Since I don't have anything new to write about and the blog is disturbingly lacking in updates, I'll list the games that I own and I have at hand (the
Dreamcast and
PSX ones I have stored under a thousand of things, and the
MegaDrive,
SNES and
NES ones are in "whereabouts unknown" status).
So I'll begin with the handheld games, starting with the ones for
Game Boy Advance.
I bought a black
GBA SP in 2003, mostly because at that moment I was doing over 2 hours of train commuting every day... Almost all the games consist of RPGs and ports of old-school games. My tastes in videogames had always been old fashioned.
Golden Sun (2001). Was the best
GBA-only RPG available when I purchased the console. I liked it when I first played, but now I forgot almost everything about it, so it was not a memorable game for me.
Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2002). The second part of it. Purchased at the same time with the first one.
Breath of Fire (2001) A port of the SNES version. I'm a big fan of old Capcom games and of the old school RPGs, so was an instant get.
Breath of Fire II (2001) Idem
Lunar Legend (2002) Yet another port. I have a soft spot for the
Lunar series because of the reasons that I explained in
a previous post.
Tales of Phantasia (2003) A port of the original SNES and the only version available in English. I liked this game a lot (I have figures of
Arche and
Mint) and embarrassingly is the only
Tales game that I played.
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (2004) A port of the PSX version. I keep purchasing the old
FF games over and over... Of both games, I prefer
FF1 by far.
Final Fantasy IV Advance (2005). Another port and my second favorite
FF game.
Final Fantasy V Advance (2006) For some reason, I never have the willpower to finish it. I began both this and the
PSX version of the game and I dropped both late in the game (around the time of the death of certain character). Is my personal cursed
FF.
Final Fantasy VI Advance (2006) My favorite
FF game and the first one I played. This was the last
GBA game that I purchased.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003) This was the game that made me decide to buy a
GBA. At the end it was not as good as I expected...
Sword of Mana (2003) an enhanced remake of the first
Seiken Densetsu /
Mana game using the style of
the at that moment latest game in the series, Legend of Mana. This game, along with the aforementioned
Legend of Mana made me to loose all the faith in the series (and is a shame because
Secret of Mana was my first RPG ever and I remember dearly).
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004) I really enjoyed the first
Kingdom Hearts and this was the title that bridged it with the sequel. Unlike
Kingdom Hearts 2, I sorta liked
Chain of Memories .
Riviera: The Promised Land (2004) A enhanced remake of a
Wonderswan game. I liked A LOT this game, probably due to the visual novel-esque characters drawn by
Tobe Sunaho, because as an RPG is extremely poor and linear.
Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (2006) The second episode of the
Dept. Heaven series (
Riviera is the first). I bought it after the hype that I had with
Riviera. Actually I never played it (yet).
Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars (2001) A tactical RPG with giant robots, is a side story of
Kojima Hideo's
Zone of the Enders series. I'm not a fan of the mecha genre, but I liked both
Z.O.E. games in the
PS2.
Super Puzzle Fighter II (2003) Pretty much the best puzzle game for the
GBA, featuring Capcom characters.
Final Fight One (2001) The classical
Final Fight with added dialogue and two extra characters (Alpha/Zero versions of
Cody and
Guy)
Guilty Gear X Advance Edition ( 2002) A terrible version of
Guilty Gear X with very bad graphics, ear-bleeding sounds and nonexistent AI. Purchased only because it was at a bargain bin for 5 euro.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival (2001) For me this is the really ultimate version of
SSF2T and not the disappointing
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Too bad the
GBA controls are not the best way to play it...
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (2002) I bought it because of the addition of
Eagle,
Maki and
Yun, but now is largely outdated by the superior
PSP version.
Final Fantasy Adventure aka
Mystic Quest (1991). The only game for the original
Game Boy that I own. Called
Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden in the original release, is the first entry in the
Mana series that was remaked as
Sword of Mana. As odd as it may seem, I prefer this version over the remake.
Shin Seiki Evangelion Mahjong Hokan Keikaku (2000) I usually buy European releases because are easier to find, and a few cases the American editions if the game is not published in Europe or had a very limited print. This is the only Japanese version that I have.
I learned how
to play mahjong with Eva to Yukaina Nakamatachi (PSX), and I wanted to have a handled Evangelion mahjong game. I still play it from time to time, since I still need to unlock Magi computer and chibi-ReiUPDATE: Soon after I wrote that, I finally managed to unlock all, after years of attempts!
『Amazing. You unlocked everything. You played this game quite a lot, don't you think?』And
Metal Gear Solid aka Ghost Babel (2000) Pretty much a game based in the
PSX game with 2D graphics and original story and characters.
The Melty Blood Trial Deck contains "5 trial deck only cards" (the last 5 in the pic) unlike the other Trial Decks that I purchased, that only had 2.
