Editor’s Note: There will be Phantasy Star III spoilers for the first generation marriage and ensuing children. Back in the 1990s, relationship elements in games weren’t really defined yet. (After all ...

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Players start out on a ship, which acts as the main hub. Each ship has dozens of instances that you can swap to if you’re looking for a larger community feel. The early instances, 1 – 10 are generally ...

Phantasy Star has finally made its debut on the system, bringing a long-lost role-playing adventure to it for the low price of $7.99. The game that kicked off Sega’s long-running series made its debut ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Proclaimed as the first-ever 6-megabit game cartridge, Phantasy Star II had "epic" written all over it. This Sega Genesis classic retailed for a steep ...

Sega's free-to-play Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is celebrating the release of Sonic Colors: Ultimate with a limited-time crossover event where players can earn a variety of Sonic-themed items.

With 2020 being the 20th anniversary of Sega’s Dreamcast role-playing game Phantasy Star Online, we’re looking back with a series of interviews featuring key team members who worked on the game. Over ...

Phantasy co-owner Michele DeFrasia had hoped the complex could continue to host music back when it was put up on sale three years, with a $2.5 million price tag. Not so now: The unnamed buyer will ...

If there are two things GameCube is sorely lacking, it is good RPGs and online games; both of which Nintendo itself has not been working hard to remedy via internal development. Instead, Sega, a ...

Online gaming has been something of a xxxx for the Dreamcast. When the Dreamcast launched, it was touted as the next step in getting gamers together. And while it took SEGA almost a full year before ...