Ack's Sega CD RPG Guide

[racketboy]

Looky looky!
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/seg ... brary.html

[SpaceBooger]

If only some of those Japan only games were translated... I would love to play them!
Nice nod to Pier Solar, I am still waiting for the one I ordered this time last year to show up.

[Dakinggamer87]

Awesome can't wait to check it out... I noticed a few RPG gems I still need to get on my Sega CD...

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Great guide ACK!

Like SpaceBooger said above It's great to hear about Pier Solar again, I'd forgotten all about it! Now I'm pinching pennies to Pre-Order a copy or two.

[jfrost]

All kinds of awesome in that article. Good work, Ack.

[Ack]

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Yeah, there are a few in there that I'd really like to play, especially that Record of Lodoss War game. Too bad Sega CD translations just don't happen.

[noiseredux]

I've never understood how I'll see a lot of BEST OF RPG lists that have JPN games on them. How the hell do people play these games? I mean, do you learn Japanese? Do you just wing it? It seems like a txt heavy game would be damn near impoossible to play without a translated version.

[jfrost]

Back in the day I read a lot of gaming magazines that featured translations for Japanese RPGs. I remember playing the Japanese demo of Final Fantasy 8 via those translations. It was slow, but worked. I also played Grandia, both Lunars, Front Missions 1 and 2, Parasite Eve, Wild Arms, and a few others in Japanese. I don't recall ever finishing any Japanese game, but it was certainly playable.

ShiningForceCentral.com, for instance, has several translations of Shining games. You might be too lazy to even think about starting a game like this, but if you have free time, it is certainly rewarding.

[noiseredux]

You might be too lazy to even think about starting a game like this,

This.

Though I can see how it would be rewarding, I think there's enough English RPG's out there to keep me busy first. I guess?

[fast]

But Méga Schwarzschild is an rpg...