Ep 99: Final Fantasy 2 and 3: The Forgotten 8-Bit Adventures

A Gamer Looks At 40

While we were stomping Goombas and hunting ducks, Japanese gamers were embarking on epic NES adventures. When the missing Final Fantasy 2 and 3 were finally released to the West, fans were excited. Finally, we could try those missing 8-bit epics without downloading sketchy emulators and learning Japanese.
While the reality never lived up to the hype, the NES sequels earned the respect of the community, even if they didn't quite live up to the loft standards of 1 and 4. On this edition of A Gamer Looks at 40, we explore this JRPG two-some and do some memory mining of our very own.
STARRING (All handles from Twitter)
Aiden Moher (@adribbleofink)
Barry Carenza of Premium Edition Games (@HawkHellfire)
@Dancarnate
Greg Sewart of the Player One Podcast and Generation 16 (@sewart)
John Trenbeath (@crazyjohnt)
Mekel Kasanova (@MekelKasanova)
Mike of the Distorted Illuminations YouTube channel (@MadMonarch_DI)
Moses aka @thewellredmage of the-pixels.com and Gamelogica on YouTube
Nate McLellan (@natedoescomedy79 on TikTok)
Ryan aka @GameswCoffee
SONG COVERS
FINAL FANTASY II: 'Town' | Classical Guitar by John Oeth Guitar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZwJ-Ap82Fo
Final Fantasy II - Tower of the Magi (Harp Solo) by Harpsibored - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdMwNDcl1Bs
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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. FF2 and 3 Discussed as a Pair - Coffee, Moses, John (00:02:27)

3. FF2 and 3 Discussed as a Pair - Mekele, Barry (00:15:07)

4. FF2 Overview - Dancarnate, Greg, Moses (00:23:43)

5. Patron Shoutout (00:30:46)

6. FF2 Gameplay - Coffee, Aiden, Dancarnate (00:31:46)

7. FF2 Gameplay - Nate, John, Coffee, Moses (00:39:15)

8. Podcast Shoutout (01:00:09)

9. FF3 Overview - Dancarnate, Barry, Aiden, Moses (01:01:29)

10. FF3 Gameplay and Jobs - Greg, John. Nate (01:13:39)

11. FF3 Moments - Nate, Dancarnate (01:22:11)

12. FF3 Versions - Coffee, John, Moses, Mike (01:27:59)

13. Outro (01:43:27)