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Dikitain posted...

Runner up goes to Faxanadu, which is apparently from the same series.

I dunno I thought that game was more Action Adventure moreso than RPG...not sure tho only played it once as a Rental as a kid, but I thought it was more like the Castlevaina games.

Genesis: Either Super Hydlide or Sword of Vermilion. I'll give it to Sword of Vermilion just because it is rather boring instead of "So bad it is good" like Super Hydlide.

Never got around to playing Super Hydlide (remember seeing it on that Game Poster you got when you brought a System, ;-) but I dunno, I though SoV was ok for what it was. I was kinda like Zelda II, it had both Top Down and Side Scrolling (mainly the Boss Battles) views, so it was kinda unique in that aspect. But I could see why many didn't like it.

I guess Shining in the Darkness by default due to lack of options

SitD was for all intent and purposes was similar to the 1st Phantasy Star game...a FP mainly Dungeon crawler that many people didn't really understand or comprehend (since the Genesis was really Sega's way to market their strong Arcade titles at home at the time). Of course when I first played it I was completely lost just like in PS, but after years past by and gotten a few RPGs under my belt, it actually turned out to be a decent game (with the sorta surprise twist at the end).