Finished Secret of Evermore for the SNES.

This was an action-RPG I had really wanted to play when I was little, but wasn't able to obtain a copy. Nowadays the world is at your fingertips so I can finally play it. It plays very similarly to Secret of Mana.

The graphics and visual style really left an impression on me. Compared to most other RPGs from around the same time period, everything feels very 'larger than life', probably because it's actually bigger in terms of pixel size- that is, if you compare it to say, FF5 or FF6. More frames of animation too. The design for the bosses "Thraxx"/"Coleoptera" was really cool. And as for the art style, it feels kind of realistic and gritty, none of the words seem too inviting, and it works for this game. Combined with ambient sound instead of background music for a lot of parts, the environments tend to feel kind of lonely and spooky.

It turns out it was developed by a North American division of Square which explains a lot. It is loaded with gags and pop culture references and in general feels way too western to be a JRPG. Although it does follow the cliche of having the obligatory Mode-7 airship type of thing toward the end. Overall, 10/10 would recommend.

Seen when playing Demon's Crest

Although I played this game eons ago, I completed it for the first time today.

Playing this game to the end revealed it glitching out at times (can you spot it?):

Beating it for the first time.

After a couple repairs and lots of futzing with cables... life!
This is the SHARP x68000, a vintage computer from Japan.

If the name sounds familiar- it runs on a Motorola 68000 processor. This vintage computer was never sold outside of Japan due to very strict export regulations in the 1980s which included this system. Inside Japan, there were many notable video game franchises that debuted and/or gained prominence on this platform

This graphical rogue-like was incredibly addictive and challenging. Here I finished the main questline.

What do I do now?

End game unlock-

Nope.

Replaying Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (replaying nostalgia games lately) and it never occurred to me until now how BAD the soundtrack is.

I mean, the game has other qualities. Just not that. Why are literally all the dungeons and bosses one of two pieces? Why are all the loops like 5 seconds long? Why does this exist:

I would link to the Fortune Teller music but I don't want to put anyone else through that today.

Encountered Game Over in the SimAnt campaign.

Scary...

Lucked out at Sangokushi Taisen. Acquired Guan Yu and the OP Zhang Fei.
How many arcade credits away from Five Tiger Generals??

Played an old one today. Apparently there is a low-color-depth Creation of Adam in Mario is Missing.