snes rpg's/epic games

[Digger]

I'm in the process of making rom sets. But I want the rom sets to contain games that I and hopefully others will actually enjoy playing.

Because of this I have chosen to go with rpg's and games of epic proportion... Epic proportion meaning that the games have somewhat of a world and story, such as:

Actraiser
Lost Viking 1 and 2
Kirby Super Star
etc...

This will also include games that are absurdly fun, such as Super Smash TV.

So it's going over a rather broad area, that's why I need some help. The list so far is:

SNES list so far...

The 7th Saga
Actraiser 1 & 2
Arcana
Assault Suits Valken + translation
Bahamut Lagoon
Breath of Fire 1 & 2
Castlevania - Vampire's Kiss (input on which castevania game is the coolest would be appreciated I never really got into them)
Chrono Trigger
Contra 3
Cyber Knight 1 & 2 + translations
Demon's Crest
Donkey Kong 1, 2 & 3
Earthbound
E.V.O.
Final Fantasy 2, 3, 5 & Mystic Quest
Front Mission
Front Mission - Gun Hazard + translation

Hiouden - Legend of the Scarlet King + translation

Hiouden is a nifty strategy game by Wolfteam -- a company composed largely of the folks who were later responsible for Tales of Phantasia, Star Ocean, and Valkyrie Profile

Illusion of Gaia
Inindo
Killer Instinct
King of Demon's + translation
King of Dragons
Kirby Super Star
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Live A Live + translation
Lost Vikings 1 & 2
Lufia 1 & 2
Megaman X
Metal Marines (Looks cool but I had no idea what to do O_o)
Mortal Combat 2 & Ultimate Mortal Combat 3
Ogre Battle
Pilotwings <--- this game was so fun
Radical Dreamers
R-Type 3
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana 1 & 3
Shadowrun
Soul Blazer
Star Ocean
Street Fighter 2 - The World Warrior
Super Mario RPG
Super Metoid
Super Punch Out!
Super Smash TV
Tales of Phantasia
Terranigma
Treasure of the Rudras
Xardion
Ys III - Wanderers from Ys
Zombies Ate My Neighbours


NES list so far...

Adventure Island
Battletoads
Battletoads Double Dragon
Bionic Commando <--- nothing like beating up Nazis! Too bad english translation changed all that
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania 1, 2 & 3
Chaos World + translation
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1 & 2 <----awesome!
Double Dragon 1, 2 & 3
Earthbound
Final Fantasy 1 <--- found the translations for 2/3 but not the games yet
Ghosts'n Goblins
Gradius
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda 1 & 2
Maniac Mansion <--- I loved this game
Mario Brothers
Marble Madness <--- I loved this game too
Mega Man 1-6
Metal Gear 1 <--- still looking for two
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 & 3
Pac-Man
Paperboy 1 & 2
River City Ransom <3
Skate or Die 1 & 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 <-- the others were beat'em up so I like this one the best.
Tetris


Genesis list so far...

Battletoads & Double Dragon
Beyond Oasis
Castevania Bloodlines
Comix Zone
Contra - Hard Corps
Desert Strike & Jungle Strike
Flashback
Golden Axe 3
Gunstar Heroes
Langisser 2 + translation
Out of this World
Phantasy Star 2 & 4
Ranger X
Shining Force 1 & 2
Shinobi 3
Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles
Splatter House 2 & 3
Streets of Rage 1, 2 & 3
Strider 1 & 2
Toejam and Earl 1 & 2
Vectorman 1 & 2
X-men 1 & 2

there's a lot of platformers in that list...


Gameboy/Color/Advance list so far...

Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow/Circle of the Moon/Harmoney of Dissonance
Dynasty Warriors Advance
Final Fantasy 1 & 2 - Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones
Golden Sun 1 & 2
Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Lufia - The Ruins of Lore
Lunar Legend
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario Gold Advance Tour
Mario Pinball Land
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Megaman Battle Chip Challene
Megaman Battle Network 1-5
Megaman Zero 1-4
Metroid 2
Metroid - Zero Mission & Fusion
Onimusha Tactics
Phantasy Star Collection
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green
River City Ransom Advance
Sonic Advance 1-3
Sword of Mana
Orge Battle - The Knights of Lodis
Tetris Worlds
The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages/Seasons & The minish cap

I know there's more from gameboy and gameboy color I just can't think of any. :/


What should I add? I know I'm missing some good stuff.

Edit: Added Shadowrun, never played it, but it looks pretty cool and I;m going to play it a bit.
Edit2: thanks for all the input. I've downloaded the roms you've all recommended but I still need to try them out.
Edit3: Added a good amount more.
Edit4: Added NES and Genesis games.

[Tosca]

I would put Shadowrun, that game ruled

[Vivi]

Dude, SHADOWRUN I Love that shit, I had it on Gens. God my mind is revived.

[Xena]

Mario paint. Awsome game, used the SNES mouse but you can still play it in the emu.

[Raype]

Yeah, definantly add shadowrun, that game is great, a little bit of an RPG and a little actiongame with a point and click set up. Gold. Mario World and All star probably belongs on there (most people have both, and they are essential to every good rom set). The Mega Man X series had it's moments (give it a quick play, it's similar to the rest of the series, but it's still good). Donkey Kong Country series and F-Zero should be on there. Ogre Battle belongs on that list. Super Punch out is pretty good. I've been addicted to Metal Marines for a while. Soul Blazer was pretty good (maybe it wasn't LoZ, but it wasn't total crap). Final Fight belongs on there if you're looking for nastalgia (I know a lot of people played that, double dragon, and Streets of Rage growing up). Possibly one of the CastleVania games as well since I like them as does many others. you seem to have covered some of the best RPG's and I'm sure someone will mention some great RPG I totally forgot when posting this.

EDIT- Oh, and if you're not opposed to fighters, then Killer Instict, some Mortal Kombat game, and one of the street figher games. That should cover all of that. Not huge story wise, but good games none the less and your list seems to be trying to cover all great SNES games.

[Evans]

Actraiser 2.
Demon's crest.
King of Dragons.
King of Demons.
Ogre Battle.
Megaman 7 and "9".
Xardion.
Ys 3 & 4.
Castlevanias.

[Mikey_]

for some reason, this seems like one of many of these best rpg type of threads.

[Evans]

Seems, but isn't.

[Mikey_]

really?
http://forums.emuparadise.org/showthread.php?t=41200
http://forums.emuparadise.org/showthread.php?t=41047
http://forums.emuparadise.org/showthread.php?t=40220
http://forums.emuparadise.org/showthread.php?t=40906
all related i think i may need a nice long break from EP. hopefully i won't come back to see 30 of the same threads.

[Evans]

I'm in the process of making an snes rom set. But I want to romset to contain games that I and hopefully others will actually enjoy playing.

Because of this I have chosen to go with rpg's and games of epic proportion... Epic proportion meaning that the games have somewhat of a world and story

[Mikey_]

listing rpg's. same thing done in the other links.

[Raype]

In other words, this is a "best of snes" thread, with an emphasis on RPGs.

[Mikey_]

lol how has mikey been owned? mikey just stated that this thread is basically listing rpg's. yet again. but ok. but how severely have i been owned? owned in a omega getting pwned by evans on a few occassions kind of level?

[Evans]

Mikey is lucky that Omega came in before me.

[Mikey_]

Mikey is lucky that Omega came in before me.

yes. oh so lucky.