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We sit with Chris Taylor and talk about the music of three games we didn't have a music reviewer for. Arcana, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, and Mother 1.

Star Ocean: The Second Story, is an action role-playingvideo game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the PlayStation. Itis the second game in the Star Ocean series and the first game in the series tobe released outside Japan, arriving in North America in June 1999 and Europe inApril 2000, by Sony Computer Entertainment. Taking place in a science fantasyuniverse, the story centers around a young man named Claude C. Kenny, a cadetfrom a space-faring Earth organization who is stranded on an undeveloped,medieval-level planet. There, he meets several companions and must stop a plotfrom an evil organization that spans multiple worlds before finding his wayhome.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

A brief round table discussion of the cozy games we like to play to unwind. Featuring Riley and Jamie.

EarthBound, released in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū,is a role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory andpublished by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The secondentry in the Mother series, it was first released in Japan in August 1994, andin North America in June 1995. A port for the Game Boy Advance developed by PaxSoftnica, bundled with Mother (1989) as Mother 1+2, was released only in Japanin 2003. The game focuses on Ness and his party of Paula, Jeff and Poo, as theytravel the world to collect melodies from eight Sanctuaries in order to defeatthe universal cosmic destroyer Giygas.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

I didn't grow up loving jRPGs. I grew up with point and click adventure games, so let me tell you about one of the greatest adventure game series of all time.

Romancing SaGa 2 is a 1993 role-playing video game developedand published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fifth entry in theSaGa series. A 3D remake entitled Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven isplanned for release on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 andWindows in 2024.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff, Russ, and Chris play and review the SNES classic Soul Blazer

Once again Russ and I are heartily advocating Loading Ready Run's annual Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser, to raise money for Child's Play.Starting November 8th at 4pm CST. Russ and I will be watching the whole week. Join the stream, tell them Home on the RNG sent you.http:\twitch.tvdesertbushttp:\desertbus.org

Wild Arms 2, known in Japan as Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition, is a1999 role-playing video game for the PlayStation, and the second installment inthe Wild Arms series, developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony ComputerEntertainment.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Join us and musical expert Chris Taylor as we look back at the music of the first three Lufia games

Join us as we look at back on the last 9 games we played, and discuss the tropes, the highs, the lows, and the weirds.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

At Russ's prompting, Jeff encountered this strange obscure adventure game on the NES. So many question about how a kingdom of living vegetables works...and so few answers.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a 1999 role-playing video game byAtlus for the PlayStation. It is the second entry in the Persona series, itselfa subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise, and acts as a sequel to theoriginal Persona. The game was re-released in 2011 for the PlayStationPortable. The original version was not localized for western territories;however, the PSP version was released in North America and Europe under thetitle Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 – Innocent Sin.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

We go back with our musical expert Chris Taylor and talk about the music of the three original game boy Final Fantasy Legend games.

Star Ocean is a 1996 action role-playing game developed bytri-Ace and published by Enix for the Super Famicom. The first game in the StarOcean series, it was released only in Japan in July 1996, and was the firstgame developed by tri-Ace, consisting of staff that had previously left WolfTeam due to being unhappy with the development process for Tales of Phantasiawith Namco in 1995.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Let's look back at the music of the first two Breath of Fire games, with our musical expert Chris Taylor!

Breath of Fire III is a role-playing video game developedand published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation console as part of theBreath of Fire series. Initially released in Japan on September 11, 1997, thegame was later released in North America and Europe in 1998. It is the firstgame in the franchise to feature three-dimensional graphics and voice acting.The title was developed by director Makoto Ikehara and features a uniquejazz-inspired soundtrack by company composers Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida. OnAugust 25, 2005, the game was ported and released for the PlayStation Portablehandheld system in Japan, and was also released in Europe on February 3, 2006.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Rachel tackle an obscure NES sci-fi dogfighting game, Star Voyager. Was it worth tackling?

Triangle Strategy is a 2022 tactical role-playing gameco-developed by Square Enix and Artdink for Nintendo Switch. The game waspublished by Square Enix in Japan and Nintendo internationally for the NintendoSwitch on March 4, 2022. The Windows version was published by Square Enix andwas released on October 13, 2022. The development of the game was led by TomoyaAsano, producer of Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Join Jeff and Russ as they look back at the first 50 games reviewed for Home on the RNG. The highs, the lows, and the forgotten. Thank you so much for listening and being a part of our journey. Here's to the next 50!

Join Desert Bus for Hope starting November 11th 2023. Watch it on twitch.tv/desertbus or at desertbus.org.

Our 50th game!Wild Arms is a role-playing video game developed by Japanesecompany Media.Vision. Originally released in Japan in 1996 for the PlayStation,it was later translated and released in North America in 1997 and Europe in1998 by Sony Computer Entertainment. It features a fantasy setting and motifand 2D computer graphics for normal gameplay, while battle sequences arerendered in 3D.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Scheduling update. Home on the RNG might be going on a brief hiatus. When it returns, we will be posting episodes slower, to rebuild our buffer. For a short time, episodes will be posted only once a month. Episodes will still alternate between Home on the RNG reviews and Side Quests. Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for listening to our little show.

In the third installment of Never Beat, Jeff and Rachel tackle the NES game Little Nemo, and learn to assault animals with candy!

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd is a 2007role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is a part of theTrails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, andserves as the final entry in the Trails in the Sky arc. Trails in the Sky the 3rd first released in Japan forWindows and later for the PlayStation Portable. It did not see an Englishrelease until 2017 due to the game's large amount of text necessary totranslate. A port to the PlayStation 3 was released in 2013, while a remasterfor the PlayStation Vita was released in 2016; both were only released inJapan.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Russ discuss two very popular fanmods for Final Fantasy VI, Brave New Worlds and The T Edition. How big of a change can they really be from the base game?

