Trying to complete my PS1 RPG collection w/ guides, need help.

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I know, I know... there's plenty of RPG lists out there but I'm trying to complete my collection and get guides for any game that might have one. I'm far from complete... I got most of the common stuff, but am still working on the harder to find stuff.

For reference, I'm using this RPG list (btw, feel free to offer advise on additions/subtractions- anything with a * means I don't have the game):
Alundra
Alundra 2 *
Arc the Lad Collection
Azure Dreams
Battle Hunter *
Beyond the Beyond
Brave Fencer Musashi
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Brigandine
Chrono Cross
Chocobo's Dungeon 2 *
Darkstone *
Diablo *
Dragon Seeds *
Dragon Valor *
Dragon Warrior VII
Eternal Eyes *
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy Tactics
Front Mission 3 *
Grandia
Granstream Saga *
Guardian's Crusade *
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature *
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth *
Jade Cocoon *
Kartia: Word of Fate *
King's Field *
King's Field II *
Koudelka
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Mana
Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen *
Lunar Silver Star Story Box Set
Lunar II Eternal Blue Box Set
Monster Seed *
Ogre Battle
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Persona
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
RPG Maker *
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Saiyuki: Journey West
Shadow Madness *
Shadow Tower *
Star Ocean: Second Story
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Destiny II
Thousand Arms
Threads of Fate
Torneko: The Last Hope *
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Xenogears

Of those, I have guides for the following. When I say guides, I mean the official one. AFAIK, no PS1 game has more tan 1 official guide. If the game didn't have an official guide, I counted the most popular unofficial one.
Arc the Lad Collection
Beyond the Beyond
Brave Fencer Musashi
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Brigandine
Chrono Cross
Dragon Warrior VII
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grandia
Koudelka
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Mana
Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar II Eternal Blue Complete
Ogre Battle
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Star Ocean: Second Story
Suikoden
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together
Tales of Destiny II
Thousand Arms
Threads of Fate
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Wild Arms 2
Xenogears

Games which I own but don't have the guides to.
Persona
Suikoden
Wild Arms (have the unofficial one)

Ok, this is where I need help. This is where I'm not sure if I have the guide properties right for the following.

Games which I don't own and think have guides.
Alundra 2
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Darkstone
Granstream Saga
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Jade Cocoon
Kartia: Word of Fate
King's Field
King's Field II
Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen
Shadow Madness
Shadow Tower

Games which I don't think have guides of any kind.
Azure Dreams
Battle Hunter
Diablo
Dragon Seeds
Dragon Valor
Eternal Eyes
Front Mission 3
Guardian's Crusade
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth
Monster Seed
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
RPG Maker
Saiyuki: Journey West
Tales of Destiny
Torneko: The Last Hope

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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The only help I can do is that The Granstream Saga has a guide made my Prima. I bought one a couple days ago at a used game store.
 
Games which I don't have and don't think have guides.
Darkstone and Shadow Tower do not have guides to my knowledge.
Alundra 2, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Front Mission 3 - Brady Games
Granstream Saga, Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Jade Cocoon , Kartia: Word of Fate, King's Field, King's Field II, Shadow Madness - Prima
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen - PCS
Most of those are gonna suck to find but they exist.
 
Are those official guides for Lunar? I think I have an unofficial guide for SSSC if you're interested, I would need to see exactly what it is back at home.
 
I didn't know they made a guide for Persona. I have a Japanese one I picked up for $1. I can't read it but it's cool to look at.
 
[quote name='djbooba']Games which I don't have and don't think have guides.
Darkstone and Shadow Tower do not have guides to my knowledge.
Alundra 2, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Front Mission 3 - Brady Games
Granstream Saga, Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Jade Cocoon , Kartia: Word of Fate, King's Field, King's Field II, Shadow Madness - Prima
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen - PCS
Most of those are gonna suck to find but they exist.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, this'll help. I'm having the biggest pain trying to even locate what the King's Fields guide looks like (among most of the others I'm missing)..:whistle2:x Even the Kartia guide, which I thought was fairly common, is nearly impossible to find.

[quote name='BlueLobstah']Are those official guides for Lunar? I think I have an unofficial guide for SSSC if you're interested, I would need to see exactly what it is back at home.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I have official ones for both Lunars. The only unofficial PS1 guide I have is for Wild Arms (which I didn't count). I know of the unofficial guide for Lunar (and Alundra) but those aren't my concerns are both games have official guides.

[quote name='Rodimus']I didn't know they made a guide for Persona. I have a Japanese one I picked up for $1. I can't read it but it's cool to look at.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it was made by GameFAN (remember them, the magazine?). I've seen it go for a few times but am baffled at the variances in prices. I saw it go for as long as $25 for a mint guide and as high as $80 just recently for a very good condition guide.
 
Yeah I remember GameFan. I liked them. They did a lot of news on Import stuff. It always made me jealous of the Japanese. But $80 for a guide is insane.
 
[quote name='Rodimus']Yeah I remember GameFan. I liked them. They did a lot of news on Import stuff. It always made me jealous of the Japanese. But $80 for a guide is insane.[/QUOTE]

I've paid a lot of some guides.. I think so far the highest are $50 for Bringadine guide, $45 for the Thousand Arms guide (which I thought was a steal), and $55 for Suikoden II guide. And I've paid $30-35 for many others.

