Gee, I was kinda thinking a good first RPG would be Phantasy Star IV on the Genesis. I don't think we'll see any RPGs for a few more games, though, and they'll likely be a little more spaced out in the distribution. From the look of the posts and people's opinions no matter what we choose some will be excited and some disappointed.
And SpaceBooger, if we're rotating eras or game types relatively frequently it won't be long before another good arcade or puzzle-style game comes up again. And with a lot of games that do have endings you can still do score challenges. Shooters are ripe for it.
As for which version of a game we do, I agree that we should try to keep it retro, but where remakes are close to the original and easier for some people to get I personally have no objection. If we do any of the earlier Square games and people want to play the PSX remake, as long as it's somewhat faithful (the remakes of FF1 are awfully pansy next to the original), I think the goal should be to allow as many people as possible to enjoy the experience.
That's why we're perfectly happy with emulation. Some games we might pick could be impossible to get access to or acquire without emulation, and it's important to make sure as many people as possible can participate.
SpaceBooger wrote:My 2cents....
If we do a chrono trigger type game, lets keep it original or emu on the SNES, not the remake...
It seems better if it is a retro club to keep it semi retro.
But, I would like to continue with the old arcade games with no endings just high scores for a while... its nice to pick them up for a minute or two and move on with life... plus that way we can change up games every couple weeks or on a monthly basis. I know if we played a rpg I would not complete a 40 to 80 hour game in a month at this stage in my life.
