>>3884983
CT is indeed like 30 hours if you go for all the endings.
Live A Live counts.

You sound zoomish. These games had to last back then, the internet IN 90's and early 00's was not what it was today.
>no streaming till 05
>pirating full vids became a thing late 02'
>no social media till the end of 03'-04'

However I will give a couple of shorter ones
>Most megaman battle networks
>sword of mana
play the gba remake
>secret of mana
>seiken densetsu 3
I would play the original then the remake
>LiveALive
play the remake
>Mario Rpg
either or is fine but the remake has some extra content and superbosses
>Paper Mario and Thousand Year door
>Mario and Luigi 1-3
kinda lost it's charm after 3 though

>>3884983
Kotors can be done within 30 hours

>>3884986
>You sound zoomish. These games had to last back then, the internet IN 90's and early 00's was not what it was today.
Its the opposite. I'm just old and tired.

>>3884990
>Old man wondering about CT
Sure

Jade empire

EarthBound.

>>3884983
Suikoden I is roughly 18 hours long

>>3884983
Panzer Dragoon Saga can be completed in about 20 hours.

Final Fantasies 1 and 4. Probably 2 and 3 also but I have not played them.

Already mentioned but Final Fantasy 1 either on the PSP or PS1. Breath of Fire is around 30-32 hours but you have to use the Mrbl3 items often (Marbel, an item that reduces encounter rates).

Breath of Fire: The MARBL (or MRBL) items that affect encounter rates:

These are equippable items (usually in the accessory slot) that reduce or alter random encounter rates. They are highly prized because they make dungeon navigation much easier.

Here are the main ones:
MRBL (or MARBL)
Found in Bleak (in a treasure chest in the basement of an inn).
Effect: Halves the random encounter rate.
MARBL2
Found in a chest in the Dark Dragon Fortress (late-game).
Effect: Further reduces encounter rate — when equipped with the first MARBL, it reduces encounters even more (some say by about 1/4 of the original rate).
MARBL3
Found in a hidden chest in the Krypt area (end-game dungeon).
Effect: Reduces encounters to almost zero when equipped with the other two.

How they work:
They stack. Equipping all three on one character nearly eliminates random encounters.
They only affect the equipped character’s row (front or back), so if you want the whole party to benefit, you should equip one to a character in each row.
They are essential for speedruns or less grindy playthroughs.

Almost all of them are sub 30 hours. With fastforward or knowing what you are doing they all are.
The longest ones are Dragon Warrior 7 and Etrian Odyssey Nexus.

Breath of Fire II is only about 26-28 hours with the encounter rates reduced:
1. Hush Orb
Effect: Halves the encounter rate while equipped.
Location: Found in a treasure chest in Highfort (the large fortress in the mountains, part of the storyline early on).
Details: Often the first such item you get. Equip it to any party member — it affects the entire party’s encounter rate regardless of who wears it.
2. Elf Cape
Effect: Reduces encounter rate significantly. Some guides say it cuts encounters by about 75% when combined with Hush Orb.
Location:
Found in Township (the town you build yourself) in a Treasure Search event after recruiting Momo the scientist.
You need to progress Township development to unlock the treasure hunt mini-game that reveals it.
Details: Wearing both Hush Orb and Elf Cape on the same character stacks their effects, making encounters very rare.

>>3885122
Never even knew that was a thing. Item descriptions in that were awful.
Grab the Life Armor and Sword early and it's gg.

>>3885126
the description tells you it reduces encounter rates but it doesn't explain anything else. you're supposed to figure it out.

>>3884991
Games were expensive in the 90s and JRPGs weren't on most western kids' radars. You're way too obsessed with jumping at the zoomer boogeyman.

>>3884991
Is it so alien that some of us weren't raised on games, but found them later in life? We've got catching up to do

>>3885137
All my PC gamer friends in the 90s emulated the classic Squaresoft stuff.

>>3884983
SaGa Frontier is... I think 8 mini campaigns, most are sub 10 hours, and if you get the recent remaster, you can NG+ to blaze through most of the after the first.

>>3884983
>Sub 30 hours? I've been told pic is related.
only if you try to get the main ending ASAP. there's like 13 endings. and if you're a completist, you gotta fight thru the endgame dungeon like 4 times, once in each time period.

>>3884985
>Live A Live counts.
>>3884983
LAL is much shorter than any of the listed games unless you spend a lot of time getting stuck and refuse to read a walkthrough. esp for the Ninja scenario, which can tough if you get lost or just play it "wrong".

>>3884986
Mario RPG in particular was like... enragingly short.

>>3884997
I dunno, I don't think Earthbound is terribly short, it's just not a tedious grinding epic like FF6.

>>3884983
Chrono trigger sucks ass.

But I'm betting you're an ass person. Dig in.

>>3884983
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Virgo vs the Zodiac
Growlanser 2