/vr/ - Retro Games

This boils down to personal preference whether you autists want to admit it or not.

Daily reminder that FF1 sucks - no matter the version - and that saying "it's a classic" doesn't mean shit. You are a shit person misleading people if you recommend this trash.

>Play Final Fantasy on the NES
>"Oh, this sucks"
>Read about the remakes
>Play the FF1 remake on GBA
>"Oh this still sucks"
>People say to try the PSP remake
>Try it
>"Oh this is the exact same fucking trash as the GBA version."

/v/ has the worst taste imaginable if they think the PSP version is some marked improvement over the GBA/NES versions. Recommending a bad Final Fantasy game is retarded, especially when there are quality SNES JRPGs that one could be playing like Bahamut Lagoon or Glory of Heracles 3. There are just so many good JRPGs somebody could be playing instead of playing a bad one like FF1.

But you know what's stupid about people that defend Final Fantasy 1? They're also the same kind of people that would shit on Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for its insultingly simplistic design and plot.

OP, I don't want you to take this wrong, but...

This is a really fucking stupid idea.

>>2801735
Wonderswan Color or PSX, pick one.

Any version with MP has the balance fucked sideways.

>>2801752
Not particularly
Some releases are objectively better than other releases, like if we compared Sonic releases obviously something like the GBA and mobile releases would be garbage while the 3DS release would be one of the best releases

http://pastebin.com/qZighVrF

>>2801820
This is really a shit guide that doesn't expand on all the games differences that could lead a reader to making bad choices

>>2801752
Why would you play the GB/C versions of PoP at this point? It's not even got for portability since every phone can run a SNES emulator or something of that caliber.

The SNES version is also my prefered choice for the game. The developers who made the port previously made the NEC version, so the SNES version didn't have to be their first try and it shows. Game is fucking good.

>Best
The one for the system I like the most
>Worst
The one for the system I like the less

>>2801820
Hey, someone edited it to make it less shitty.

>>2801904
SNES POP is more like POP 1.5, too different to be considered the same game.

For FF, Im playing everything on GBA (III too, on PocketNES)

I love the uniform interface and little updates. Being able yo play on my tv at home with the GB Player and on the go on my GB Micro more than makes up for the smaller resolution.

Fight me.

>>2801806
>This is a really fucking stupid idea.
Not really, I mean some are just preference like the first post said. But some games have objectively better versions.
Not exactly the best example, but Dino Crisis on the Dreamcast has extra content, high quality audio, and smoother video/graphics, plus the VMU shows your health (debatable as to if this is a plus or not).

>>2801914
Soooo, which version would you suggest?

PS1 > GBA >>>>> NES

I never played any other versions. I give the slight edge to the PS1 for using charges, but it doesn't make or break the experience for me. The NES version has fundamentally broken features.

>>2801927
Luckily, there are patches that change the palette and music as well as some of the more nonsensical text changes back to the originals, if you want to experience the extra content. Like in VI, the enemy "Koko" was changed to "Coco" for the GBA release. What?

1 - PS1 FF origins
2 and 3.....not sure, these are the least played two games of the series.
IV - PSP the complete collection
V - SNES
VI -SNES
VII, VIII,and IX - PS1

Unless you have something to add about 2 and 3.....game over. also 10+ are not even genuine FF games, just saying

>>2801735
I: NES/PSP
II: NES/PSP
III: NES/PSP
IV: PSP/DS
V: GBA with patch
VI: GBA with patch
VII: PS1
VIII: PS1
IX: PS1

>>2804796
>VII: PS1
>VIII: PS1
PC?

>>2807316
PC ports are identical to the PSX versions. Then again they do have faster load times.

>>2801806
there are multiple "what's the best version?" threads a week especially for final fantasy shit. it's cancer

fuck it

>>2809696
then lets move the discussion over to this thread and tell OP the problem.
on another note, I'd like someone to answer
>Flashback and Another World
since I have both of them for just about every system possible and would definitely like to cut back on duplicates.

>>2809689

Why would you do such a thing to this poor board as revive this thread you monster?

