Dragon's Curse/Adventure Island recommendation?

[Monster Bonce]

I've got Bikkuriman World on my PCE and love it. I've always loved it, even back when it was Wonder Boy in Monster Land....

Anyway, I've been playing Dragon's Curse on the Wii and it's solved two annoying issues in BM World: save games and more freedom of movement.

Does anyone have any suggestions for similarly light RPGs or platform/RPG combos that I can buy for the PCE? I've just bought a PCE Duo so CD games are an option. Sadly, US HuCards aren't.

Thanks.

[nat]

Dynastic Hero is the "sequel" to those games. Finding the US version is expensive, but the Japanese version is pretty cheap, although I don't know how much Japanese text you'd have to wade through.

[Monster Bonce]

Dynastic Hero is the "sequel" to those games. Finding the US version is expensive, but the Japanese version is pretty cheap, although I don't know how much Japanese text you'd have to wade through.

Happy enough. I used to play Actraiser on the Super Famicom. I wouldn't be willing to play a really deep adventure or RPG in Japanese, though.

Thanks. Anything else, maybe in a different series.

[runinruder]

The only spot in Dynastic Hero that might be a real problem if you can't read Japanese is the part where a sphinx asks you a few multiple choice questions. 

I wouldn't call it "light," but Shape Shifter is a fantastic side-scrolling quest game. 

You could also try Energy. 

[Black Tiger]

I can recommend all of the following except the one noted-

Action/RPG/Adv Side Scrollers-

Ys III
Dynastic Hero
Shape Shifter
Exile
Exile II
Cadash
Popful Mail


Action/RPG/Adv Overhead-
Ys I & II
Kaze No Densetsu/Legend of Xanadu II
Xak III
Elfera & Jiliora -Keranu finished it, he can say if its worth playing


Zelda clones-

Neutopia
Neutopia II


Adventure/RPG Gauntlet clones-

Dungeon Explorer
Dungeon Explorer II

[vestcoat]

Monster Lair is in the series, but it's a platform/shooter as opposed to a platform/rpg.
On the plus side, it's cheap, two player and a CD.

I can't think of many Duo games like Dragon's Curse.  Legend of Hero Tonma isn't too far off.  It's definitely more of an action game but it does have bags of gold and a medieval flavor.  The Japanese version is cheaper than the TurboChip and doesn't require much reading.  Tiger Road lacks the RPG elements, but it's a great platformer and saves your progress. 

Get yourself a used TurboGrafx so you can play US hucards.  It's a nice companion to the PCE Duo. 

[Keranu]

Efera & Jiliora is worth playing through. It's short and easy and overall enjoyable, but just don't expect something as epic as the other mighty action RPGs for the system.

[Turbo D]

Dungeon exporer 2 is bad ass if you are looking for a good cd rpg, but the us version is rather expensive.

[runinruder]

Efera & Jiliora is a great game, better than most of the others on Black Tiger's list.  But I don't think it's what this guy is looking for. 

[Monster Bonce]

Thanks guys. I have Dungeon Explorer but haven't really played it in any depth.

Ys I&II are coming with my Duo—I'll need to hunt down the translations.

Neutopia I & II I've played in emulation and am looking forward to. I might VC them rather than get the Japanese HuCards. I don't mind some Japanese text, but if there's an alternative I'll go for that instead.

[FM-77]

The only spot in Dynastic Hero that might be a real problem if you can't read Japanese is the part where a sphinx asks you a few multiple choice questions. 

I wouldn't call it "light," but Shape Shifter is a fantastic side-scrolling quest game. 

You could also try Energy. 

Why do you always like what everybody hates and hate what everybody else likes? I have yet to see a single exception to this.

[runinruder]

Well, some clown agreed with me in this thread:

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2951.15

 

[Turbo D]

lmao, burned   

[Keranu]

The only spot in Dynastic Hero that might be a real problem if you can't read Japanese is the part where a sphinx asks you a few multiple choice questions. 

I wouldn't call it "light," but Shape Shifter is a fantastic side-scrolling quest game. 

You could also try Energy. 

Why do you always like what everybody hates and hate what everybody else likes? I have yet to see a single exception to this.

What about me?