Phantasy Star

Phantasy Star is an role-playing game released by Sega for the Sega Master System. Set in the science fiction fantasy settings, this game is notable for the 3D first person view dungeons, advanced graphics and for featuring a leading main female character. This game was a big success for the western market that had sequels follow ups including Phantasy Star II, III, and IV for the Sega Genesis console. This game was also included for the Game Boy Advance Phantasy Star Collection and for the Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and even released on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console, and in 2018 for Nintendo Switch.

Plot
Phantasy Star is set in Algol, a solar system consisting of three planets. The first planet is the forest water filled planet Palma. The second is the desert planet Motavia. The third is the icy snowy planet Dezoris.

This game's about a tyrant named King Lassic who oppresses people and threatens to kill anyone who opposes his laws. Nero a brother of Alis, leads the rebellion against King Lassic but he gets killed by the Robot cops and his Sister swears revenge against King Lassic and she goes on a journey to find 3 allies Myau, Odin and Noah to fight monsters in 3D first person view dungeons and against King Lassic.

Why it’s a Phantasy

 * 1) Alis has well rounded fighting power and supportive magic including curing party members, escaping from a dungeon.
 * 2) Odin's gun weapons can pierce through groups of enemies defense and never misses. His laser gun can do a total of 20 damage each time making it more powerful than the Laconian Axe which is unnecessary to fight Medusa for.
 * 3) Myau has powerful fighting attacks and can disarm traps in chest and trapdoors and cure people.
 * 4) It was remade for PS2 as Phantasy Star Generation 1, with updated graphics and music.
 * 5) Noah has the most powerful magic spells and can heal party members and talk to certain enemies.
 * 6) It has memorable music composed by Tokuhiko Uwabo.
 * 7) There are fixed encounter spots which allows you to grind for about 25 experience points.
 * 8) Some useful items in the game helps your party out including the Magic Lamp, The Miracle Key, the flute, and the burgers which heals 40 HP.
 * 9) It was re-released on Nintendo Switch, which means that the series is not forgotten (it even comes with a map for the 3D first person view dungeons).
 * 10) The game takes five hours to beat, for those who love long length RPGs.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It's very easy to get lost in the 3D first person view dungeons as you have no map and you'll need to rely on your compass and memorize where you are, make sure you warp out with the flute or escape spell so you can save your party from getting killed (the Switch version fixes this).
 * 2) Alis (Arguably the best character in the entire series) never appeared in the series after this game (even though it's her first appearance).
 * 3) The Mega Drive version is somewhat lazy as it’s just the original Master System game slapped on a Mega Drive cartridge PCB instead of being a remake. (Despite the game getting a remake for the PS2)

Tips

 * 1) If you reach a dungeon that's pure darkness, you need to buy a flashlight.
 * 2) Walk around Palma and fight enemies, they'll have treasure chests with Mesetas in them.