>>2801735
1: NES with FF restored/PS1
2: PSP
3: NES
4: PSP
5: mobile
6: Ted Woosley Uncensored/Final Fantasy VI Unlocalized, arguably we never got a definitive.
7: PS1 with Spirit Bug fix.
8: PS1
9: There's only one version.
Tactics: PS1 or PSP/iShit with Slowdown fix. Don't even touch Android.

>>2809704
Flashback is about everything but PC. Ironically for it's marketing, PC sucks dick.

AW is either Sega CD or GOG.

>>2809715

To this day I have never seen a Final Fantasy VI patch restore the ability to rename Cyan's Bushido skills.

>>2809715
>Unlocalized
*Relocalized

Other than that, I agree with everything but 4. Namingway Edition deserves a mention.

>>2809728
Namingway really is the best way to play the original. It beats out both PS1 and JP translation now by a wide margin.

As for the additional stuff not in the original game, they're all completely optional and you need to actually use/press things to see it in action.

>>2809762

Still contains an unacceptable dash bug that causes the entire area's graphics to desync with their collision maps until next are4a load.

>>2809762
>Namingway really is the best way to play the original.
Or you could play it in its original language for the extra originality.

How can the PSP version of FF2 be definitive when it's on easy mode? I say PS1.

I'm currently sitting on a version of FF6 I made out of a slew of bugfixes, graphics patches, and a script that mixes the best of Ted Woosley Uncensored with a subtly modified Stand Guard. Who's interested in giving it a spin?

>>2801820
This is a pretty poor set of recommendations. IV Advance is good for anyone who wants a pure IV but has standards and doesn't want to look at mismatched sprite detail and play garbage like Interlude and After Years.

>>2809918
Yeah, how dare people like extra game in their game.

What's the definite version of Final Fight? Arcade?

>>2810082
The Sega CD one gets a lot of love, dont know if its a separate title or a "port" though.

>>2801820
This is the shittiest guide to FF releases that I've ever seen.

>>2809931
Yeah, what kind of person WOULDN'T love eating shit if it's included for free? Only a moron would refuse and pick the version WITHOUT the shit.

>>2809781
>implying most of us can speak moon
Plus, B button dash.

>>2810173
>eating shit

What does that have to do with games? Everyone would love to have more game in their game, especially if they have to option to ignore it if they don't want it.

>>2801820

This mentions FF Restored which is pretty much the best way to play FFI. FFII isn't broken so much as hilariously under-documented as far as the combat/leveling system is concerned. If you're going with the NES version it's best to read up on it before you play so you don't fuck yourself with your equips and feel forced to rely on the action-cancel bug. III NES is okay, I just haven't really invested in it. Namingway IV is probably best, however I missed it when I picked up a FFIV patch awhile ago and ended up with the J2E version. It isn't as bad as people say. I actually just finished it half an hour ago. The translation is perfectly serviceable, but you might feel some awkwardness whenever Edge or other 'cocky' characters speak. I just don't think J2E really knew what kind of voice to give them. I'm about to start RPGe's FFV and am still debating on what VI patch to use. I have a heavily bugfixed Woosely-translation version (which is fine for me, it's what I've always played) But I'm debating the Woosely uncensored or another relocaization version some anon suggested in a previous thread.

>>2801735
gay

Which are the best versions of the Earthworm Jim series?

>>2810430
Woolsey Uncensored I think if you're a fan of Woolsey's original translation. The bugfix version of that probably has what you want fixed as well. I liked FF Restored but I hated the font. I think the guy who did Woolsey Uncensored also restored the NES font as well.

>>2811413

Generally any variant of Genesis/MD as it's technically the development platform. EWJ1 has an extra level. I guess the Sega CD version of 1 would count as well, if you prefer Redbook to chiptune.

>>2811413
Earthworm Jim 1
>Sega cd, Genesis if you wanna save money

Earthworm Jim 2
>Snes

FF 1-3: NES
FF4: DS

>tfw literally no good SNES FF4 translation

>>2803678
Not him but FM Towns.