Having played and owning all 9 games in the series (bought them all) I know that 4 & 5 are the best. Note that they are also the easiest. I'd rank from easiest to hardest (4,5,7,8,6,3,9,2,1). 6 was really good, but it needed the technology upgrade provided in 7. Alas, 7 was not as strong a game and 8 had bad sequalitis. 9 was horrible I'm sorry to say, between the graphics and the interface. As for the early ones, 1 was far too hard. Often the first combat would kill a lvl 1 party. However, 2 got a little easier and had nicer graphics. 3 was really good, and paved the way for the best one (two?).
To confirm what nearly everyone has said already: Swords was a 3rd party expansion pack that was included in the collectors edition of M&M 6. World of Xeen was Clouds of Xeen + Darkside of Xeen.
I would have posted copy codes, but they're already up. Also, I can upload the others if people are interested, though 6 thru 9 are considered off limits because they are still sold occasionally (Check around on ebay to find them cheap). Don't want 3DO breathing down my neck. Not to mention that the games are huge.
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