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"cool graphics to accompany audio cd's"

hello, i've not posted here before, but have a wee query that the bloke in the shop couldn't help me with. you know how on the ps1 when you listened to audio cd's you could get funky graphics on screen. i presume you can do this on the ps2, but do you need special load up discs, and if so where do you get them from, and how much do they cost??? many thanks.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:

> The original PlayStation demo disc had a demo on it of a walking T-Rex
> - but it had nothing to do with the audio CD graphics.

I actually lent that out to a friend when he first got his PS1, that and a few games....he spent the first 2 hours just messing with the T-Rex and forgot about the games. Refused to give it me back too.

It was a pretty cool......'game' too.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> lash wrote:
> why not? surely if the ps1 did, and the ps2 plays ps1 games, it
> should
> be able to do a few graphics to go with the tunes. i'm sure a mate
> of
> mine was saying they have some kind of dancing dinasour.
>
> Your friend is getting confused!
>
> The original PlayStation demo disc had a demo on it of a walking T-Rex
> - but it had nothing to do with the audio CD graphics.
>
> That was a separate program on the same disc, which displayed a range
> of 3D and wireframe images which moved roughly in time to the music.
> It was okay, but didn't really work very well. There was talk at the
> time of them improving the software and releasing it for general sale,
> but as far as I know, it never happened.
>
> So no, PS1 itself never actually displayed graphics for audio CDs -
> and nor does PS2.

He speaks true, I was thinking about that just the other day.
The is a new thing from Blaze just released (or in the near furture) which does this, hopefully better, and comes with a CD of the best music out of games such as FFX and MGS2.
If that's what you want, that's what you should get.
I won't.
Waste o' money.

lash wrote:
> why not? surely if the ps1 did, and the ps2 plays ps1 games, it should
> be able to do a few graphics to go with the tunes. i'm sure a mate of
> mine was saying they have some kind of dancing dinasour.

Your friend is getting confused!

The original PlayStation demo disc had a demo on it of a walking T-Rex - but it had nothing to do with the audio CD graphics.

That was a separate program on the same disc, which displayed a range of 3D and wireframe images which moved roughly in time to the music. It was okay, but didn't really work very well. There was talk at the time of them improving the software and releasing it for general sale, but as far as I know, it never happened.

So no, PS1 itself never actually displayed graphics for audio CDs - and nor does PS2.

To my knowledge there arent any graphics to go with the CD's you play anymore as there was on the PS1. On the PS2, you just get the CD controls and a spinning cube on the left of the screen that changes colour every so often.

why not? surely if the ps1 did, and the ps2 plays ps1 games, it should be able to do a few graphics to go with the tunes. i'm sure a mate of mine was saying they have some kind of dancing dinasour. if not, its a lost opportunity. a big countdown on the screen looks toss.

it obviously plays audio cds but not with graphics

i dont think the ps2 does that

hello, i've not posted here before, but have a wee query that the bloke in the shop couldn't help me with. you know how on the ps1 when you listened to audio cd's you could get funky graphics on screen. i presume you can do this on the ps2, but do you need special load up discs, and if so where do you get them from, and how much do they cost??? many thanks.