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M3GA MAN
Title: The Big A
Joined: Jun 19 2008
Location: Nowhere.
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ZZT for me 
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tuddy
Title: can't defeat AirMan
Joined: Oct 11 2008
Location: The UK
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It was either Pokemon, or Final Fantasy 7, I cannot remember exactly. But I do remember the first RPG I completed was FF7. I also remember getting really hyped about FF8 when I saw it in a game magazine.
I really hated it when it came out, though. There's no way in hell anyone can enjoy a game with such an overcomplicated magic system and terrible story.
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Mr. Bomberman
2009 Forum Champion
Title: (still) token black.
Joined: Jan 27 2006
Location: Home of the lost towers
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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It was either Pokemon, or Final Fantasy 7, I cannot remember exactly. But I do remember the first RPG I completed was FF7. I also remember getting really hyped about FF8 when I saw it in a game magazine.
I really hated it when it came out, though. There's no way in hell anyone can enjoy a game with such an overcomplicated magic system and terrible story. |
I did, and a magic system is only as overcomplicated and a story only as terrible as one allows it to be. Me, I didn't. At all.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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| M3GA MAN wrote: |
| ZZT for me |
Wow, that's old school.
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
He knows your algorithm. |
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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| , just as you must rescue Princess Gwaelin before you can fight the Dragon Lord. |
This is false. You are not required to rescue Princess Gwaelin at all. The game can be beaten without even rescuing the poor broad. This is "the other ending" apparently, but it is actually the same. The only difference I suppose is that you are left without "Gwaelin's Love" and Item you only need to find "Erdrick's Token" and once you've beaten it once, you already know where the items are. Oh, and she isn't sitting at the throne. But, back to the point, Princess Gwaelin DOES NOT need to be rescued to beat the Dragon Lord.
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lavalarva
2011 SNES Champ
Joined: Dec 04 2006
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Pokemon Silver. But I didn't really feel like it was a RPG, even if it is.
The first RPG game I played would then be Final Fantasy VI on an emulator, when I was 14. I feel like I missed a lot in my childhood.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
Posts: 2815
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| docinsano wrote: |
| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| , just as you must rescue Princess Gwaelin before you can fight the Dragon Lord. |
This is false. You are not required to rescue Princess Gwaelin at all. The game can be beaten without even rescuing the poor broad. This is "the other ending" apparently, but it is actually the same. The only difference I suppose is that you are left without "Gwaelin's Love" and Item you only need to find "Erdrick's Token" and once you've beaten it once, you already know where the items are. Oh, and she isn't sitting at the throne. But, back to the point, Princess Gwaelin DOES NOT need to be rescued to beat the Dragon Lord. |
I never tried or knew that. You think the king would be upset, but oh well.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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Pokemon Silver. But I didn't really feel like it was a RPG, even if it is.
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Why wouldn't it be an RPG?
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
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M3GA MAN
Title: The Big A
Joined: Jun 19 2008
Location: Nowhere.
Posts: 1963
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| DarknessDeku wrote: |
| M3GA MAN wrote: |
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Wow, that's old school. |
You're damn right it is
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tuddy
Title: can't defeat AirMan
Joined: Oct 11 2008
Location: The UK
Posts: 97
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| I did, and a magic system is only as overcomplicated and a story only as terrible as one allows it to be. Me, I didn't. At all. |
I see. I was circa 10 years old at the time I first played FF8. I spent countless hours attempting to work out the Drawing and Junctioning systems, to the point it annoyed me. I eventually worked it out, but even with the tutorial and a manual, it was unintuitive as hell. As for the plot itself, it's solid, other than the fact half of the main characters were, in my honest opinion, the most annoying characters in any Final Fantasy game ever (except for Tidus, he's the only FF main character I hate, the others I like/dislike to certain degrees).
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Lottel
Title: of the Eternal BWOG
Joined: Sep 02 2008
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Hm. I have no idea. Something on the SNES I know. I think I rented one and couldn't stand it.
Then along came the gameboy pocket. Ice blue 
And then came Pokemon Blue. Then I got hooked on RPGs.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| M3GA MAN wrote: |
| DarknessDeku wrote: |
| M3GA MAN wrote: |
| ZZT for me |
Wow, that's old school. |
You're damn right it is |
ZZT isn't that old. 1991.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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ZZT also isn't really an RPG. I wish I still had the ZZT games I made. I lost them when our first computer died. 
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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| ZZT for me |
ZZT was alright, but I'm not very big into blues rock. They had awesome beards, though.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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Valdronius
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Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
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It wasn't really me playing it, but my first RPG involved me spending hours watching my older brother playing Ultima on the C64.
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| A Hispanic dude living in Arizona knows a lot of Latinas? That's fucking odd. |
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Rented Chrono Trigger, but I was like four so I was expecting action, and instead I got text and got pissed.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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idk what ZZT is, but everyone seems to enjoy it.
anyhow, first RPG was dragon warrior. didnt beat it until it was remade for the GBC. first RPG i beat was probably shining force.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on the NES. Everyone else I know who has played this game absolutely hates it because of the lack of a save battery, but hey, I loved it. Although it wasn't a pure RPG, it was an action RPG in the vein of Crystalis...
As for pure RPGs, when I was eight my parents got me a Game Boy Color with Pokemon Yellow and Final Fantasy Legend. FFL was too complex for my inexperienced little self, but Pokemon Yellow was the perfect introduction to RPGs; not too complicated that it required any kind of massive strategy, but elaborate enough that it was a good warm-up for the "big" RPGs. I still remember the first time I went through it, I beat the Elite Four with nothing but a level 82 Pidgeot. That took some mad skillz.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
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| Cameron wrote: |
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on the NES. Everyone else I know who has played this game absolutely hates it because of the lack of a save battery, but hey, I loved it. Although it wasn't a pure RPG, it was an action RPG in the vein of Crystalis... |
I love that game! I have some of the music in it notated, and I plan on doing the rest eventually. The only password I can remember is MASTER... and I don't remember how to get there. It was like Ax8, Bx8 or something. I could look it up, but there's no point right now. Now that I think about it, I have to give it credit for being a decent movie game, although the premise of the movie preceeds the movie.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Playing Dungeons and Dragons with my Dad around age 8 or 9. He kept getting annoyed because I insisted on being a lizard man and chose to attack the mayor instead of accepting the quest, I think it was actually a Forgotten Realms set up instead of DND.
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SSNintendo
Title: Likes to Blow Sh*t Up
Joined: Oct 14 2006
Location: Virginia
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I probably started with Final Fantasy, but the one I got into the most when I was a kid was Dragon Warrior. Oh the days of working hard for whatever you wanted to buy.
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Posts: 1319
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Diablo 2, if we count Hack-and-slashes. If not, then Baldur's Gate 2. The first I owned, though, was Fallout.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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The M Blaze
Title: Emo Git
Joined: Feb 15 2009
Location: Finland
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Pokémon Red. I had a badass Dugtrio.
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