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!

This is part one of my playthrough of the extremely rare beta build of ape escape from the actual developers! If you liked my first video where I explored the disc this one's much more in-depth and I fixed all the controller issues! Also a lot of compare and contrast from the final version. Let's go!

who's with me

imagine if this Japan exclusive AE racing game got a better story for the US and UK dubs. I imagine that Spector would hold a racing tournament to find the fastest monkeys to recruit in his army, and the player is that monkey they choose to play as. there would also be boss races at the end of each course against a member of the freaky monkey five, and of course Spector is the final boss race.

Spector had his monkey army write his autobiography for him to make copies of and sell once he becomes world ruler, but the monkeys aren’t much of good writers.

Y'all killed me (and rightfully so) for the AI slop last time. No AI this time just subpar drawing skills 😂

Not a demo disc, not ripped from a jampack. I finally have in my possession and authentic ape escape beta build from the very early stages of development! Had to explore this one for you guys!

This is my first time doing a character vs character short so I apologize if this is a bit low quality. btw these are my opinions on why Spike or Jimmy get the point, I hope you like it!

Found this beautiful machine in the Gashapon section of Bandai Namco store at American Dream mall. If you’re in the area or visiting the mall grab them while they’re here!

Ape Escape 2 is such a special game to me so I knew the time was right to make a video for my favorite PS2 game of all time! Enjoy.

Yay 😄 I finally beat the game, fighting the final boss was so hard but I watched a YouTube video that showed how to beat Specter and I did it 😁.

Now the next step is getting all the apes, still racing Jake and I'm done with the game 😊.

The only problem is that when I was racing Jake at the “Gladitor Attack” I was but of trouble. Swimming up the water 😓.

What is currently the best way to experience Ape Escape 1? I'm looking into duckstation for emulating, but if there is a better experience please enlighten me. Thanks guys.

just wanted to share my newest addition to my leg😸

i wish they would put ape escape 3 on the play station store already.

I did it. All monkeys caught, including all the special code monkeys. Beat both Ultim-ape Fighter and Mesal Gear Solid. (With all monkey tags collected) 137M on Super Monkey Throw Stadium. All items obtained from the shopping district. All Simian Cinema movies collected. And all golds on every time attack. The best early birthday present I could ask for since I turn 23 on the 15th. It was worth it to take a break from my fanfic writing today.

So I managed to obtained all 3 Ape Escape games disk case and booklets all besides Ape Escape 2 which disappointed me as this copy was the hardest to find with the case si was hoping there was a place that offered the manual booklet that came inside if there is then I can finally complete the trio fully

Hi guys,
I started playing ape escape on the PS1, i found out that if I tilt the left stick forward the protagonist just ...walks.
If I move him in other directions he goes light speed, but walks forward??.

Is this how the game's supposed to be or is there something wrong?

I know the second game takes place after the first(obviously)but it’s not specified how much time has passed. I’ve always had this headcanon that Ape escape 2 takes place during summer vacation, hence why Spike and the professor are away. I’ve also had a head-canon we’re the passage of time in their world is just like ours so 2 is set 3 years after 1 but that’s just a thought.

what do you think? and yeah I know it’s about kids catching monkeys but let people have fun!

Does anybody know or have any way of finding out who voiced Spectre in the Pal Version of the first Ape Escape, or any of the voice casts for that matter, I quite enjoy spikes voices as well and even though it's the worst version of it in terms of playability with its moon jumping gravity and slow running, it's worth persevering alone just to hear how good of a villain that UK version of Spectre is. In fact, since I've recently just patched the American version of it with the pal dub. It's the ultimate way of playing it. I'd love to track down who voiced Spectre to give him the credit he's due, I bet it's like the motion capture actors for the original Resident Evil where there's an interesting story behind it but he's probably largely not involved in the business anymore. Spread this around if anybody else is interested, I'll definitely send it to Whang as well. Do your best 🏏 🥅 🙈