Hello, I am new here. I just made a 60Hz version of Ape Escape PSX by ripping the NTSC version and adding italian content to it. I am sharing it in case someone is interested, as it should be the first PAL-like version to run correctly at 60Hz. It's just the ISO file:
https://archive.org/details/ape_escape_ita_60hz
Enjoy!
I'm falling on that on youtube but the music is peak.
Most games I know that have Time Trials like Ape Escape 2 such as Crash Bandicoot Warped cap out the timer at 9'59'96 or generally around the 10 minute mark.
Not Ape Escape 2, it only caps once timer reaches just shy of an hour.
Found this in a big box of other floppy disks. Can’t find much online. Cat tax.
I once commented on how disappointed I was with the lack of charisma and equally strong soundtrack in Ape Escape 2. I had just finished Ape Escape and went straight to the second title, so I'm afraid that was the big problem. Today, I started playing again after a little over a year, and the result is that the levels were more fun than usual, and I'm still having fun with these minigames. There are 3 minigames, the first one isn't that great, but the soccer one is really cool. Best of all, you can play with two people! I'm eager to know what the third one is (and I don't mind if you tell me in the comments).
Thanks to this tool made by pxdl on github: https://github.com/pxdl/ae3-player
I was able to extract the whole Ape Escape 3 ost into wav format; i've been looking for years for a way to get the full ost ripped directly from the game, for the sake of getting the best quality possible, like i did with Ape Escape 2.
(I had the whole sequences and headers .bd and .hd extracted from the game but never found a way to rip them).
Also considering that in the originape soundtrack released in 2012, despite being of high quality, some tracks didn't really sound exactly the same like the ones heard on the original game on ps2, so i'm glad to have finally got the raw hq ost as heard ingame.
Enjoy!