How Is Your SNES Gaming Going?

[MrPopo]

Left to Beat

DRAGON: The Bruce Lee Story
King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

So yeah...five to go on fighters, and I'm hoping to knock one of those out this summer. I've nearly wiped out one of the major genres. For laughs I might later go and beat all of the educational games or wipe out the one lone pinball game for the NTSC-U SNES I have yet to beat.

I'm surprised the MK3 games are on your left to beat list, considering how long you spent working on beating all the fighters.

[Ack]

Left to Beat

DRAGON: The Bruce Lee Story
King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

So yeah...five to go on fighters, and I'm hoping to knock one of those out this summer. I've nearly wiped out one of the major genres. For laughs I might later go and beat all of the educational games or wipe out the one lone pinball game for the NTSC-U SNES I have yet to beat.

I'm surprised the MK3 games are on your left to beat list, considering how long you spent working on beating all the fighters.

That's actually because I considered them some of the hardest to go back to due to the block button and different control scheme from most of the series' contemporaries. Most SNES fighting games fall into Street Fighter knock off territory and use similar means for special moves and control input. Mortal Kombat definitely goes its own path in that regard. The MK series' difficulty on home consoles is pretty well known too, which made beating them in order a bit harder. I finally beat MK2 last year, and that was a trial. MK3 is now the next up, and while it modernized a lot of the game, it also dropped many of the big names from the roster, so I'll have to learn some new tricks. UMK3 brings back Scorpion, which means I can go back to abusing his spear, but we'll see how things turn out.

As for King of the Monsters, they have a lot in common with wrestling games, a genre that's never really clicked with me. I have a lot to learn with them. DRAGON I just plain don't like.

[BoneSnapDeez]

The latter is subjective of course, but you know what I mean. Games like Bahamut Lagoon, Final Fantasy V, Front Mission, and so on.

I'm curious what the overall consensus would be for essential English-patched JRPGs. I know Bahamut Lagoon is popular but there's a LOT of other games I'd put ahead of it. Live-a-Live has to be up there. Seiken Densetsu 3 and Rudra no Hihou as well

I don't have my "list" in front of me, but I'd say that the number of quality fan-translated JRPGs rivals the total number of SNES JRPGs released in the West.

Also, there's some good stuff that has been left untranslated.

But yeah, lots of fan-translated stuff is skippable. No one needs to play that Ranma ½ game...

[Tanooki]

Hah as always since I'm in the minority on one never finishing it, and two never being much of a fan I do have Chrono Trigger. I've had Evermore but never got time for it much but maybe one day I'll get it again. Ys 3 I do own, just didn't think to list it since it's more Zelda 2 than RPG like. Shadowrun I've had and never finished, it just got weird. Spike McFang I got a year or two ago, finished then sold it as it was average and didn't think I'd replay that one.

7th Saga, Brainlord, Robotrek, Secret of the Stars on your list I've never had on your finished games. Your entire list of yet to finish/buy list I've had Lufia1+2 as I said, Soul Blazer I own still, and the rest I never had an interest in back in the day other than Brandish which I probably shouldn't have passed on loose out west before I moved around 4 years back when I saw it last at a flea market. Dude wanted like $10 more than it went for then so I left it.

I will say I've beaten FF5 years ago as well as some years later the Sailor Moon RPG too for the Super Famicom. I was on the original english translation team of FF5, SOM2Freak who did the work was an irc buddy. The other I just patched one day on a whim and got tied up enjoying it until it was over as it's not very long.

[PartridgeSenpai]

The latter is subjective of course, but you know what I mean. Games like Bahamut Lagoon, Final Fantasy V, Front Mission, and so on.

I'm curious what the overall consensus would be for essential English-patched JRPGs. I know Bahamut Lagoon is popular but there's a LOT of other games I'd put ahead of it. Live-a-Live has to be up there. Seiken Densetsu 3 and Rudra no Hihou as well

I don't have my "list" in front of me, but I'd say that the number of quality fan-translated JRPGs rivals the total number of SNES JRPGs released in the West.

Also, there's some good stuff that has been left untranslated.

But yeah, lots of fan-translated stuff is skippable. No one needs to play that Ranma ½ game...

What good stuff isn't fan translated yet? I'm just looking for ideas for a grand project if I decide to go for the translation minor at mah school.

[SNESdrunk]

What good stuff isn't fan translated yet? I'm just looking for ideas for a grand project if I decide to go for the translation minor at mah school.

Romancing Saga 2 and 3, and at least one of the Fire Emblem games, off the top of my head

[MrPopo]

What good stuff isn't fan translated yet? I'm just looking for ideas for a grand project if I decide to go for the translation minor at mah school.

Romancing Saga 2 and 3, and at least one of the Fire Emblem games, off the top of my head

Romancing Saga 3 actually has a fairly complete translation. It definitely needs an editing pass and some technical cleanup, but patched it is fully playable. The story can be confusing but that is more a consequence of the game's structure; it's extremely non-linear so the stuff related to the big bad gets mixed in with random side episodes that help you build your party without the appropriate lead in for either (depending on where you go).

[Sarge]

By the way, if anyone here has an SD2SNES, new firmware dropped over the weekend. Fixes a few bugs, and adds some GUI options for in-game hooks and whatnot. I think interactive cheat support is next.

No telling if SA-1 or Super FX will ever get implemented, but it's a great cart regardless.

As far as Romancing Saga 2 goes, we're getting a mobile port pretty soon, from my understanding.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Legend of Heroes II is the only one in the series to lack a translation of any kind. Worth checking out, though you may prefer the version on PC Engine CD with cutscenes and DAT SOUNDTRACK.

Xak only has a fan translation of menus. Great ass game.

Neither Albert Odyssey game on SuFami has been translated. Perhaps you're familiar with the third game on the Saturn.

No translations for Ys V Expert or Brandish 2 Expert, though the vanilla versions have been translated.

Both Farland Story installments are legendary. Only the PC-98 and PC games have translations.

Lady Stalker: Kako Kara no Chousen - Fun action-RPG. Sequel to Landstalker on Genny.

Popful Mail - So kawaii.

Motherfucking Lord Monarch. Though there is a free downloadable English version for PC. Part VII of the Dragon Slayer series.

Tengai Makyou Zero - Far East of Eden game. Kinda shocked these lack translations.

Trinea - Hot demon babe. Cool action-RPG.

Nuthin' for Arcus Spirits - though you can also get dat on Genny.

Dragon Knight 4 - the sequel to Knights of Xentar. BOOOOOBS.

The Blue Crystal Rod may be worth checking out if you are insane enough to enjoy The Tower of Druaga games.

Jyutei Senki - Robots and trees. Awesome.

Dual Orb is not translated but the sequel is.

Best I can do off the top of my head.

[Tanooki]

By the way, if anyone here has an SD2SNES, new firmware dropped over the weekend. Fixes a few bugs, and adds some GUI options for in-game hooks and whatnot. I think interactive cheat support is next.

No telling if SA-1 or Super FX will ever get implemented, but it's a great cart regardless.

As far as Romancing Saga 2 goes, we're getting a mobile port pretty soon, from my understanding.

When was the last time it got updated? I don't recall hearing about that happening for awhile. To be honest as expensive as it is I'd sell something off if need be if any guys/girls could as it's open add the SA1 and the FX chip to the device. I don't recall, was the SDD1 decompression routine ever added? I know if it had SA1 and FX support I'd own one already.