OldFatGuy: Well, several more hours last night and today and some of the goodness is wearing off.

You can't just "go" anywhere, without battles popping. Even places you've been to a hundred times, just to walk from point A to B is getting old. Then in the dungeons, it's a maze, and not an easy one at that, meaning older folks with memory issues aren't going to fare well, PLUS, if you don't complete it, leave, heal, resupply, and come back, it's exactly like starting all over again because of walking anywhere from A to B creates these random battles.

Jeez, once a place is cleared, it should be cleared.

I'm realizing this one's never going to be finished. And am hesitant to try the others in that pack now, because if they're all like this (and I do seem to remember that being a trait of platform games) then now I really remember why I never really got into many platform games even though my son was a huge fan.

Grargar: I will suggest to you what I also suggested to a friend of mine; ignore II+III and jump straight to IV. It is a much better experience.

Siannah: There's the problem. JRPG. :P

Again, this is just my opinion but Shining Force had nothing about J in it. It was a fresh take on mixing RPG and strategy / tactics. Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea.... it was an inspiration for classics to come.

mystral: Actually, FFT was directly inspired by Tactics Ogre, which was a sort-of-sequel to Ogre Battle, which predates Shining Force IIRC. Those games share many developers. They probably played Shining Force but they didn't need it for inspiration.

marsrunner: Can't even come close to agreeing with that.

Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Chrono Trigger
EarthBound
Eye of the Beholder
Final Fantasy II (IV)
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Super Mario RPG
Illusion of Gaia
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana

In my opinion, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy VI and Secret of Mana are better than anything that ever came out on the Genesis (and I had both). Heck Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI are two of the best examples of JRPG ever created.

Oh, and nit-pick...Zelda is not an RPG.

OldFatGuy: Is there any way to buy these titles like I just did for the SEGA titles somewhere to play on my PC?

StingingVelvet: Something about growing up killed them for me.

OldFatGuy: You can't just "go" anywhere, without battles popping. Even places you've been to a hundred times, just to walk from point A to B is getting old. *snip*

OldFatGuy: Is there any way to buy these titles like I just did for the SEGA titles somewhere to play on my PC? I still have the Nintendo, and SNES (and N64), but they're all a PITA to hook up these days because of how inputs in the TV's are different, plus I don't even own most of those anyway.

There's another thread on here about freeware sites that had a link to one and one of the games was to the original Zelda!!! I was so excited at the thought of playing that old classic again, but the link didn't work, and somehow, knowing Nintendo, I'm betting that was never really freeware anyway.

But I'd pay for them again if it included an emulator like the purchase of these games do. You know if that's possible or are just SEGA games available for PC?

OldFatGuy: Yeah, they are JRPG's, sorry, I probably should've mentioned that since there are some that don't like that genre. I never even knew what it meant until I played Final Fantasy VII on the PC, and then when I see a game that reminds of that combat, I've learned that's what's meant by JRPG.

I like turned based combat a lot, but in the JRPG case it often seems there just aren't as many interesting choices as in other turn based ones, like say Fallout 1 and 2. (which were GREAT games IMO). But I got a lot of enjoyment out of FF7 and am having a blast with these little jewels. I'm playing the oldest one right now, Phantasy Stars 2 (there was no 1 in the bundle, nor available at DotEmu) and it's got some really neat depth to it for an older platform like the Genesis.

OldFatGuy: Is there any way to buy these titles like I just did for the SEGA titles somewhere to play on my PC? I still have the Nintendo, and SNES (and N64), but they're all a PITA to hook up these days because of how inputs in the TV's are different, plus I don't even own most of those anyway.

There's another thread on here about freeware sites that had a link to one and one of the games was to the original Zelda!!! I was so excited at the thought of playing that old classic again, but the link didn't work, and somehow, knowing Nintendo, I'm betting that was never really freeware anyway.

But I'd pay for them again if it included an emulator like the purchase of these games do. You know if that's possible or are just SEGA games available for PC?

Neobr10: Because only kids play JRPGs, right?

StingingVelvet: Don't be such a sensitive nancy-pants.