Snes Games Part 2: Emulated Bugaloo

The world is still sad and annoying, let's talk about classic video games instead! Previously: SNES Games I finished ~30 years ago!, 30 NES/Famicom Games I finished as a kid, my list of completed console games from around 2002 Intro Last time I wrote about SNES games that I managed to play/finish with an actual cartridge. Today I'm writing about SNES games I played purely through an emulator. Back then my emulator of choice was ZSNES, which seems to have stopped development back in 2007. I'm still able to load the old SRAM files via Snes9x, but I am having trouble loading the individual ZSNES save state files. Final Fantasy IV (Also known as Final Fantasy II for the original US SNES release.) FF4 felt like Squaresoft finally starting to expand its storytelling in their flagship RPG series to include character drama, and boy do we get a lot of character drama. There's romance, betrayal, honor and duty, a disapproving father-in-law, a spoony bard, a fall from grace, a redemption, more…