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Title: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: Nando on November 19, 2012, 08:48:29 AM: I know the system has 'em. I don't know many of them. Which are worth looking into?

Thinking along the lines of Blood Gear, Exile, etc..

Thanks!
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: Arkhan on November 19, 2012, 08:50:58 AM: Sorcerian. Ys III.
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Post by: Necromancer on November 19, 2012, 08:57:26 AM: Xanadu I and II have side scrolling bits; and while they're short, you'd be hard pressed to find better looking ones.
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Post by: Nando on November 19, 2012, 09:17:26 AM: Thanks duders!
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Post by: esteban on November 19, 2012, 12:44:37 PM: Alice in Wonderboy's Dream (Games Express)
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on November 19, 2012, 12:57:24 PM: Auleria. It's decent, nothing super exciting.
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Post by: Edmond Dantes on November 19, 2012, 03:10:54 PM: I may be wrong but isn't Cadash a side-scrolling RPG?
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Post by: TR0N on November 19, 2012, 04:36:59 PM: Exile and it's sequel.
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Post by: Issun on November 20, 2012, 12:12:25 AM: Popful Mail.
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Post by: Black Tiger on November 20, 2012, 12:16:02 AM: Depending on the qualifications:

Popful Mail
Shapeshifter
Dynastic Hero
Dragon's Curse
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: lukester on November 26, 2012, 11:32:36 AM: Bikkuriman Land/Wondoy Boy Monster Land

Be warned though, it's very difficult. I never got far into that game. It's fun though.
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: nodtveidt on November 26, 2012, 11:56:55 AM: Quote from: Edmond Dantes on November 19, 2012, 03:10:54 PM
I may be wrong but isn't Cadash a side-scrolling RPG?
Technically... yes... but also no. It counts as an RPG on the basis of experience gathering alone; otherwise it'd just be a straight platform adventure game.
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Post by: Bardoly on November 26, 2012, 04:31:52 PM: Cadash is great!

I vote that it counts as a side-scrolling RPG.
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: lukester on November 26, 2012, 09:55:36 PM: I've always wanted to play Cadash. I heard that there is a very lame Genesis port, which omits a boss, and only has two characters, but is closer to the arcade.
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: nodtveidt on November 26, 2012, 10:18:04 PM: Quote from: lukester on November 26, 2012, 09:55:36 PM
I've always wanted to play Cadash. I heard that there is a very lame Genesis port, which omits a boss, and only has two characters, but is closer to the arcade.
You heard correctly; the Genesis port lacks the Priest and the Ninja. I don't remember a missing boss though (it's been a few years since I trekked through that dreck). It does look and play more like the arcade version. The PCE/TG16 isn't so much a port as it is a reinterpretation. Normally, reinterpretations f*ck everything up, but in this case, the game came out way better... IMO. The PCE/TG16 version doesn't look or play anything like the arcade... and that's a good thing all around.

EDIT: Come to think of it... I think the Genesis version is missing the Crawling Kelp boss... maybe? That might be the one.
Title: Re: Side Scrolling RPG's
Post by: Nando on November 27, 2012, 01:28:05 AM: Quote from: Bardoly on November 26, 2012, 04:31:52 PM
Cadash is great!

I vote that it counts as a side-scrolling RPG.

Sort off, there's no overhead map in it. Some but not of all the other games do.

Cadash is, IMO, a must have for your gaming library. But I am biased like that :)