Eh, I don't know. He seems pretty much the same other than the part with the running. I noticed that sometimes he did some really crappy damage, but the other times he deals the damage that I expect out of him. When I played on NES, I used White Mage; for PSX, I ditched her and used Red Mage. I could have used the White Mage and Red Mage along with Fighter and Black Mage, but then Theif can take more hits and he does better damage, even if it is crappy at times.