Hey Drumble, just spotted a bug on my Memory Card and I'm not sure if you're aware of this - I just did a mass delete of about 60 games from my Backlog, and it's given me the 'Invincible' badge - my last two entries before the deletions were a and a , so I don't know if that's what's causing it? Thought I'd let you know all the same!

Hey Bender, what do you think about Drumble getting into Phantasy Star?

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I'm still a bit mad that I got probably two thirds through the game, grinded enough to buy the Diamond Armor for everyone, and got to level 20 or so on the Master System cart, but then it died. I'd been debating whether I should pick up playing it on the RetroPie or PS2 Sega Ages version, or even Generation 1 (which I've been told is pretty different, so I may play both original and that), but obviously now that it's coming to the new (third time) Sega Ages for Switch, I'll more than likely just play that.

How have you been finding it? I didn't think it was too rough, past the initial grinding to make you stay alive in the beginning, which I just abused the free heal in town every time I got low. It's definitely my favorite non-Sonic Master System game, and I actually just did a recommendation station (first time since 2009-2010, when my backlog was 40 ), and Phantasy Star IV is in the top 5...but some people say it's better to play that after playing the first three? Do you have any plans to play the first three before playing 4, or are you just wanting to play 1 and be done with it? What I played of II is definitely a lot rougher. Bear told me to play the Phantasy Star II Improvement patch. which supposedly makes the grind less, but I'm not too sure that it'll be that big of a problem with the fast forward in Sega Genesis Classics...but I put the patch on my RetroPie in case I do want to go that path. I mean, I guess I'd probably play the patch, but who knows.

I don't want to oversell Xexyz, it's a little uneven in the exact ways I'd expect an NES game of its type to be, but the good definitely outweighs the bad.

4/5, would revive a huge naked girl in a giant ramen bowl by destroying an evil flying Gundam head again.

Its awesome, get it! You'd love it - I think its free on PC on Locomalito's site, but that might just be the non "super" version. Did you play Cursed Castilla? Its just as good as that.

SNK does not make their games easy, that's for sure.

KoF is just hard as hell.

Thanks! Good luck on the remake this summer.