Lots of people playing Exile, eh? That's one game I've held in my hands many times in the rental store as a child, but never actually took home. I'll have to try it sometime. Heard good things about it.
Exile is boss. You should def try it. I'm finishing up YS 3 today. Still my favorite of the original versions. Snes has the best translations and a cool opening but the turbo version is still better.
Yes. Ys III on the TurboCD is great, too. These versions of the games will always be the definitive versions of Ys for me.