What's the best way to play these? I'm mainly split between SNES, PS1, GBA or PSP versions.

1 and 2: NES or PSX
3: NES
4,5,6: SNES
7,8,9: PSX

>>11857996 (OP)
>FF1 and 2
NES or PS1. GBA versions have bonus content of questionable quality and change the mechanics.
>FF3
NES. 3D does some interesting stuff mainly with the jobs but is harder, including in a few bullshit ways. You can check it out afterwards, but bear in mind that it takes a while to get to the jobs. If you want a watered down in-between of either version, the PR.
>IV
There's probably enough translation patches that you can patch a JP SNES version.
>V
Either SNES or GBA: The latter has new jobs, but they only show up towards the end and the music takes a hit.
>VI
Probably SNES.

PS1 for FFI, II & IV. These restore the games as they were meant to be played while being close to the original experience. (Do not get V-VI or CT PS1 too, load times suck ass.) If you want The After Years, seek out WiiWare.
FFIII, you're best with the original. The 3D & PR versions change the game too much in their own ways.
FFV & FFVI have GBA script ports. Warts and all, they're the best way to play the SNES versions.

>>11857996 (OP)
youtube walkthrough (no commentary) version

>>11858027
Whats the difference between the ps1 and gba versions of 1 and 2?

>>11857996 (OP)
Every version that is on the PSP is the superior one. ESPECIALLY FF2.

1,2, and 4 on PSP
3 on DS
5/6 SNES

>>11858261
The GBA/PSP/(post-3DS/pre-PR)mobile versions of I & II change a lot of underlying mechanics. In II's case, it's arguably for the better, but I completely overhauls MP and Items. It's clearly an attempt at rebalancing, but in my opinion, it makes magic even LESS important than it was in the original game. PR draws back many of these I-III changes but not entirely, so I has the spellcharges back but keeps the busted items.
And of course GBA/PSP adds side-dungeons, but all the extra content is a tacked-on mixed bag. Just watch longplays if you're curious.

>>11858027
>7,8,9: PSX
All are objectively better on PC once modded.

>>11858402
Call me when there's a mod that removes VII's PC drooling-retard mouths.

>>11858407
There has been such a mod for a long, long time.

>>11857996 (OP)
I won't speak on FF2 since it filtered me early on, but it really just depends on how much you value experiencing what most of us experienced playing these games back when they came out or were the only available versions, or if you want something that's easier to get into. If you're more in the former camp, I would say you can't go wrong with the originals, with maybe an exception for FF4 since the version we got is altered and gimped in some ways, but again, it's what many of us had and it's still plenty playable regardless. Beyond that, though, you get into quite the rabbithole. You can make life easy for yourself in this regard and just play the Pixel Remasters, though I wouldn't call them definitive versions or anything, mostly because I find the aesthetic changes to be kinda meh and prefer the original sprite art and music. The in-between versions are all a mixed bag, all with advantages and drawbacks, and that's before we even get into ROM hacks.

>>11858045
>load times suck ass
newfag youtuber opinionette. they aren't even that bad. and why are you playing retro if you're in a rush? are you some kind of wagie?

>>11857996 (OP)
1. Play on NES with bugfixes or do PSX version as it retains the same mechanics as the NES version with some of the bugs fixed. Later editions of the game let you abuse items which makes the game too easy.
2. Play for nes or maybe GBA. I can’t remember if the psp version has the same bonus content or not but anyway, each version of the game has somewhat different mechanics. The best version is honestly the NES version but if you like bonus content get GBA, but again it’s very very easy.
3. If you’re playing a game this old it might as well be NES. Later versions don’t really increase the QoL so much as they change the mechanics of the game entirely. Each version is different and I haven’t beaten any of them except the first for the reason that I don’t see how making a game this old easier will make it better. If you want an RPG from the DS era, there are lots of them that are more mechanically involved than this, including games that came out 20 years before the DS. I’m just saying that there’s going to be a common theme of completely changing the mechanics of old games to appease new audiences an old fans that want a repurposed form of nostalgia. It’s a fucking weird obsession with an NES game that was very good for its time and still good now if you like straightforward RPGs with a variety of exploration and a hard as hell endgame that actually is the end of the game.
4. SNES for the reason that the music is good. The GBA Version has extra content but the music and graphics is ass. I like how you can switch out your final party, which you can’t do in the SNES version so I thought that was kind of cool
5. SNES again, the PSX version has slightly long load times. The GBA has more content but it’s useless because those jobs suck and are only good for grinding other jobs
6. SNES with the Ted Woosley uncensored patch. Every other version is absolute garbage with its visuals and music. No extra content can save it

>>11858510
>Ted Woosley uncensored patch
If you do this, make sure it's the minimal version at least. Otherwise, if you really need qol nonsense you might as well play another version like GBA-port or ROSE.

>>11858510
I wish we had a GBA text port for FF6 that doesn't also include all the QoL and bugfix bullshit that every other FF6 hack seems to deem necessary to include, or if you're gonna include that, then go all the way and add the extra GBA content so we have a definitive version of that.

>>11858552
>go all the way and add the extra GBA content so we have a definitive version of that.
Didn't T-Edition include some of it?

>>11858561
Only the Soul Shrine, except it's MUCH harder, and you actually get something worthwhile for it. Also the Flood spell, I guess.

psp
psp
DS
DS or SNES
SNES or remaster
SNES or remaster

>>11858027

fpbp

>>11858027
This. Anyone recommending the pixel remasters has shit taste.

PSP. Don't play the NES garbage

>>11858045
>Do not get V-VI or CT PS1 too, load times suck ass.
The load times aren't bad for the PS1 versions. It's Chrono Trigger that got fucked hard with the constant loading for everything.

>>11858027
Amazing first post, nailed it.