Description

Alis is a young girl whose brother Nero was brutally killed by a mysterious man known as Lassic. Nero's last words were: "Sister, find a warrior named Odin, he can help you to defeat Lassic!" Now Alis' dangerous adventure begins. Her first task is to find Odin. Then, with help and support from her friends, Alis will have to stop the evil Lassic and save the world...

This game is the very first Phantasy Star (three sequels were made for Sega Genesis and an online game for Dreamcast). It is a futuristic RPG that uses a turn-based combat system (viewed from first-person perspective). An unusual feature of this game is that some locations are also viewed from first-person perspective. You can explore those locations by moving forward or backward, and the environments are in pseudo-3D.

Alternate Titles

  • "梦幻之星" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "ファンタシースター 復刻版" -- Japanese Title (Megadrive)
  • "PS" -- Common Abbreviation
  • "Phantasy Star: Fukkokuban" -- Megadrive Title
  • "ファンタシースター" -- Japanese Spelling

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User Reviews

Talking cats, swords and spaceships mark the dawn of a great genre Sega Master System JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181)
Unique & convincing game world with some "1st in the series" shortcomings. Sega Master System happy-porcupine (520)
The Greatest 8-Bit RPG Ever Created. Sega Master System Guy Chapman (1673)
A good old-school RPG. Sega Master System GrahfZilla (14)
The Game the started it all. Sega Master System MasterMegid (718)

The Press Says

Shin Force Sega Master System Jan 10, 2007 9.1 out of 10 91
VideoGame Sega Master System Oct, 1991 9 out of 10 90
Objectif-SEGA Sega Master System Dec 20, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Retrogaming.it Sega Master System Jan 22, 2008 9 out of 10 90
Defunct Games Sega Master System May 12, 2007 85 out of 100 85
Computer and Video Games (CVG) Sega Master System Mar, 1989 75 out of 100 75

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Do any ROMS exist for this version? 4 beetle120 (1630)
Mar 20, 2008

Trivia

A couple of the developers of Phantasy Star have gone on to bigger and better things. Producer Reiko Kodama is part of Sega's OverWorks development team, and some of her work includes the Dreamcast/GC RPG Skies of Arcadia and some work on the Sakura Taisen series. Programmer Yuji Naka heads up Sonic Team, and one of his most famous series is (you guessed it) Sonic the Hedgehog!


This entry was contributed by Игги Друге (31878) and JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181)
 

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