The first one is really good, and Working Designs didn't go overboard with their usual translation silliness. A lot of the same folks worked on Landstalker. Very puzzle-heavy. I'd avoid the second game, though.
Despite being fairly ugly, I thought Shadow Madness was a great RPG with a fantastic soundtrack. I was really into the King's Field games, too. Most of my favorite Square games during that period were actually the lower profile ones, like Threads of Fate and Brave Fencer Musashi. I loved Einhander so much I bought it twice (import and domestic). Some of Atlus' stuff like Trap Gunner and Kartia was pretty good; I even recall them using Amano's artwork on the cover of the latter after people called them out on the rather generic proposed box art. There were a few excellent light gun shooters, too...I ended up with two GunCons after buying Time Crisis and Point Blank. Elemental Gearbolt was the absolute jam.
Ah, memories.
Edit: Thought of a few more. I still have the entire Tecmo's Deception series. Tobal and Bushido Blade both ate up a lot of my time. Clock Tower!
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