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   SilverDeth (silverdeth@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 11:47:31 JST SilverDeth

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_the_Rudras
   
   I just became aware of this cart - was the last SNES RPG Square made. It was the SaGa (Osaka) team behind it, apparently had a great deal of player agency, with several paths having a big impact on the final outcome.
   
   Composer was the god behind Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
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     pistolero (p@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 11:47:29 JST pistolero

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     @SilverDeth A 31/40 from 1990s Famitsu, that's some real shit right there.
     
     Apparently there's a translation: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/669/ , also attached.
     rudra-e.zip
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     Old bastard (kusojiji@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 12:01:18 JST Old bastard

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     @SilverDeth @p I remember the spellcasting system, where you'd input "magic words" and the game does some sort of hash function to decide its effect, cost, power, etc.
     
     So of course you input the funny gamer words and sometimes this makes the gamer words fly across the screen in huge letters while annihilating the enemies.
     
     I did like its core gimmick of being a single overarching story told from multiple POVs concurrently. Soundtrack is indeed excellent.
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     pistolero (p@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 12:18:20 JST pistolero

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     @Kusojiji @SilverDeth That's fuckin' hilarious. I will have to find a copy when I have some time to play a video game.
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     dobó istván (istvan@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 12:19:11 JST dobó istván

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     @Kusojiji @SilverDeth @p "DICKASS" was a void magic attack costing 2 MP.

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     SilverDeth (silverdeth@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 14:24:30 JST SilverDeth

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     @Kusojiji @p
     
     Ok this is getting played. Excellent.
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     SilverDeth (silverdeth@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 14:24:45 JST SilverDeth

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     @Kusojiji @p
     
     "Nigger!" is now a killing word.... that's great.... downloaded. This is getting min-maxed.
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     pistolero (p@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 14:31:55 JST pistolero

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     > You want to see an absolute braindead, brain-rotted mega-corp that squandered infinite fan goodwill and a talent pool second to none?
     
     "Ah, he must be talking about Konami...or Nintendo...or Activision...or Atari...or..."
     
     > I give you... squaresoft...
     
     Okay, or them.
     
     It's basically obligatory that once a game company arrives at the top, they completely fuck themselves as hard as they can.
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     SilverDeth (silverdeth@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 14:31:56 JST SilverDeth

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     @p You want to see an absolute braindead, brain-rotted mega-corp that squandered infinite fan goodwill and a talent pool second to none?
     
     https://safeshare.tv/x/U3SkBapmMHg#
     
     I give you... squaresoft...
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     m0xEE (m0xee@nosh0b10.m0xee.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Apr-2025 05:16:58 JST m0xEE

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     @Kusojiji@freesoftwareextremist.com @SilverDeth@fsebugoutzone.org @p@fsebugoutzone.org
     I remember Loom having a spell mechanic based on short music phrases, you could find new spells by listening to sounds in the game world, to achieve reverse effect of the spell you had to play the notes in reverse order. On hard difficulty you had to use your ear to figure out spells, on easier the notes were additionally colour coded making it a bit easier.
     
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