Could someone recommend a little-kid RPG for GUTS?

[runinruder]

My buddy GUTS recently purchased the PCE RPG Sol Moonarge.  He'd been looking forward to this game for a while, and boasted about how he'd put his skills to good use and type up a walkthrough for the rest of us. 

Unfortunately, his plans went awry when he got stuck.

Stuck... after just one dungeon.

Following such a humiliating experience, GUTS was thinking about giving up RPGs entirely.  I told him not to throw in the towel just yet, that there's probably some little-kid game out there that he might stand a chance of getting through.

What do you guys recommend?  I thought of the English version of Neutopia, but he already owns that one, and has already gotten stuck and given up on it. 

Maybe that home-brew thing, Magical Song or whatever?  Whenever someone posts screens of it on this forum, there's always some little girl standing next to the monitor.  GUTS is probably at her level when it comes to RPGs, so maybe this would be a good game for him. 

What do you guys think?  And let's limit this to PCE games, none of that Final Fantasy Mystic Quest crap.  GUTS might stink at RPGs, but he isn't enough of a doofus to want to play an SNES game. 

[Black Tiger]

Well, if Neutopia is RPG'ish enough, then how about Xanadu II?

[esteban]

Well, GUTS has already experienced Basted in all of its glory, so I really don't know what to suggest...

[runinruder]

Well, if Neutopia is RPG'ish enough, then how about Xanadu II?

He tried that one and got lost on the ship, believe it or not. 

Well, GUTS has already experienced Basted in all of its glory,

Yeah, he got stuck in the first town in that one.  Of course, since about 90% of the game takes place in that first (and only) town, I guess we could say he got pretty far.   

[m1savage]

Seiryuu Densetsu Monbit?

I'll take that Sol Moonarge off his hands if he's done with it. Here's a bit of help

http://pce.sytes.net/sorumona.html

[runinruder]

Seiryuu Densetsu Monbit?

I'll take that Sol Moonarge off his hands if he's done with it. Here's a bit of help

http://pce.sytes.net/sorumona.html

He was using that walkthrough and said it wasn't helping.  "It must be a glitch."

Is Monbit any good?  I've yet to try that one. 

[m1savage]

I haven't played much of it so I really couldn't say. I'm in the middle of enough games at the moment so it's gonna have to continue waiting on me. 

[ParanoiaDragon]

From what little I've played of it, Monbit seems decent.

[Joe Redifer]

How about that Bonk RPG that was never finished?  That way when he gets stuck 3 minutes past the title screen, he can blame the game code instead of his 1337 RPG skilz.

[SignOfZeta]

I found Starling Odyssey II to be fun, and relatively easy to get through. I did need help though. When the guy I bought it from couldn't help me anymore, I actually called Rayforce, and talked to the one guys there who spoke English. He explained that I needed the Orichalcum, which would make my airship teleport from tower to tower.

[turbofan1]

Maybe your friend Guts would want to play this game-

Its not A rpg,But its A kids game.

[esteban]

Maybe your friend Guts would want to play this game-

Its not A rpg,But its A kids game.

This game is actually tough! I have had a tough time with it, no joke! Builder Land is also tough as balls.

GUTS would smash these discs to pieces due to the extreme frustration they cause .

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Anyway, have GUTS play Necromancer. Tell him that his goal is simply to see a handful of the enemies die a bloody, gory death. This seems like an appropriate goal to set for him, considering his skillz levelz.

[runinruder]

How about that Bonk RPG that was never finished?  That way when he gets stuck 3 minutes past the title screen, he can blame the game code instead of his 1337 RPG skilz.

Even if he had access to it, he wouldn't play it.  He quit everything Bonk when he failed to get through any of the platformers. 

I found Starling Odyssey II to be fun, and relatively easy to get through. I did need help though. When the guy I bought it from couldn't help me anymore, I actually called Rayforce, and talked to the one guys there who spoke English. He explained that I needed the Orichalcum, which would make my airship teleport from tower to tower.

That's a really good game.  I completed it myself not too long ago.  When I recommended it to GUTS, he mentioned that he'd already tried it and, predictably, failed to beat it. 

Anyway, have GUTS play Necromancer. Tell him that his goal is simply to see a handful of the enemies die a bloody, gory death. This seems like an appropriate goal to set for him, considering his skillz levelz.

I think he bought that game just recently, actually, and gave up on it quickly.

[GUTS]

Yeah Necromancer was awful, I only fought a couple battles.

[Necromancer]

Ta-Da!  You speak my name, and I appear. 

Well, perhaps it's just coincidence.  I suggest that GUTS revisits Neutopia, as it's as easy as they come for an action rpg - if you can't handle this one, then maybe rpgs aren't your bag.  Another pseudo-rpg that you can try is Beyond Shadowgate.  The puzzles are fairly easy and you'll die a thousand deaths, but that's just part of the fun.