In 1988, Sega released Phantasy Star for the Master System.
It proved to be an icredible interactive role playing
adventure that thrust the player into a electronic
world of joy an excitement. Star actually changed
the way rpgs were defined; it abandoned common
role playing themes and introduced a high tech world
filled with realistic characters. Since the Master
System was technically superior to the current
hardware of the day, Sega was able to use four
megs of memory, when it's peers were using one and
two mega carts, to greatly enhance Phantasy Star.
It used these extra megs of memory to push Star
far above every other game on the market; I would
go so far to say that it was the best looking and
sounding game of the 80's. Star injected refreshing
ideas into the stale rpg market of the time with
such inovative ideas like first person 3-D dun,
highly detailed animated eneimes, vehicles, and
realistic main characters that possesed truth depth.
Phantasy Star was the first epic role playing game.
This electro sitelet is deicated to this classic
as well as it's sequels.
Phantasy Star I
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star IV
