Welcome to the Cheerful Ghost Roundtable Halloween special. We talk about what we've been playing, if it's good to release two triple a games at the same time a few retro games and the new Star Wars trailer.

This is a shorted Roundtable as we take off a bit early to stream a bit of Telltales the Walking Dead which you can watch below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HE42nZac-Y

Azurephile   Super Member wrote on 10/22/2015 at 08:38pm

Tim, there are other Final Fantasy games for the PSP you might want to check out. We may have talked about them long ago, I've forgotten. I refer to FFVII: Crisis Core and FFI and FFII. There's also Dissidia, but I'm not sure if I'd recommend it and its sequel. I spent a lot of time playing the first one, though. Oh and there's also FFIV: The After Years, which I also have.

That's cool, Jon, that you have Kirby's Dream Land. I remember playing that on my Gameboy, too. I'm not sure if I still have the cart for it. Oh and there are some Final Fantasy games for the original Gameboy as well, but again I'm not sure I'd recommend them, though I have them.

I don't recall the original Gameboy having a wall charger. I do remember the Super Gameboy, the SNES cart that lets you play Gameboy games.

As for the new Star Wars trailer, I think it looks cool. I also wonder where Luke is. I think I read that he may be in hiding. Also, I liked the newer movies for the first three episodes. I'm not saying they're the best movies ever, but I liked them. I realize many people don't though.

jdodson   Admin   Post Author wrote on 10/23/2015 at 01:54am

> That's cool, Jon, that you have Kirby's Dream Land. I remember playing that on my Gameboy, too. I'm not sure if I still have the cart for it. Oh and there are some Final Fantasy games for the original Gameboy as well, but again I'm not sure I'd recommend them, though I have them.

I played Final Fantasy on Gameboy and at the time thought it was OK. It didn't standup to FF Mystic Quest or FF 2/IV, FF 3/VI but it was fun enough.

> As for the new Star Wars trailer, I think it looks cool. I also wonder where Luke is.

IT'S THE MYSTERY OF THE STAR... AGES? But yeah, I don't know either. I think it may be a significant plot point of the new film.

Azurephile   Super Member wrote on 10/23/2015 at 02:08am

You know what, I was referring to a different Final Fantasy game and didn't specify that. Final Fantasy Legends, I think is the series I really meant when talking about the Gameboy games. I didn't really like them, but I didn't give them much of a try. Weapons were used as consumables, I didn't like that.

As for Mystic Quest, I was disappointed with that one. It seemed to be too short. However FFII and III on the SNES are awesome! I do have those carts and their later ports. I paid about $50 or more for each of them (the SNES carts) maybe 15 years or so ago. I have no idea what happened to the SNES I used to have around that time, too, though I have a suspicion about how it disappeared.

As for Star Wars, one of the "teaser" trailers had Luke talking about how his parents had the force "and so do you." I don't know if he'll be in the movie, but it makes me think that he or Leia (did I spell that right?) had a kid (or more) and that's one of the main characters in the new movie. Seeing as how I wasn't disappointed with EpI-III, I probably won't be disappointed with VII either.

Travis   Admin wrote on 10/23/2015 at 02:14am

Luke is confirmed to be in the movie, but we don't know in what capacity he'll appear.

jdodson   Admin   Post Author wrote on 10/23/2015 at 02:18am

> As for Mystic Quest, I was disappointed with that one. It seemed to be too short.

I played Mystic Quest after Final Fantasy II/IV and I was disappointing with it to a point, but finished it because it was a fun simple adventure. The biggest bummer was that Adam had Final Fantasy III/VI and hew as playing it and I was borrowing Mystic Quest from him. Again, it was fun but I really wanted to play III smile

And yeah, Luke is confirmed as he was in the now iconic shot of the cast meeting before shooting the film.

http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA0LzMwLzVhL3N0YXJ3YXJzZXBpLmZhNjQ4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/bffc1745/1e5/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announce.jpg

Azurephile   Super Member wrote on 10/23/2015 at 02:23am

Mystic Quest was a simple adventure. I'm not saying it was bad, but after having experienced many of the other FF games at the time I played MQ, I expected more.

Thanks for the Luke confirmation!

Travis   Admin wrote on 10/23/2015 at 02:33am

Mystic Quest was released to be Final Fantasy for Dummies basically, to try to get Americans into the series more.

jdodson   Admin   Post Author wrote on 10/24/2015 at 12:35am

Right. Still enjoyed it, even if it did have the bumpers on smile

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