Really unaware of any fan translations of the older ones, as I no longer have an emulator.
Yes. I watched my brother play PoR, but I've beaten Radiant Dawn so many times. I bought RD new, but I also had problems finding a decent PoR disc. Took me two or three tries.
I didn't like Shadow Dragon much. Some chapters were ridiculously tough and some, like the final level, were too easy.
Huh. Didn't know about that.
Nah, Shadow Dragon is the only old one I've played, and even then it's a remake. Though I thought that most of, if not all, the older games were only in Japanese.