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[Crane]

Hey everyone! I'm just curious to know what game introduced you to the RPG genre. Other than a couple of silly BBC Micro text adventure games, the first game I played that was RPG was "Shining: The Holy Ark"... brings back memories, and the boss music (shown in the video) is nothing short of fantastic:



POST SCRIPTUM: It might be a coincidence, but there's a boss early on in the game remarkably similar to the Time Knight, named the Time Warrior. It emerges out of a giant clock and attacks you with lightning spells (okay, not too similar!) and a pretty powerful sword.

Edited by Crane, 01 December 2010 - 09:06 PM.

[Freek]

Shining Force/Original Nintendo Gauntlet

[Isolated]

Legend of Legaia/PS1

Pretty amazing graphics for the time and is the difficulty was incredible.. If i could ever find an emulator that worked or could find a copy of the game.. I'd totally play it again.

[Autek]

Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - Super Nintendo

Still my favorite of all time!

[Exor]

My very first RPG was Super Mario RPG The Legend of The Seven Stars on the SNES. I rented it at Blockbuster when I was very young and had no idea it was an RPG game. I just assumed it was a regular Mario game as I had no idea what RPG stood for. I fell in love with the game though. It's one of the few games I'd rate 10 out of 10.

After I got a little older I visited my uncle's house and saw my cousin playing a then little known game by the name of Final Fantasy 7 on the Playstation. I just sat down and watched as he played and was amazed by the storytelling and graphics in the game. He was on disc 2 and he let me borrow disc 1 to play at home, and that got me hooked on RPGs. Nothing was better than playing FF7 for the very first time as a kid in the 90s.

All this nostalgic talk is making me want to go bust out my SNES and play SMRPG again.

[Isolated]

ff7 - classic

[brewcrew]

best RPG evar: Legend of Dragoon...best storyline of any game i have ever played. Although voiceovers during cutscenes ruined the jrpg tag for me lolz, but yes by far one of the most interesting and engaging storylines and gameplay.

[Peacemaker]

Well im not real sure how to classify stuff into rpgs, but i would have to say The Legend of Zelda would have been my first.

[Pureza]

FF3 and Breath of Fire on the snes. Got an emulator around somewhere and both those, not that I can ever find them in all my crap.

[Gnarkill]

Legend of Legaia/PS1

Pretty amazing graphics for the time and is the difficulty was incredible.. If i could ever find an emulator that worked or could find a copy of the game.. I'd totally play it again.

I've got a copy somewhere in storage with my old ps1, that game was good times.

[Zelimos]

Nightmist, believe it or not.

[Sausage]

Legend of Dragoon, yesssssss. My fav ever. Glad to see it got some love.
Legend of Legaia
Star Ocean
FF VII

Rented them all one night and killed it.

[Isolated]

Legend of Legaia/PS1

Pretty amazing graphics for the time and is the difficulty was incredible.. If i could ever find an emulator that worked or could find a copy of the game.. I'd totally play it again.

I've got a copy somewhere in storage with my old ps1, [that game was good times.

Amen Brother.

[Payne]

Super Mario RPG then i took a break till FF7