@alianger: man, I think I made this list like...5 years ago??? Crazy.
I seem to recall I used various searches and wikis to find that info. I actually have a more refined list on a OneNote doc now. I had debated my sorting on it but went with original release date, whichever country it was. I thought it would help transition between games better when you had some stuff releasing in the US years after Japan when other games came to the states in between, Earthbound was a prime example.
If I'm remembering how I initially setup this list, it was more of a light chronological order with some instances of "I want to place this sooner rather than later" so Ys isn't actually that high. I made a Metroidvania and JRPG list at the same time.
I haven't yet started playing these with my kids yet, gotta wait until they can read, but I am looking forward to the day we can sit down and try. They like watching video games, old and new, though, so that's promising.
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