Let's talk retro gaming

[Faxanadu]

dunno001 said:

r505Matt said:

dunno001 said:

lestatdark said:
Also, I forgot to mention one of the best Action-Adventure/RPG from the NES, Faxanadu.

It's the precursor to games like Soul Blazer and Terranigma, so you must give it a go if you liked any of these games ;)

Not quite. Faxanadu was a spinoff from Xanadu, which was Dragon Slayer 2. This led way to a title I was going to recommend- Dragon Slayer 4, aka Legacy of the Wizard. (IIRC, the Japanese subtitle was Drasle family, or something like that.) Whereas Soul Blazer (also an excellent game) was the first of a trilogy, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma being 2 and 3. Mind you, I'm not downtalking any of these titles.

As for other titles I'd recommend (other than Legacy of the Wizard, of course), I'd also say The Guardian Legend, and the Dragon Quest/Warrior games. On a less frequently replayed basis is Zelda 1 and Metroid, but I do those mostly to see how much of the game I still remember...

Illusion of Gaia! YES! I didn't know about it being part of a trilogy, and I've never played Terranigma -.-

Zelda 1 for me is now no-sword runs. I may have overplayed Zelda 1, I actually don't have too much desire to play it. I never got too much into Metroid 1. I mean, I beat it once or twice, but it's a pretty short game so that's not saying too much. Maybe I should give it another shot =)

Hooking up the PS3 controller to my PC was the best idea I had for all of this. I used to think "well, who cares, they're just old games" but it feels soooo much better.

I was playing Battletoads a couple of days ago, the motorbike part, with WASD and it didn't go so well. I plug in the controller. BAM, one try, made it through the whole thing. It really makes a huge difference.

Okay, back to Parasite Eve =)

Yeah, I remember, and still have, my old Illusion of Gaia t-shirt. And Terranigma, well... that's one of those annoying games that came out in the UK, but not the US. I bought the Japanese version since it was considerably cheaper, and, if Soul Blazer (err, sorry... Blader) was any indication, everything would be kana. It's still backlogged, though... -_-

Zelda 1 for me is a weird case. My latest playthrough on it was a min-heart run with green armor. I would only pick up the heart containers that were forced to be walked over enroute to the Triforce. I recall not finishing it, though... I should see where I left off. I recall considering a no-sword run, but I'll PM you about that, so as to not draw this off-topic.

Oh, and at the bold? You. Suck. :P I hated that part!

Correct on that Xanadu stuff.

Also, IMO Illusion of Gaia > Terranigma > Soulblazer. Although all three are great and worth playing.