[ilya]

Interesting what you say about save states. I'm actually the opposite, I would use them on the Phantasy Star games but not on the others. Reason being that because the PS games require basically no player skill, I wouldn't feel like I was making the game easier than it was intended to be. Whereas in an arcade game I'd feel like I was cheating.

Other than that, I just want to second your implicit recommendation of this collection. Maybe best retro compilation ever? Yes you can play most/all of these games as ROMs, but it's so much nicer playing the games on a console. Plus you don't have to deal with bugs or feel guilty for ripping off the people who made and published these amazing games. Of course the developers have probably been screwed out of their royalties somehow, but hey, at least the fatcat producers are getting richer.