Ouch, damn, forgot to read this in time to tell you about the sword before the Baramos fight. Well apparently I think that's included for all versions of the game, and the sword that you'll receive from the King if you solo'd Baramos with the Hero only is called the 'Bastard Sword' dunno how it's called in this translated version, which is pretty damn powerful for your Hero to equip over the Thunder Sword, but I think you could get it from a shop in Alefgard not too late into the game, so no worries. I had to level grind up to about 55 in order to solo Baramos with only the Hero anyway because that prick can double attack you for some good damage and you have to alternate between lots of healbotting and occasional attacking if you want the sword that badly. But oh well.
Another thing I notice in comparison to the GBC version of DQ III is that when Zoma introduces himself at the castle, some hologram of his face is shown, which I find pretty cool, in the GBC version it's just his actual model you encounter in his castle standing behind the Throne which indicates he can somehow use Warp magic yet decides not to kill off the Hero while he's right there!
Also SNES has sexy Mode 7 while flying, GBC obviously doesn't. Oh well, keep continuing, really enjoying this.