Tomm:
Well I'm not a programmer, so I really don't know the indepth specifics involved. However, every console uses different assembly (to my knowledge), gameboy uses Z80, for example. With the large storage capacity of CDs, a PSX game might be able to be written in C. The reason cartridge games can't is because C code takes up a helluva lot more space than Asm. Hope that helped a LITTLE. And yes...Lunar2 is worth rewiring your entire house for.

Googleshng:
Playing US imports in Europe is actually a bit trickier than just modding the PSX. Have to deal with NTSC vs. PAL last I checked. There was a big long letter on it back in April. Hope it helps.

Tomm:
Yay, someone who's ready my fanfics! Yes, I do all the writing for Mythri, so I hope you look forward to it even more now. And I'm glad you'd buy it in a heartbeat...someone needs to tell the publishers that :)
Speaking of which...I never finished answering Paws last week about my FAVORITE part of game development. My favorite part is doing the script (plotscene) dialogue, because it lets me reveal different twists at just the right times--to play with the player's mind. I love that.

Googleshng:
Nothing for me to say... moving along...

Tomm:
1) Mythri's scrolling (eh?) is, like most everything else in the game, like SNES games. One big map that you move around on.

2) There are Griffins in Mythri, but they're the mere monster variety. I didn't feel riddle-asking Griffins were very "at home" in the world of Mythri, but they'll show up sooner or later, no worries. Oh, and it sorta' was in a video game--I stole that idea (from a Zelda interactive story, those of you who don't know why he associates me with Griffins) from Shadowgate, and the Sphinx.

Googleshng:
Again... moving along...

Tomm:
1) It depends on the characters. Some learn abilities from monsters (though it's a bit more forgiving than Blue Mages in the FF series. For example, Flame Breath and Flame might both teach your character the Fire Strike (examples--not actual techs)). Other characters learn them from levelling up, and still others learn abilities from repeated use of abilities they already have. And most of them run off MP, yes.

2) You can have four members in your party at once, and they're plot driven like FF4, not tailor made like FF6.

3) We aren't really sure, since the game isn't completely implemented and all. At first I thought it'd be short like FF4, but then we added in extra quests and some additional plot. My original programmer said it'd be as long as Xenogears--but I don't quite believe that. It should be average length...30+ hours.

Googleshng:
Lalala...

Tomm:
This letter was...scattered...
1) Forever Rachel from FF6, Track 17 on the Lunar:SSSC selected soundtrack (Mysterious Cave?), and the overworld music after you get [vehicle of fast travel] in Lunar2:EB.
2) The Simpsons
3) I watched the first hour of it. It looks pretty cool. Any game where you can play as a certified badass within the first hour is worthwhile in my book.
4) Braveheart
5) Green
6) ...the hell?
7) It's the hidden fifth tower...you have to dive into the glowing blue water, and you'll appear there. Don't expect to enter without a fight, though.
8) No.
9) Phacia
10) 12
11) Check the map
12) Legend of Crystania.......how that's related to Lodoss, I'll NEVER know.

The chickens might not be laying eggs if he's not feeding them properly. You have to stick the feed in that little feed box to the right of the chicken coop. Also, it's funny cause I've never brought my cows/sheep outside in Harvest Moon, because they're too freaking hard to locate and herd back in. You can make a small fenced area for the chickens, though, and manually throw them into it. Cows/sheep wont' get sick inside...I really haven't noticed any difference.

Ann's dad runs the bar now, get with the program :)

Googleshng:
Favorite RPG songs? I like an awful lot. Off the top of my head, CC's intro, the Magitek factory music, and every track from Xenogears and Phantasy Star. Favorite non-animated show? Hmm... Farscape I'll have to say. Ooh, and 2 weeks even before new episodes! Movie's tougher. Am I allowed to say Transformers? That Labrynth, or Dark City probably. BoF4? No time. Favorite color? The color of the thing I'm pointing at right now. Oh right, Fina's SoA. In PE: use tools to move things from slots on guns you don't like any more to nice happy guns, like the PPK. Bad anime: Tenchi, Ninja Scroll, lots of stuff I refuse to watch in the first place, Ghost in the Shell (but the manga's cool).

Tomm:
I'm looking forward to Mythri coming out too...and yes, it's pretty darn cool :)
If I remember right (which I probably don't), I think feeding the Rabite only increases his stats or temperment or something. In order to give him more HP, you have to have him level up in battle... Oh, and I liked LoM. Why's everyone hate it so much? The battle system is still better than Seiken "I dare you to bring up the spell menu" Densetsu 3.

Why in the world would you want him to be anything OTHER than a Rabite? Hm?! If you had a FF8 save file on the same card, he woulda' been a Chocobo instead.

Yes, Goog would recommend Skies of Arcadia ;) No matter how hard we try to force him otherwise.

