Drawing parallels between AC3 and GITS: analysis of animation, setting and themes

The Ghost in the Shell movie and Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere are my favorite anime film and video-game respectively. In time I started noticing similarities between them, enough to make me want to dive in and elaborate on the threads that these two works have in common.

12.14.2016 The revolution goes live

AC3 OP HD aka psx h4x0rz in teh electr0sphere

I was checking out some blogs and I recently came across a post detailing the process used to make an HD version of the Valkyrie Profile opening video, which made me want to try and do the same thing for Ace Combat 3. More info in the video description:

AC3E part of UGSF, timeline now in English!

(link in the picture)

The UGSF timeline, which puts AC3E in the same universe as classic Namco retro games such as Galaxian, Galaga, Dig Dug and Cyber Commando, is finally in English!

Namco Official Wallpaper Complete Collection

Here are all the official wallpapers published by Namco. These are the originals from before the Namco/Bandai merger so they say "NAMCO LTD." instead of "NBGI".

Books of AC3 - Hyper Guide Book

The review trilogy of Ace Combat 3's japanese official guide books comes to an end!

Military of USEA

This is my follow-up post to Cityscapes of USEA, showcasing the airfields, bases and other military facilities of 2040 USEA.

Looking back: Interview with Hiroyuki Onoda

(posted here in case it gets taken down, 01/13/16)

Brett Elston on April 4, 2007 for gamesradar.com

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1999) - Hiroyuki Onoda

Cityscapes of USEA

Sights of urban USEA in the year 2040

AC3E Emulation Options

The first PlayStation has been dead for a long time now. It's been 12 years since I've last played a game on my PS1, which I trashed when I had to move (for the umpteenth time) and the effort of keeping it and getting it to work in a place with a different TV standard just wasn't worth the time, patience or investment.

So if, like me, your only way to play AC3E is via an emulator, then here are my recommendations if you want to get the best out of it.