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Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Sega-
Phantasy Star IV
Shining Force I
Shining Force II
Sword of Vermilion

and now I'm going to try not to get laughed out of here.
Why would you be laughed at? Those are all great games. I'd put Phantasy Star II ahead of IV but both are great nonetheless. But an RPG that I think topples both on the Megadrive was Shadowrun, one of the best 16-bit RPG's in my opinion. Just make sure never to touch its ugly twin on the SNES, which was a horrible game ( shame people only remember that one ) The Megadrive didnt have alot of RPG's but the ones it had were pretty special.

Here are a few more suggestions off the top of my head.....

Dark Chronicle ( Dark Cloud 2 if your in the states )
Grandia
Xenogears ( leave all that Xenosaga crap alone )
Terranigma
Illusion of Gaia
Record of Lodoss War
Alundra
Well in my experience, when people talk about 16-bit RPGs, they're usually only talking about the SNES (especially on the internet). Alot of them don't know that SEGA had alot more than Sonic going on.

But yo...and I mean YO... Shadow Run was THE SH*T!!! I just downloaded the rom so I'm probably gonna get back into it soon, and I gotta agree, that's one of the best 16-bit games I've ever played, let alone RPG (i'm sure some would say it's not).

And Hazzard, great choice on SF. I can't tell you exactly how long it is, but it's definately a classic. Be sure to read a guide though on the subject of promotion because i messed up a save file or two doing it wrong.