What’s that Rudie saw? An untranslated SFC JRPG no one has heard of? Better load it up and find out.
This one is SONGMASTER by Yanoman. The most import thing to say about this game where you play a bard and sing songs in battle is the music does not change when this happens. It is like any magic in any JRPG.
The other thing of note is the music discordantly unpleasant. Some of the worst I’ve heard on the Super Famicom. You keep thinking “this must be an emulation error.” It’s not.
But I lied before, because actually playing this game is torture. The game refuses to let you leave the first Or second town. I think I spent 30 minutes in tears going house to house begging for new dialog. Please, a 1 gold for your thoughts. “There are goblins to the north.” Great I can’t leave town because I don’t have proper identification, those goblins are as real to me as home-ownership.
Thanks very much to @tacotaskforce who scoured a long play then worked backwards so we could collectively figure out this is secretly a Western RPG where you have to take jobs from the informant to activate quests.
After finishing my first quest I couldn’t imagine playing any more of the game. Will the secret orphan with uncontrollable magic powers be the chosen one? YES. Then he revives his girlfriend and does massive damage to the final boss.
Do look up the music it definitely belongs in that thread. It sounds like the transcoder broke and it plays every third note at the wrong pitch. Some of the worst orchestra hits I’ve ever heard.