You might try Threads of Fate...it's a bit more lighthearted and straightforward than any Zelda game...but it has two quests. That's two, two, two games in one! ::coughs::

We're still waiting until January, I believe. Doesn't the magazine ad make it look like a Working Designs game? I thought so. I've heard both really good and really bad things about it. The bad things were from a guy watching a video of the game, if that helps :)

Googleshng:
Hey, getting a level 99 rabite is just plain cool. Oh, and you don't feed monsters AND have them graze. One or the other. Oh, and for REAL EXP, take it with you and make sure it gras crystals. Anyway though, SoA mops the floor with Grandia 2 based on what I've seen... and most other games too. Now, as for an Action/RPG on the DC, well, there's PSO!

Tomm:
I don't think the graphics will lose customers to the consoles because they're...some of the best graphics on the GBC. Yeah, they suck compared to FF9--but most people don't think that way. There are a whole boatload of items and spells to learn, worry not. But not so many that you get useless ones. I made sure not to design useless spells.

Ninja Boy!!!! Or whatever it was called. I remember that game!

Was CT great?! WAS CT GREAT?!?! yes, of course it was! CT owns! It has a nifty storyline that actually does Time-travel without causing huge gaping plot holes. Not many, anyway. CT is the reason that other companies won't make games about time-travel--because CT already did it very well. If you're into traditional swords and sorcery (and space travel), then FF4 might be more your thing. CT also has a much better translation, though ;)

I thought FF4 was far too linear to be "more fun" than the other FF's...but again, that's an opinion. People can have opinions.

Googleshng:
CT good. FF4... eh.

Tomm:
Turn down the sound on an RPG?! I had a friend who used to do that on all his games. We'd all talk about how good the music in FF3 (american) or CT was, and he didn't have a clue. "Game music blows" he'd say. I think RPGs have changed from games where the main point was to make a badass character ("Bwa ha ha! I'm more charismatic than you are! Peon!!") to following a plot. I prefer a good balance, where there's plot, but the challenge is still there so the entire purpose isn't to let you win. Lunar is good. Let's all play Lunar.

Spoilers are evil. Here's the example I gave Keith when he was further in FF9 than me (the bastard). Let's say he told me that in the ice village, character X was going to kill character Y...but he didn't tell me WHEN. Some would say "so where's the harm?" Maybe it's a minor point in the plot or something. The HARM comes in that EVERY SINGLE TIME I enter the ice village, I'm going to wonder "is THIS when he's going to die? Is it going to happen now?" Every time character X interacts with character Y, I'm going to look for the motive, small hints "yeah, I see it coming". You aren't supposed to read a plot like this before you find out the ending (if it's written well)...you're supposed to "go into it cold" the first time. That way surprises are actually surprising.

You can't use your super gameboy...Mythri uses too many colors and too much processing power to run on a normal Gameboy. Sorry :)

Mythri will make you rip off your sleeve and...what? Sure, yeah, it's that good ::shrugs::. :)

A Tomm doll would give you a nice hefty complex and a long stay at Arkham Assylum. Warden!

Googleshng:
The only real change to RPGs is that, well, more people are making and playing them now... plus there's funky things like Koudelka. The mainstream's pretty much the same as always though. Spoilers are bad. Games are much more enjoyable when you don't know what's coming.

Tomm:
1) I love the GBA. All the games on it so far look really awesome (though Megaman looks odd and I wonder why all the screenshots of Castlevania have the player character being TWO COLORS). I can't wait for Golden Sun. The specs on it look great. It's the machine I've been waiting for.

2) Seems so. So you say you want innovation? ::rubs hands together::

3) Magazines, as far as we've been told, never ever feature games that don't have publishers. Then again, neither does RPGamer. Thanks guys! :)

Googleshng:
I'm very much looking forward to the GBA. I'm also looking forward to what Tomm has planned for it, but I digress.

Tomm:
That's actually how I got this guest host spot! Er..wait...we're not supposed to talk about that *coughs*

I hope to have Mythri completed sometime between now and the GBA release. But we need a publisher. ::whistles:: Here publisher...here publisher...'ats a good boy! Yes you are! Yes you are!

Googleshng:
Hmm... well, one person lately has been sending me what I assume is hentai in some obscure format my mail program thankfully doesn't recognize, but as far as scary pic submissions, no... except that time... and that time... and that time. Oh, and don't lie. You got this guest host spot through bribery, not seduction!

Tomm:
That's from the alternate ending. Affected from the bad blood running through his family (let's all get together for Thanksgiving and start KILLING EACH OTHER!!!), he snaps and starts crossdressing. "Ramza taught us to live our own way" and all...yeah.

Googleshng:
If it's any consolation, he doesn't ACT girly... no wait... I make him dance, which is normally a females-only ability... Mimes rule.

The Last Laugh: