Comments on: The Sega CD / Mega CD RPG Library

By: Kingofcrusher

Kingofcrusher — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:16:28 +0000

Death Bringer and Aisle Lord do not use the same engine, even a cursory play of the two would have made that abundantly apparent. Aisle Lord also DID bring some innovations to the genre in that you actually see your character on the screen as you explore, and rooms have an adventure game mechanic with a cursor that enables you to examine/get/talk etc.

Also, Illusion City is definitely not “menu heavy”, there are no more menus that any other old RPG.

By: Ack

Ack — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:44:05 +0000

Dungeon Master 2 has CD quality audio on the Sega CD, though that version was released first, so I believe the others are considered prettier. Unfortunately I can’t find comparisons between versions of Eye of the Beholder, so I couldn’t tell you, though the controller problem made a lot of people dislike the Sega CD version(they didn’t realize you could adjust controls or use the console’s mouse).

Truthfully, Vay gave me some trouble when I was considering where to put it in the list. I eventually decided to put it further down because of its balance troubles, but you can kinda throw the order to the wind since they’re pretty much all good.

By: Hatta

Hatta — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:21 +0000

So many japanese releases we missed out on… But still lots of good stuff in the US. I’m going to have to check out Dark Wizard for some old school strategy RPG goodness.

Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master 2 were both released for DOS and on the Amiga. Is there a reason to favor the Sega CD versions?

BTW, I thought Vay was a lot of fun. Very standard JRPG fare, but it’s a formula that works and Vay does it very well.

By: Alex (PresidentLeever)

Alex (PresidentLeever) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:08:56 +0000

nice, but why give lunar 2 so much crap when it’s the best game here by far? Who cares exactly how much recorded speech they fit into the game, when it’s the excellent presentation and battle system that makes it fun to play? What is this “missing” thing?

Popful Mails’ closest relative is obviously the Wonder Boy/Monster World series.

By: Marspants

Marspants — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:15:52 +0000

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By: Modesto

Modesto — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:12:56 +0000

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