I need NPCS

[Malcadon]

chaotic - are you planning to post this quest when you're done. Looks pretty neat...very
zelda-style-ish. I could go for that.

Actually, from the map above, it looks early Final Fantasy-style-ish.

[chaoticprime]

chaotic - are you planning to post this quest when you're done. Looks pretty neat...very
zelda-style-ish. I could go for that.

Actually, from the map above, it looks early Final Fantasy-style-ish.

Good-eye.

[Ragnar IronFist]

..or Phantasy Star

[Ragnar IronFist]

Which reminds me... I know this is like, 8 yr old news for most... But I just started discovering how easily you can put emulators and Roms for an old console..on to a psp. (The older psps, not the vita) ...So now that's totally what I'm asking for for Christmas.

[chaoticprime]

..or Phantasy Star

My dungeons aren't first-person.

[Malcadon]

Which reminds me... I know this is like, 8 yr old news for most... But I just started discovering how easily you can put emulators and Roms for an old console..on to a psp. (The older psps, not the vita) ...So now that's totally what I'm asking for for Christmas.

Yeah, I recently got one of those tablet computers so I could play old games on emulators, but the damn system locks the toolbar at the bottom of the screen below the onscreen game controls. When I press down on the D-pad, I tend to press to low and the whole game goes down as I accidentally press the Home or Back button.

I keep forgetting I have an old, secondhand PSP gathering dust. The only game I have for it is some stupid race game (Midnight Underground or something like it), and the selection at used game shops for the PSP is really limited. It would be nice to have actual game for it. I will look into getting emulators for it -- at least I would not have issues with the controls.

By the way, if you guys like The Legend of Zelda, but want more challenge, I recommend an obscure little game for the Saga Master System (a failed competitor to the NES) called Golden Axe Warrior. The name is misleading — its is only related to the arcade games in a superficial sense, with names like "Death Adder" tacked on an otherwise unrelated game — as it is an unabashed Zelda-clone. This is not a bad thing, as they feature elements missing form LoZ (like towns with shops & inns, spells with magic meter, the ability to move freely on water, etc.), some new elements (swords make a long, but really narrow attack, while axes have a short, but wider angle of attack; axes clear some trees; etc.) and it is harder (the fireball-proof shield costs 250 horns (money), while the armor that knocks damage by half is something you have to earn; the overworld map is twice as big and is all to easy to get lost in; the dungeons get harder, and the boss monsters can take a lot of hits before dying). It really captures the feeling of playing LoZ for the first time, when you don't know were to go and you are eager to find-out what is beyond the out-of-reach areas, and you get lost in the world... In a good way!

[chaoticprime]

I beat Golden Axe Warrior.

[Ragnar IronFist]

..or Phantasy Star

My dungeons aren't first-person.

I'm talking about some older Phantasy Stars that I burned many hours playing on my Sega Genesis. All birds-eye view..except when engaging the monsters.

Malc..I'll def check out Golden Axe Warrior. Maybe I can put it on the PSP!

And on a partially unrelated note... Most ground-breakin, under-credited, under-rated retro RPGs of all time? The Lord British' Ultima series. I burned entire summers playing those...going back to Apple IIe and Atari 800, ST, etc. they were also one of, or perhaps the first to have a MMP online rpg. It didn't catch on that much, because it became a bit too cumbersome with all the details, but it was way before Everquest, WoW, etc.

[chaoticprime]

You're talking about Phantasy Star 2, 3 or 4.

[Balinor]

I can't believe nobody has related CP's game to Dragon Warrior. Final Fantasy 1 was much like what is shown here, but after that the American releases were all on Super Nintendo. Dragon Warrior released 4 NES games and they kept improving every time and did not fly off into a sci-fi style like Final Fantasy.

I will definitely buy this game when you release it.

Thanks for the heads up on Golden Axe Warrior, and the fact you can put emulators onto psp. Both my boys have psps and they love old 8bit rpgs.