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Bleem! picture source: Bleem!
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When this product was released in late 1999, many people
thought they had quality Playstation titles which can be dramatically enhanced
with the graphics power of the PC, using D3D. But instead, all they got were bugs
galore and may I say that there were no *FREAKING* updates to bleem! v1.5b since
it was released and bleem! had a whole truckload of compability issues to
it. Why would bleem! market such an anticipated piece of software and
release a version full of still remaining bugs and glitches is anyone's
guess. For example, Final Fantasy Anthology, which was a collection of
both Final Fantasy V and VI, both were originally released for the SNES and I
found that both games should work great, but much to everyone's surprise, both V
and VI only PARTIALLY work! Sadly, this is one of the many bugs and glitches
that were present in v1.5b which in turn had various bugs in which in some
instances, you had to change your sound card in order to make the sound work in
a game or it might not work at all. The game list in which shows what
games are compatible with bleem! are outdated and bleem! has not even given a
single update for us to work with.
Street Fighter EX.
The graphics of the games range from
good to horribly brutal depending on your graphics card and sometimes bleem!
would lock up your computer and force you to reload bleem! thus a BIG pain if
you haven't saved your game yet. The control is okay, but
sometimes
buttons are hard to recognize because you have to remember square is this and so
on. Unfortunately, other PS emulators suck even more than bleem! so people
are out of luck for now. In windowed mode the graphics look definitely
better and the textures are more smooth. In my opinion I hate the windowed
mode! I mean, who wants to
look at a stupid puny window where all the action is going on in that crammed up
piece of @#$%! In the full screen mode bleem! has to resize, so it'll take
a second and sometimes it gets annoying after a while.
A screen of the game One.

Overall, bleem! is
a disappointing emulator which I think isn't even that CLOSE! to successfully
emulating a Playstation to its full ability and that's my opinion on how
bad bleem! is. Bleem! is currently in a lawsuit against Sony in which
Sony doesn't have enough evidence to prove that bleem! has violated the PS code,
but bleem! is so crappy I think that bleem! deserves to get their ass sued by
Sony.
Tekken
3.
Right now I'm not happy with bleem!, so my solution would
be to wait for bleem! for Dreamcast which they claim would have little or no
bugs in it because they are releasing four discs in different types of games
(RPGs, adventure, simulation, etc.), which means lesser compatibility issues.
And I anticipate it very much because the Sega Dreamcast has very good graphics
and sound, so playing Playstation games should be nothing to the
Dreamcast. Also, bleem! made a release saying that bleem! for Dreamcast
(Bleemcast) will not be released until it's flawless (no bugs/glitches). I
believe its currently set for a September 15 release.
If you have any questions about our
rating system, like how we rate games, see here.
Crash Bandicoot 3 screenshot.
| GAMEPLAY |
6 |
Keyboard control is poor, try getting a game pad. |
| GRAPHICS |
8 |
Good, but the PC could've made more use of the 3D graphics
enhancements. Also in cases like Final Fantasy 7, it doesn't display
the arrow for certain parts in the battle screen. |
| SOUND |
6 |
Occasional fuzzy sound, sound card problems. |
| VALUE |
4 |
It should be free, like the other emulators, and it should
be high performing like the SNES 9x
Super Nintendo emulator. |
| BUGS |
3 |
Tons of minor glitches and compability issues. |
| EXTRAS |
6 |
The promised bonus of D3D enhanced graphics aren't always
present in some games. Also, they have a good memory card manager. |
| CLASSIC? |
0 |
No, all of these bugs don't come even that close to being a
classic. It looks more like a beta than a finished product. |
| FUN FACTOR |
6.5 |
While most of your favourite PS games are compatible, the
bugs produce a level of mere frustration within the games. |
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| OVERALL |
4.9 |
Considering the fact that this was highly anticipated, it
disappoints more people than it pleases. Sorry to say, but this
definitely deserves the VG Critics Online STINKER award. |
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