Final Fantasy VI, also known as Final Fantasy III from itsinitial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed andpublished by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is thesixth main entry in the Final Fantasy series, and the first to be directed bysomeone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was insteadfilled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito. Long-time collaborator YoshitakaAmano returned as character designer and concept artist, while composer NobuoUematsu returned to compose the game's score, which has been released onseveral soundtrack albums.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Join Jeff and Russ as they discuss some excellent couch co-op games you can enjoy with a friend.

Trials of Mana is a 2020 action role-playing game developedby Xeen and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch andPlayStation 4. A mobile port released the following year. It is a 3D remake ofthe 1995 Super Famicom title of the same name, the third game in the Manaseries.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

In the second installment of Never Beat, Jeff and Rachel figure out what it takes to beat Double Dragon on the NES.

Suikoden is a role-playing video game published by Konami.It is the first installment of the Suikoden series. Developed by KonamiComputer Entertainment Tokyo, it was released initially in 1995 for thePlayStation in Japan. A North American release followed one year later, and amainland European release came the following April. The game was also releasedfor the Sega Saturn in 1998 only in Japan, and for Microsoft Windows in 1998 inJapan, South Korea and China.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Join Jeff, Russ, Chris, and The Princess as they discuss how they got started in gaming, and what their earliest gaming memories were.

Jeff, Russ, and Chris review the last nine games they've reviewed, and they discuss the highs, the lows, and the weirds.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Rachel return for a new mini Side Quest series, Never Beat. Listen as they play through the games Jeff could never beat as a kid, and find out why. This episode, they play the NES game Mickey Mousecapades.

Chrono Cross is a 1999 role-playing video game developed andpublished by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is set in thesame world as Chrono Trigger, which was released in 1995 for the Super NintendoEntertainment System. Chrono Cross was designed primarily by scenarist anddirector Masato Kato, who had help from other designers who also worked onChrono Trigger, including art director Yasuyuki Honne and composer YasunoriMitsuda. Nobuteru Yūki designed the characters of the game.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Rachel review Stray, the cyberpunk cat simulator. Spoilers: It's a good time.

The Sword of Hope is a 1989 first-person RPG for the GameBoy, developed by Kemco and published by Seika Corporation.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavorAnd don't forget Jeff's TikTok Allstars@Flickerspark_@MrKurtwise@MeganCiafre

Jeff, Russ, and Chris discuss the groundbreaking work of Uematsu, with a particular focus on his Final Fantasy scores. Occasionally The Princess will laugh in the background.

The 7th Saga is a turn-based role-playing video gamedeveloped by Produce! and published by Enix for the Super NintendoEntertainment System in 1993.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Russ conclude their discussion of The Legend of Heroes Trails series (for now) by discussing the Trails of Cold Steel quadrilogy.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, titled DragonWarrior IV when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing videogame, the fourth installment of the Dragon Quest video game series developed byChunsoft and published by Enix, and the first of the Zenithian Trilogy. It wasoriginally released for the Famicom on 11 February 1990 in Japan. A NorthAmerican NES version followed in October 1992, and would be the last DragonQuest game localized and published by Enix's Enix America Corporationsubsidiary prior to its closure in November 1995, as well as the last DragonQuest game to be localized into English prior to the localization of DragonWarrior Monsters in December 1999. The game was remade by Heartbeat for thePlayStation, which eventually was available as an Ultimate Hits game. This wasfollowed with a second remake developed by ArtePiazza for the Nintendo DS,released in Japan November 2007 and worldwide in September 2008. A versionbased on the Nintendo DS remake was released in 2014 for Android and iOS.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Russ continue their discussion of the Legend of Heroes Trails series, this time discussing the Crossbell Duology.

Romancing SaGa is a 1992 role-playing video game developedand published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fourth entry in theSaGa series. It was subsequently released for the WonderSwan Color in 2001 andmobile phones in 2009. A remake for the PlayStation 2, subtitled Minstrel Songin Japan, was released in both Japan and North America in 2005 by Square Enix.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Part 1 of our discussion of the very long and very excellent Trails series. This episode covers the Trails in the Sky games.

Thousand Arms is a cross-genre video game developed by RedCompany and Atlus, and published by Atlus for the PlayStation in 1998. The gamemixes elements of Japanese role-playing video games and dating sim video games.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

A discussion of our top 5 games that AREN'T jRPGs. With special guests Rachel and Chris. We apologize for the length of this episode, but hope you enjoy it.

Secret of Mana, originally released in Japan as SeikenDensetsu 2, is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published bySquare (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is thesequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu, released in North America as FinalFantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest, and it was the first SeikenDensetsu title to be marketed as part of the Mana series rather than the FinalFantasy series.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

This is not a jRPG review, it's not even a Side Quest, it is an invitation for you to join Russ and Jeff for their yearly ritual of watching Desert Bus for Hope. This year it kicks off on November 12th at 4pm US Central Time.Watch the stream on twitch.tv/DesertBusLearn more about the event at http://desertbus.orgWe hope to see you in the chatroom.

A discussion of the absolutely ABSURD number of games in the Shin Megami Tensei universe. With special guests Chris and Rachel.

Revelations: Persona is a 1996 role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus. It is the first entry in the Persona series, itself a subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise, and the first role-playing entry in the series to be released in the west. Originally released for the PlayStation in 1996 in Japan and North America Find us online! Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaur Russ Twitter - @RussMac25 Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff and Cameron tackle the topics of altering a game, including rom hacks, fan translations, and several other digressions.