Before you all think I'm nuts, I don't spend money out of pocket unless needed. I only use profits from selling off excess games/guides on my collection or trade for them. I think I've only bought about 12 guides thus far, but really spent ~$50 out of pocket all things considered.
 
dragon valor is always on ebay..i just got 1 complete/mint for 12 bucks shipped. i beat it back when i was in high school but sold it off with my other ps1 games at the time to get ps2. and now i find myself rebuying the old games...*sigh*
 
[quote name='technicalstylez']dragon valor is always on ebay..i just got 1 complete/mint for 12 bucks shipped. i beat it back when i was in high school but sold it off with my other ps1 games at the time to get ps2. and now i find myself rebuying the old games...*sigh*[/QUOTE]

I wasn't really asking about the games, I just wanted to know which of the games did/didn't have guides. I know some of the games I don't have yet are common as hell but I am just making sure I have the whether or not each one has a guide right.
 
Darkstone and Diablo also had Prima guides. You can find pics of most of the guides by doing a quick search on ebay. For example, here's King's Field (in an overpriced store listing):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kings-Field-I-I...VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia is a budget (strategy) rpg you're missing. Some people consider the Mega Man Legends trilogy, Digimon World 1-3 and a couple others rpgs (though they fit better in other genres but contain rpg elements).

Used to have a complete collection of rpgs + guides but trimmed out all the garbage (which is a good quarter+ of it). Figured there was no point in keeping some games just for the sake of completing a collection, when those games were both worthless and not worth playing.
 
Granstream saga's guide is up on ebay and not going for the insane prices you spend on guides :whee: ;) You can get it for about $14.00 shipped. Best of luck.

*edit* same thing for Kartia. Man, did you look on ebay at all for these?

*further editing* I'm just going to include links for ya

Alundra 2
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Darkstone
 
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I just got the Beyond the Beyond guide for $10. Not bad I guess. Pretty good condition besides some minor glue on the cover (like actual glue, not sticker residue).

[quote name='anteis24']Darkstone and Diablo also had Prima guides. You can find pics of most of the guides by doing a quick search on ebay. For example, here's King's Field (in an overpriced store listing):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kings-Field-I-I...VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia is a budget (strategy) rpg you're missing. Some people consider the Mega Man Legends trilogy, Digimon World 1-3 and a couple others rpgs (though they fit better in other genres but contain rpg elements).

Used to have a complete collection of rpgs + guides but trimmed out all the garbage (which is a good quarter+ of it). Figured there was no point in keeping some games just for the sake of completing a collection, when those games were both worthless and not worth playing.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I get the feeling that I'll do the same. I get them all (or get close) and... realize how stupid this is.:lol:

[quote name='punkmaggit']Granstream saga's guide is up on ebay and not going for the insane prices you spend on guides :whee: ;) You can get it for about $14.00 shipped. Best of luck.

*edit* same thing for Kartia. Man, did you look on ebay at all for these?

*further editing* I'm just going to include links for ya

Alundra 2
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Darkstone
 
I saw a King's Field (the one I linked to) at a used book store just yesterday. Asked her if she bought guides and she said "we'll see - no one's really buying them nowadays". Discouraged, I was putting down the book and she said "You can trade for some if you want it" :whee:

I'm heading back there today with a slew of penny guides and we'll see what happens. Hopefully I can pick these bad boys up:

Official Nintendo Game Boy games Guide
King's Field Unauthorized Secrets
The Art of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Bradygames hardback SHINY :))
Final Fantasy IV Advance

They actually had some really old ones like Duke Nukem 64 & Blood II lol
 
[quote name='Vinny']I looked up the first game and I'm not sure it's an RPG... but I'll consider it.
[/QUOTE]

The Digimon games gained RPG features as the series progressed. Digimon World was like a monster breeding simulator, and I agree not much of an RPG at all. While Digimon World 2 was more like a pokemon type RPG. Digimon World 3 dropped the simulation gameplay all together and plays like a Mystery Dungeon game ala Chocobo's Dungeon, Pokemon Rescue Mission, or in PSX terms Torneko: Last Last Hope and Azure Dreams.

Personally I bought all three games for my collection, just to keep series together.
 
Bah. I edited my first post and it didn't take.

You're missing Monkey Hero from your list. It's a terrible game, but it's an action RPG not unlike Alundra. I also included the Megaman Legend games in my collection, they're very much a member of the borderline category. But they feel like RPGs to me with the dungeon oriented game world, shops, boss strategies, etc. It's a judgement call, but hey you have Legacy of Kain. Lastly you probably won't care, but there's a PAL exclusive Blaze & Blade. As far as I know it's the only PAL exclusive RPG for the system, but I'd like to *find* more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxz-0cUD9g
 
Dude, I had Blaze & Blade for the PC a couple of years back - not a bad RPG by anyone's standards. It was strange: the manual had all of the buttons mapped to the playstation controller, which leads me to believe that there were plans on bringing it stateside. (Now I wish I hadn't traded it to Goozex :whistle2:()
 
[quote name='punkmaggit']Dude, I had Blaze & Blade for the PC a couple of years back - not a bad RPG by anyone's standards. It was strange: the manual had all of the buttons mapped to the playstation controller, which leads me to believe that there were plans on bringing it stateside. (Now I wish I hadn't traded it to Goozex :whistle2:()[/QUOTE]

I think it was just a case of laziness there. Since Blaze was a PSX game first, and a PC port second.
 
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