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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by roux@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Got my new retro handheld emulator. It's an Anbernic Arc-D. Just got 50 GB of roms loaded from my personal currated collection and I kind of think I wanna jump into some jrpgs I can play on the couch when I wanna decompress. Right now I'm looking at starting with GBA titles since I missed that whole era but I'm mainly looking for any suggestions up to PS1 era. I've played all the main ones like Chrono Trigger and FFVI but open to anything.

My current line up is looking like Mario RPG, Mother 2 And 3, and Golden Sun.

What are some other bangers I should definitely check out?

Also the Arc-D is dope as fuck. Stock firmware isn't even that bad.

E: thanks all for the suggestions! Gonna currate a list this morning and probably start with Golden Sun before diving into the rest. A lot of gems I recall missing out on when I was a kids too that I'm eager to jump into.

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[-] erik@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Those NES Dragon Quest games are really great for pick-up, put down. There's a fair amount of grinding, so you can just sort of zone out or stop whenever you want. DQ4 was, in a lot of ways, ahead of its time. It's the first JRPG I can think of that let you at least customize the gender of your character and the chapters-style story telling is really fun. Enjoy, man. I definitely wish I could experience some of those for the first time again, although maybe I'm just wishing I was a kid again haha

[-] roux@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

I'm sort of mad that I basically missed out on the Dragon Quest series as a kid since we were all about Final Fantasy for the most part. I think I am gonna start with DQ4 when I get to them. You are def selling me on it.

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