Identify this pre-2000 spidermech game on PS X / PS

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I was playing some heavy mech on my iPhone, when I thought about what kind of mech games I know. I remembered being in a mall with my mom around 1997 (not sure though) there was a Playstation installed and free to play.

I played a mech/robot/bot game, in which the player controlled a spidertank/mecha in 3rd person. The spider easily climbed walls and like shipping crates, I had to shoot other spiders with coaxial machine-guns. There was no like human beings in the game, only the mechs. I think the camera was adjustable. Would be really cool if someone could tell me what the name of it is.

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Sounds like Ghost in the Shell to me.

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Final Fantasy VII - How to get the full Enemy Skill Materia?

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As the title suggest, I would like to know how to fully grow a Enemy Skill Materia: I managed to get some E.S. but not every fight brings me one. There's a strategy to get 'em all?

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E Skill learns new skills by being subject to those skills in battle. So it's a matter of fighting the proper enemies, not enough battles. It's also impossible until the end of the game, due to one being in the last dungeon. There are 3 "problem" E Skills, as it were, that cause some frustration. 2 because they can be lost forever and one that's fairly luck based.

1. Chocobuckle, granted by level 16 Chocobos near the Chocobo Ranch. They'll only use the attack when low in health, and the only way to get them to it without them running away immediately is to use another Enemy Skill, Lv. 4 Suicide. Level 16 ones are the only ones that can be hit by the skill, anyway. However, it's never quite guaranteed that they'll use it, so it may take some time.
2. Trine, used by the bosses Materia Keeper and Godo, as well as Stilva, an enemy in a dungeon that can only be visitted once. So once you have beaten both bosses and gotten past that dungeon, it becomes impossible to learn the skill. So make sure that when you fight the bosses, you wait long enough for the skill to be used.
3. Pandora's Box, used by the Zombie Dragon enemy in the final dungeon. This one is interesting because in any save game, the skill can only be used once. So you need to make sure you have every Enemy Skill materia equipped at this point, because if you run into a Zombie Dragon and it uses Pandora's Box and you don't have it, you've just lost it forever.

Past those, the rest tend to be a simple matter of fighting the right enemies and waiting for the right attacks. There are some buff spells which will need you to use the Manipulate materia on the enemy, such as Dragon Force, Angel Whisper, and White Wind. If you see an enemy using one of these skills, then use Manipulate and force it on yourself if it's available. Past that, the rest is all a matter of getting your face beaten in.

General strategy is simple - always keep that Materia on at all times! Then you will not miss the one-times and you'll always catch it when the attack happens in normal scenarios, rather than having to hunt the skill down amidst all the rest of the late-game stuff you need to do.

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In Final Fantasy VII, what were the 1/35 Soldier items for?

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In Final Fantasy VII, you could collect items called 1/35 Soldier, but they never seemed to have any use.

This has bugged me for years. Are these items used for anything at all in the game?

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There is no use for the 1/35 Soldiers in FF7. But if you purchase the vacation home in Costa Del Sol, the soldiers will be up on display there.

Oh and if anyone cares, there are 12 in the set.

And for more info on items in ff7 http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Final_Fantasy_VII_Items is a great reference.

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What was this epic PS1 co-op game with a wide variety of weapons to fight with?

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Right, I only remember a little but it was a epic game, really really fun and great for its time.

It was for Playstation 1, it was 3D, and also allowed at least 2 players. It was the sort of 2-player game where it is co-op and you shared a screen, not one each.

I remember you could play a old man, a kid, and maybe a woman.

You were on a cruise ship (I think) and some terrorists (or someone) were taking it over, you would play one of the character and fight the bad guys, best thing about it was I remember fighting with a lot of weapons, like brooms and such.

Would be great if someone can guess it from what I have said, sorry for the lack of information.

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The game is called Crisis Beat.

Sorry, there's no Wikipedia page to link you to, but there seem to be some videos of it on Youtube.

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How to get Materia from Aeris' hair in the Forgotten Capital?

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What kind of Materia is falling from Aeris' hair while in the Forgotten Capital?

Is it possible to catch that materia? How?

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That is the White Materia, used for Holy, the most powerful White magic in the game.

It plays an important role in the plot so the plot summary is in the spoiler below. If you want more spoilers, the plot related to it can be hound here on the FF wiki

The White Materia is used to summon Holy. This is the only power capable of stopping Meteor, which was summoned by Sephiroth using the Black Materia. Aerith goes to the Forgotten Capital to pray to Holy, but is killed by Sephiroth. It turns out that she did successfully summon Holy, but Sephiroth is preventing it taking effect. You kill Sephiroth, Holy emerges, but Meteor is too close to be stopped by Holy alone. The Lifestream is used to push Meteor back, allowing Holy to destroy it.

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Find a RPG Game on PS One

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All I can remember is that the hero had a red bracelet with a bluish pearl on it that was from another planet (The bracelet). I can't remember the name but it was on PS One. His bracelet had special powers and can level up too.

Sorry for the poor description but that's all I can remember off.

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Heh, this sounds like Legend of Legaia, one of my favorite RPGs of all time (despite never having finished it).

I actually opened this question on the off-chance it was this RPG, so if I'm right that's quite the coincidence :P.

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What happens to online saves after PlayStation Plus expiration?

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Sony will offer all of us a free month of PlayStation Plus. I will then be able to store my gamesaves online (and you too :)
I don't plan prolonging the registration to the service after the free period.
But what will then happen to my save games once I'm no more a Plus user? Will I still be able to access the ones which are online, not being able to upload new ones or will they just be lost forever?

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According to this press release, you will no longer be able to access your cloud saves if your Playstation Plus membership expires. However, your data will remain on Sony's servers for six months, and you can access them again as long as you resubscribe within that time period.

But, if your PS3 dies six months after you backed up your saved games, you've just lost 6 months of gaming! The way I see it, if you're going to back up your saved games at all, you should go the whole way and pay for PSN+ membership.

And you should anyway, since the cloud service is the only way you can backup your copy-protected saved games.

(Apparently the backup utility can backup protected saved games, but it can only restore them to the same PS3. If that PS3 is dead, then tough.)

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