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Moved Final Fantasy X from 37. Backlog to 24. Romance

Alternatively, I was considering Terranigma to Historical (it has Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell), and Dynasty Warriors 8 to Romance (of the Three Kingdoms).

37. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time

Tecmo Secret of the Stars: A Fantasy

- Took 20+ years, but the game I rented from my rental store at least thrice a year until I bought it when they went out of business is FINALLY beated. I have a lot of history with this game. Though Secret of Mana was my first RPG, this was my first classical turn-based fare so I have great nostalgia for this turd. I can't believe it was released stateside in 1995. It blows my mind that not only was this NES-looking RPG released after the Final Fantasies and at the same time as Secret of Evermore, but it took two years to translate. No, seriously, it's unbelievable that the two years between JP and NA releases had more than a few weeks devoted to translation.

But still, despite a rather uninspired story, high encounter rate, stiff boss battles, an extremely underwhelming translation, graphics that would look much more at home on the NES outside of battle, and a slew of guide-needed things to do (the GoldPin, getting Fireworks, learning what half the items even actually do)... I still had a load of fun. Part of it is definitely nostalgia, another is doing the Battle Chasers playstyle of having Critical Role playing on the side (five or six episodes thanks to this game!). But I genuinely enjoyed a lot of the things it tries to do. I still love building up the town and finding people to populate it. I enjoy recruiting Kustera and playing around with my second team. The random crazy shenanigans are still hilarious like a town that was turned to dogs by a crime boss called Bad-Bad or saving a party member from the circus but he's been turned into gold statue of a lion when you finally rescue him or disguising my boys in bunny suits so they could sneak into an all-female town.

I also still love the monster designs, even with a lot of colorswaps, and the music is good despite being very short loops (sailing is awesome). I had a really good time with it, more than I really expected. Of the two classic SNES games I played a lot of but never finished, I was much more impressed with Tecmo's RPG than the Illusion of Gaia sequel. The game got even weirder than expected after I passed where I last left off (more in a moment) with the entire town getting overrun by displaced *******s then kicked out by kids THEN TURNED INTO A FLYING UFO CITY THAT GOES INTO A VOLCANO and loved the final boss dungeon. Like, that endgame with Kustera and Aquatallion working together was what I wanted more of from the outset and I was so happy to have it.

Fun story. Last week I was fiddling around with cables on my TV and noticed an old ANT/CBL screw-in port and realized I could hook my SNES up! I was much excite, and considering I had one final game to play, I wanted to make it something I never beat. I think this was my only SNES game I never actually finished and made it my mission to make this my game 52 (sorry Trails of Cold Steel and Stardew Valley). Hooked up my SNES, put in the cart, and voila!

I went to start from an old file, and holy crap. It was very weird seeing characters renamed to my AOL Chatroom Red Dragon Inn friends, and my secondary team named after zones in EverQuest. The file must've been from 1998-2000. Huuuge nostalgia rush. I played for a few hours, and went back to it the next day, but my SNES wouldn't turn on. It died after ten years on the shelf. It died playing probably the worst game I own. I think the system was so excited to be played again only to realize it was to play this game then committed seppuku out of shame and despair. My poor SNES.

Still, had a wonderful experience, but I'm glad it's over.
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