Description / Review
The second issue of the
PlayStation Underground would prove one of the most memorable. Sony used
this issue as its main propaganda marketing tool, having signed a deal
to have SquareSoft games exclusive on the PlayStation system. Featured
are interviews with Square staffers, a look at RPGs in general, and a
blooper real from one of Sony's System commercials.
On Disc 1:
- The Vault
- MLB '98 Video
- NBA Shootout '97
- Super Puzzle
Fighter II Turbo
- Treasures of the
Deep
- Imports
- Porsche
Challenge (Play)
- Symphony of the
Night (Video)
- Debriefing
- Final Fantasy
VII - Interview Part 1
- Behind the Scenes
- Event Center
- Washington
Bullets Interview
- Download Station
- Soul Blade -
Boss and Extra Weapons
- Rage Racer -
Extra Car in First Class
- Cool Boarders -
Unlock Snowman
- Research and
Development
- Net Yaroze with
Playable Demos
- Funky Beans
- The Appointed
Station
- Tech Q+A
- Code Archive
- Bulletins
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Trivia
- The 2nd disc is more
or less the same CD that was released on its own as the
Squaresoft on PlayStation Demo. Simple minor cosmetic changes
are the only real difference between the CDs.
- The four symbols
that you see throughout the first year of the Underground are all
representations of the 4 action buttons on the PlayStation
controller. Radiation is Circle, the Triangle is obvious, the hand
is the X Button, and the targeting sight is Square.
-
If you take the Square
interview translation as 100% correct, it would mean that Final
Fantasy VII's rendered CGI look was based solely on the response
Square got from a simple CGI demonstration they showed at a Computer
Graphics Convention. Leads you to wonder what it would have looked
like had they not been applauded?
-
The shooting game
featured in the Yaroze section of Disc 1 is comparable to an old
Japanese tradition called a 'carnival game'. Rather than a full
game, you basically have 2 minutes to take on a literal wave of
enemies, and whoever has the highest score wins. The most famous of
these 'Carnival Games' are several PC Engine (Turbo Grafx) remakes,
and the US Nintendo World Championship cartridges.
- The Demos on Disc 2:
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy
Tactics
- Saga Frontier
- Bushido Blade
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