Best plain-old CDROM2

[nat]

I voted Ys III... Ys II was a total chore and bore for me at the end in solomon shrine. I can see why Ys I + II is so popular and so well loved though. Great soundtrack... but I had much more fun with Ys III.

So true, my friend.

[gekioh]

I chose Cosmic Fantasy 2. Strictly because of the fond memories I have of that game in grade school. This was the first RPG I ever played outside of NES(cause I finally got a turbo cd for christmas) and spent my birthday money a few months later on Cosmic Fantasy 2. I remember not being able to wait to get home evry day so I can play this game. It remains to this day on my top 10 RPG faves for all systems.
2nd place:Y's Book 1&II
3rd place: most definately Monster lair

Honorable Mentions: Last Alert,Y's III, Exile, and Vasteel.
Too good to forget and deserves credit:Buster Bros.,Valis 2 & 3

[Black Tiger]

Its cool that Monster Lair seems to be gaining more respect as time goes by. Its really fun as a 2 player game, even if the other player isn't a "gamer".

[esteban]

Its cool that Monster Lair seems to be gaining more respect as time goes by. Its really fun as a 2 player game, even if the other player isn't a "gamer".

Yeah, Monster Lair has never really been a game that folks have gushed over, at least, not the folks I have seen online.

There are so many parts in ML where both players and jumping all over the place and going crazy: trying to get power-ups, barely avoiding death, realizing that the "bottom path" is usually the stinkier route, etc.

Plus, I think the music really fits the game. I just wish I hadn't heard all the songs 20,000 times already. The final stage, and the ending credit music  are the only tracks that I haven't "overlistened" to.

[runinruder]

My favorite thing about Monster Lair is the weaponry.  The weapons themselves are really cool, and there are so many on-the-fly decisions to make regarding which one to pick up and how to implement it (as Steve has noted before, sometimes a change in Turbo-switch setting brings about the best results, which is an awesome element). 

[T2KFreeker]

A hard one here but I had to go with Y's Book I & II. Those games still are awesome today. Can play them over and over again and I see that some people feel the same way as I do.