Glad you got an LOL out of it... yeah I got past the jerk after about 3 tries last night. In case someone out there is someday googling for "Zonplas destroys me, help me before I hurt myself" or the like, what I was doing wrong was basically being too passive.

I had the stupid Wind sword thing and it was like a Level 3 or 4, something like that. Just standing underneath Zonplas before the claw attack I could do 2 Jump/Spin Attacks and then retreat. Going this route I could get him down to 650 HP before he started doing the "blow sparkly things at you" attack. I had him down in the 350 HP range when started coughing out the balls that crack open with the glow flies. At this point I was taking it easy, waiting for the next "cough"... basically you should try to clear the balls, but really concentrate more on attacking Zonplas. That was the difference maker. I got Zonplas down to 20 HP when it started coughing out like 15 balls at a time (myself having only 18 HP) so I just concentrated on getting that one last hit on it.

Cool game, glad I could move on from there now... I got the fire sword, leveled that up a bunch. The graphics when I entered the temple area was awesome (in a PS2 choppy way). The huge temple ruins of the guys holding swords - sweet. The baddies here gave huge EXP, so I ended up entering a room with like a dozen of the baddies that make the vacuum cleaner sounds about 10 times, leveling up 4 times pretty quickly. Good stuff.

5 PM is quickly approaching, and my heart weeps at the thought.

Alright... I'll try to make this brief yet have enough info..

I started Ys literally about 18 months ago. I was doing a painful 24 hour shift at my work (e-mail server crashed, old school Exchange Server on a 400 MHz PII requiring a full rebuild - IE hours and hours of waiting) and I had my PS2 hooked up to my monitor. I got to the point of facing Zonplas (aka Jue) and was consistently dying. But seeing as it was 7 in the morning, and I had been working since 7 the previous morning, I decided to call it a day. (And, the e-mail server was up and sorta stable.)

Here I am 18 months later, trying to finish my Ys experience. I absolutely love Ys, I have very fond memories of lusting after Ys Book I and II as a kid, then playing and finishing Book I and II on my college roommates TG-16 CD and playing some Ys III on my Genesis.

Anyway.... back to the question. Zonplas has killed me for about 4 hours straight, each battle lasting about 15 minutes and I'm ready to break my Ys 6 disc. I am rusty since I haven't played this game in 18 months..

I am level 20. My sword is a "Livart",  Shield as "Rehdan" Shield (Def +18) and armor is Ring Mail (Def +16). I am sporting a wooden bracelet (Str +2 Def +2) and the Sylphen Boots. In my tool slot I have 9 Honeys, each giving me +50 HP.

I have taken Zonplas down to 88 HP, but never lower. And this is after like 10 battles over 2 days. It's frustrating to say the least.

I know I must have forgotten a lot of the attacks of the Ys 6 system.
I know about the "Jump attack", where I jump and hit the attack button and it swirls up. I know I can also build up a hurricane like sword attack, but against this airborne opponent it's pretty useless. When he gets around to start spitting out like 10 of those little balls that turn into fireflies I can use it, but overall it's not too helpful..

Anyway, what's your strategy here? Am I underpowered? Usually I play RPG's very conservatively, so I don't think I am underpowered, but the last time I played was a year and half ago...

Thanks so much, any answers will make my Wednesday night far happier than my Monday and Tuesday night..

Matt

Thanks for the Wiki list.

From skimming through it, it looks like Valkyrie Profile 2 would be my best bet. It supports 16:9 as well as 480p (am planning on getting the component cables at some point here in the near future).

FF XII does 16:9 (not into that).. not much else promising on there.

Matt

Hey all,

I just started up Dragons Quest VIII and much to my surprise it can play in 16:9 mode, sweet.. I love using my full screen.

Is there a list of PS2 games that are 16:9 compatible?

Thanks!

Matt