The top RPGs in 1995, according to one local Babbages store.
Why did you think this was worth making a thread about?
>>3914458Because it is an interesting and revealing snapshot of a past era.
>>3914460And also because sharing old Usenet posts is fun. Feel free to share your own.
>>3914460Interesting? Sure. Revealing? No.Besides I already saw this on /vr/.
I'd be more interested on the Japanese side of things. Considering how few RPGs were released in the US, we all know what's going to be on the list. It's like saying "Destiny of an Emperor was in the top 10 best RPGs on NES!" well yeah, considering about 10 were released at best.
>>3914467True. Seeing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter on there is funny though. Plus Zelda near the top, from back when people calling it an RPG was pretty common.
>>3914447Secret of Mana was that popular?I guess not-turn-based combat was that much more enjoyable for people.
>>3914469>back when people calling it an RPG was pretty commonYou really have nothing to say do you? Just recycle the same memes.
>>3914470Yeah Secret of Mana was pretty big>>3914471Not saying they were correct, just saying it happened and it wasn't a shock to see it called an RPG (even if it was always disputed)
>>3914447Good choices. Surprised SoM beat FF3/6 and CT but not bad anyway.
>>3914470It was also 2 players
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>>3914470my local blockbuster had 4-5 copies, and they were always rented out.
>>3914463He must've loved Tifa.
>>3914470>>3914484Secret of Mana probably won because it was multiplayer. That was pretty wild at the time. I had played a lot of RPG's, and there was just nothing else like it (in the states).
I don't even remember Babbage's selling console games? Thought they were mostly PC games.
>>3914463Some things never change
>>3914709They sold console games too
>>3914730Hmm. Maybe I'm thinking of Egghead Software? We lived in a rural area that didn't have either, so only saw them on rare trips.
>>3914736Might be Software Etc.
>>3914665Why hasn't any one made a good 2-player co-op rpg since SoM? I still love playing SoM for that reason alone.
>>3915006Borderlands and Dead Island.
>>3915006>Why hasn't any one made a good 2-player co-op rpg since SoM?Diablo 1Diablo 2Baldur's Gate 1 or 2. You could play with only two characters and get overleveled, or split control and do two or three chars eachNWN1DOS2, lone wolf duo
>>3915006Baldurs Gate 3
>>3915011He said good.
>>3915012Yeah
