BREAKING NEWS: EA Replay Officially Announced! (August 31, 2006)

Bandit LOAF · 08-30-2006, 17:00

It's the news you knew to expect: Electronic Arts has officially confirmed that EA Replay is coming for the PSP system!

GameSpot has posted the announcement here. It includes some exciting new information, including the fact that the package has been in development at EA Canada and that players will be able to "unlock retro game art". Best of all, it reveals an amazing pricepoint: $19.99.

Two screenshots are already available (below) - they confirm that the game will use the full resolution of the PSP, 480x272. The set will be released as previously suspected on November 7th. I'm glad I picked up a PSP yesterday!

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Original update published on August 31, 2006

Maj.Striker · 08-31-2006, 16:53

SWEET! Fantastic official confirmation to some eagerly anticipated news. Kinda funny that the screenshots show the pilot shooting at confed ships.

Fatcat · 08-31-2006, 18:56

This is great news for the WC community. Wing Commander has not been forgotten!

Also, why are the laser bursts not orange?

Bandit LOAF · 08-31-2006, 19:03

Different ports have different colored laser bolts -- these look the same as the SNES port (with a different aspect ratio).

Maj.Striker · 08-31-2006, 19:14

Is it just me or do those pictures just look a little stretched? Almost like they just took the native 320x240 and stretched them horizontally?

Lt.Death100 · 08-31-2006, 19:17

That looks like what they did.

Bandit LOAF · 08-31-2006, 20:08

Yes, as I said in both the original news post and the post you just replied to, the PSP has a different aspect ratio than an ordinary TV or PC monitor.

Delance · 08-31-2006, 22:09

How many games from 1990 still look this good?

Tarquinn · 09-01-2006, 06:23

Hmm, that makes me want to get a PSP.

CataclysmX · 09-01-2006, 11:05

>How many games from 1990 still look this good?

Only ones I can even think of are Silent Service 2, Star Control and Lemmings.
And compared to WC those games look like ass.

Maj.Striker · 09-01-2006, 11:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bandit LOAF

Yes, as I said in both the original news post and the post you just replied to, the PSP has a different aspect ratio than an ordinary TV or PC monitor.

Ah, well even with the stretching it still looks good. It's going to be great on the PSP widescreen format.

Lt.Death100 · 09-01-2006, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delance

How many games from 1990 still look this good?

All of them, at least to me.

infinite · 09-01-2006, 13:50

Let's all tell EA the only reason we buy sony products is because of WC.

ChrisReid · 09-01-2006, 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite

Let's all tell EA the only reason we buy sony products is because of WC.

I don't think they'll care too much about that, but you can let them know you bought EA Replay because of the Wing Commander titles.

hurleybird · 09-01-2006, 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maj.Striker

Ah, well even with the stretching it still looks good. It's going to be great on the PSP widescreen format.

Nah, looks like only the HUD is stretched. The laser bolts look perfectly round. Makes you wonder how other games will be adapted to the PSP's aspect ratio though.

Lt.Death100 · 09-01-2006, 18:43

Hehe, looks like the people who shot those pics aren't exactly "loyal".

hurleybird · 09-01-2006, 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by hurleybird

Nah, looks like only the HUD is stretched. The laser bolts look perfectly round. Makes you wonder how other games will be adapted to the PSP's aspect ratio though.

Oops, sorry about that. On closer inspection it I can see that everything is stretched.

Also, if you look close enough you can see a slight graphical glitch. Horizontal black lines at the edge of the 'view screen'.

Ijuin · 09-01-2006, 21:52

So they're going for blue laser bolts instead of red? So what color will the neutron bolts be?

Dyret · 09-02-2006, 03:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lt.Death100

Hehe, looks like the people who shot those pics aren't exactly "loyal".

Hehe, they probably haven't added the kilrathi yet.

08-30-2006, 17:00	#1
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,925	BREAKING NEWS: EA Replay Officially Announced! (August 31, 2006) It's the news you knew to expect: Electronic Arts has officially confirmed that EA Replay is coming for the PSP system! GameSpot has posted the announcement here. It includes some exciting new information, including the fact that the package has been in development at EA Canada and that players will be able to "unlock retro game art". Best of all, it reveals an amazing pricepoint: $19.99. Two screenshots are already available (below) - they confirm that the game will use the full resolution of the PSP, 480x272. The set will be released as previously suspected on November 7th. I'm glad I picked up a PSP yesterday! -- Original update published on August 31, 2006

08-31-2006, 19:03	#4
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,925	Different ports have different colored laser bolts -- these look the same as the SNES port (with a different aspect ratio). __________________ Long live the Confederation, Ben "Bandit" Lesnick, LMG. "You go, Loaf! Get some!" -JPG

08-31-2006, 20:08	#7
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,925	Yes, as I said in both the original news post and the post you just replied to, the PSP has a different aspect ratio than an ordinary TV or PC monitor. __________________ Long live the Confederation, Ben "Bandit" Lesnick, LMG. "You go, Loaf! Get some!" -JPG

08-31-2006, 22:09	#8
Delance Victory, you say? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Posts: 4,222	How many games from 1990 still look this good? __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

09-01-2006, 11:05	#10
CataclysmX Cadet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 74	>How many games from 1990 still look this good? Only ones I can even think of are Silent Service 2, Star Control and Lemmings. And compared to WC those games look like ass. __________________ Before I knew about autopilot, I made long afterburner journeys in WC1.

08-31-2006, 16:53	#2
Maj.Striker Swabbie Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Des Moines Posts: 2,067	SWEET! Fantastic official confirmation to some eagerly anticipated news. Kinda funny that the screenshots show the pilot shooting at confed ships.

08-31-2006, 18:56	#3
Fatcat Swabbie Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: At my computer, duh. Posts: 597	This is great news for the WC community. Wing Commander has not been forgotten! Also, why are the laser bursts not orange?

08-31-2006, 19:14	#5
Maj.Striker Swabbie Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Des Moines Posts: 2,067	Is it just me or do those pictures just look a little stretched? Almost like they just took the native 320x240 and stretched them horizontally?

08-31-2006, 19:17	#6
Lt.Death100 Colonel Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The heart of all evil, Utah. Posts: 1,162	That looks like what they did.

09-01-2006, 06:23	#9
Tarquinn Cadet Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 73	Hmm, that makes me want to get a PSP.

09-01-2006, 13:50	#13
infinite Cadet Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 38	Let's all tell EA the only reason we buy sony products is because of WC. __________________ - mobster lobster -

09-01-2006, 18:43	#16
Lt.Death100 Colonel Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The heart of all evil, Utah. Posts: 1,162	Hehe, looks like the people who shot those pics aren't exactly "loyal".

09-01-2006, 21:52	#18
Ijuin Lieutenant General Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,545	So they're going for blue laser bolts instead of red? So what color will the neutron bolts be? __________________ Those who live by the sword...get shot by those who live by the gun.

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