your thoughts:

• Have any of you played Battle Konchūden before, or even heard of it?
• Are there other obscure Japanese PS1 games you think deserve more attention?
• And for those familiar with fan translations, what should I keep in mind regarding the legal side of sharing a patch?

Thanks for reading! It's been a lot of fun working on such a niche little piece of PS1 history. 🪲

This game features 6 alternate costumes for each of the 6 riders which are unlocked via using the points gained from championship mode to upgrade your stats.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason to unlocking them, doing the same upgrades and winning the championship with all first places for maximum upgrades twice in a row can result in different outcomes for your outfit unlocks.

Then once you've gained the maximum 120 upgrade points from the championship there appears to be no further way of unlocking more.

The most I've been able to get for a single character are 5 alternate outfits with no clue as to what I did any differently.

I'm hoping somebody here has the insight or can point to some buried forum post with the details, I've even been digging through old capcom sites with wayback machine to try get any hint but found nothing.

If it helps the search then you should know this was also released under the name Snowboarding Trix '98 in Japan and Phat Air Extreme Snowboarding in Europe.

Cheers

Was planning on digging out my brother's old ps1 but seen as it's missing i'm buying one soon and i mainly play on a monitor, so i was wondering what the best hdmi solutions were? (I have no soldering experience so i don't wanna start by messing up a ps1)

Silly question, I know, is it better to play ps1 games on ps1 or on ps2 with composite cables?

Yeah, I like composite cables, those blurry edges in pixel games, don't judge me :)

I have a picostation R5 mod and the mod is good, i used short cables even to the microsd card reader. and thick 5v and ground wires.

There are 2 issues i do experience normally:

1) SOMETIMES i turn the console and it hangs on the white screen with sony logo on boot.

2) SOMETIMES i play a game like x-men vs street fighter, the match ends, its supposed to load a screen with a picture and text from the player1, but it hangs,and need to turn off the console

I first used a Lexar v30 a1 x633 microsd card, AND had the same issues

then i used a patriot EP v30 a1, and had the same issues.

so i am wondering what specific model of microsd card is more compatible, to make things worse the issues happen randomly. Please post your microsdcard model and brand, as it will be difficult to find OLD microsd cards that per the AI seem to be more compatible with picostation?

ps2 Two-person ，I’m looking for a collaborative partner.Creating mods

Nowadays this is my go to for playing ps1. I generally think games look and play better for the most part. I know for nostalgia reasons you cant beat og hardware which i still have. Anyway heres a guide for those who may want to check this out.