So I've got the GBA (DoS) version of FF1. I've whooped Tiamat's arse (and WarMech's, although the new name of Death Machine officially BLOWS) in about the same time it took me to get to Elfland in the real thing. So now I'm over 50, per the advice in an earlier thread here, so I decided to try out the Earthgift shrine...
...and wished I hadn't wasted my time. The dungeons are annoying, the mobs are too weak to be worthwhile, and although the bosses are kind of fun, you have to warp to the beginning and go through the Dungeon of Annoyance to get back to where you were so you can fight the other 3. There doesn't seem to be anything *in* the dungeons other than bad treasure, and the bosses drop the most useless crap known to man.
Are the other shrines any better, or just more of the same garbage? If I wanted to fight mobs my white wizard can one-shot for 0 exp and crappy drops, I'd wander in circles around Coneria (not calling it Cornelia). I'd rather wander around Tiamat's Tower and level up some (Although I haven't been able to make WarMech respawn since I've killed him )