GamePro's 30 Greatest 16-Bit Games

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GamePro digs into their collection of Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo titles to conjure up a list of the "30 greatest 16-bit games" of all time. Quite a few console RPGs are profiled, including Final Fantasy IV and VI, Secret of Mana, Shining Force, Phantasy Star IV, and Chrono Trigger. Shining Force was one of the only games I played (and enjoyed) on the Genesis:

Shining Force brought dynamic gameplay mechanics to the tactical-RPG genre, featuring a robust army-based combat system and a surprisingly open-ended campaign.

If the main character in Shining Force dies, it's not a Game Over. Surprised? In a strange and interesting twist on the RPG genre, Shining Force did things differently by actually giving players room to fail. When your army got routed in a battle, you didn't have to start over, and in some cases, you actually got stronger from the defeat. Some genre snobs called it too easy, but Shining Force made a few innovations that really stuck around the genre for years to come.

GamePro's 30 Greatest 16-Bit Games

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