Most of what Square put out back in the day are regarded as the best 16 bit RPG's going. The pick of the bucnh from Square is Final Fantasy 6 or Chrono Trigger. Neither of them has aged as well as some here would have you believe but they are worth a look if only to see what all the fuss is about.

I played FF6 a couple of years back and found it a really linear and too teenage angsty for my tastes these days, back in the day though it was my favourite game ever.

Off topic: Is there a way to change this poo brown forum theme? It's annoying.