04/04/02

 Well I looked all over the internet and read as much a I could on the whole Phantasy star story line. I've decided to try and explain the story up to Phantasy Star online version 2. It took ages so thanks you very much if you actually read it!

PHANTASY STAR 1 : during 1987, PS 1 appears. It was the first Japanese RPG ever made. Scenes in town are like in other PS but in dungeon there was a first person view and free movement like in a doom like and not as in dungeon master for example. This "4mb +" cartridge was full and it took most people more than 20 hours to finish this game. WHY ? they took so long because the dungeon was like labyrinth. The package talked of 16 multi level dungeons, Some people say that they have found up to 31 in total. Few towns were available but the game wasn't linear. You can go where you want, explore the dungeon in the order you want and you can visit Parma, Motavia and Dezolis by using battle station, ships, hovercraft or your feet. Sometimes you must find the dungeon and what to do to advance in the story cause the game gives little information about the quest. There were 4 characters in your party, Alys the legend, Odin the hunter, Myau the strange cat and Noah (known as Lutz in other episode). PS 1 was a gigantic surprise when It was on the master system and was re-released on the genesis only in Japan. The Japanese version was the same only much better graphics. PS 1 had also beautiful images in the game. They were increased in the genesis version.
In 342 of Alys World (A.W), Nero (Nei in the Japanese version) was the first who discovered Dark Force inside the heart of Lashik. He was killed and Alys, her sister, decides to avenge his death. She met Myau, Odin and later Noah on the way.  Alys begins to visit Parma, then Mota to meet the gouvernor and fight a habitant of Mota (which were one of the heroes in PS 4 (GRIMM)) and then Dezolis. Of course her quest finished on Parma. She meets Medusa and some other boss. She completed a quest for the Laconia Sword (Nero's sword or Nei's sword) and armour which was the only one able to kill Lashik. Myau became a dragon to fly to Sky Castle (Game Arts used this idea later on Lunar). At the end of the game they kill Lashik and Dark Falz (it's "Force" of course but it was badly translated). There were two endings : Alys does or does not become the queen of Parma.

PHANTASY STAR 2 : In 1989, the second RPG of the genesis appears after Super Hydlide The story was excellent but the technique so poor. This 6 mb cartridge has long labyrinths (more than 19, as they said on the package).  This is the story of Rolf, an orphan saved from a crash by an unknown person. In 1284 A.W, he was haunted by nightmare more often. He finds a creature that grows into an adult and named it Nei (a girl this one). All Mota is ruled by a computer named Mother Brain which appears mysteriously. Strange events occurred and Rolf begin to search why. He meets up with 8 other characters in this game, Nei, Rudo the clone of Odin, the girl with green hair, the slasher and Cain. You are given the option to change their name. The hero gain the Megido technic at level 34 or 35. After a long time, Nei was killed by Nei first, her dark side. Then Rolf killed her. They find that the problem was a bug in mother brain. They decide to cut all transmissions with it by opening four dams and they were arrested. Sent in Gaya the space prison, Mother Brain used it to destroy Parma. They were saved by Captain Tyler (who has a town of his name in PS 4). In Dezo they find Myau's children all Nei's weapons and armour and meet Lutz.  After he awakes from his cryogenic sleep, he told to Rolf the truth :  he is an esper and can live more than 200 years, he was the one who saved Rolf from Dark Force and the crash and last Rolf is the last descendant of ALYS. They were teleported and opened the Pandora's box to kill Dark force (a crude joke appeared, "oh a new weapon, huh ? oh no, it's Dark Force..."), Using all the power of the Megido Technique they kill him and the wonderful mother brain. Last they discovered the truth :  100 earth men escaped from a collapse in Noah's arch. They built Mother to help the people of Mota but their anger awoke Dark Force. They enclosed him in the Pandora's Box. But he escaped and corrupted them and Mother Brain. Now they are THE Dark Force. Without a chance to win, they engaged a desperate battle and all (earth men and heroes) died. Rolf asks who in Mota will kill Dark Force in 1000 years and then disappeared.

PHANTASY STAR 3 : In 1991, appears the third episode. Many people said that it was not as good as PS 2 (Not the console so shut up), but in fact they don't understand the link with other episodes or never finished it because of the poor battles. You can change of hero during the game with a system of generation and only Wren and Mieu stays all the game. There are three quests (one and two were long and three very short) , seven worlds and two moons to explore. It's the longest of the saga. There were 4 endings. PS 3 has the best sprites for players but also the badest fights of all the saga. Another problem of the American translation was the names. They called Siren Wren and the Siren of the American version had another name in the Japanese one. That's why everyone asks how Wren flew from Alisa 3 to Mota in PS 4. In fact it's not the same robot. In addition of that, Wren was the real Japanese name for the cyborg of PS 4 in the Japanese version. Before the crash of Parma, and due to their experience of it, the people of Parma built a fleet of 400 ships to save everyone. They felt the danger of Mother Brain. 398 ships were destroyed (It didn't say how) but they landed in Mota or Dezo (it includes the one of Captain Tyler). Orakio, Laya, Miun, Siren and Lune fought against Dark Force on Alisa 3. They enclosed it in Sunken Palace under the sword of Orakio. Lune and Siren were sent in two moons to supervise the security and were in cryogenic put to sleep, Miun was wounded and wandered in the desert searching Orakio desperately. Orakio and Laya mysteriously disappeared after the final fight. Rulakir, the young brother of Orakio, was so jealous of his brother that Dark force comes in him and help him to survive during 1000 years. He stays in Lashute dungeon (it's Lashik dungeon in fact) and divided people into Orakians and Layans. Last after 1000 years of rest, he kidnapped the princess of the layan, Maya and brainwashed her. Then he abandons her on a beach.

In 2224 A.W Rhys found a girl on a beach and decide to marry her. Unfortunately a layan dragon (Lyle) comes and kidnaps her. Rhys ,helped by Lena, escapes of prison and begins his personal war against Layans. He met Mieu and Wren, a more powerful version of Miun and Siren built by Orakio for his last descendant, Rhys. Last he met a powerful and hip character named Lyle, the dragon knight, and discovers that Lena is his sister. Eventually he saved Maya. At this point players can choose to marry Maya or Lena to obtain Ayn or Nial. Each one had a quest to perform. They met Siren for the first and Lune for the second. If Siren died, not Lune who was in the third generation. Each can marry Laya (the sister of the original Laya the friend of Orakio) or the sister of Lune. it gives four different heroes for the last generation. All of them discovered they were the descendant of the people of Parma and that Orakio and Laya were friends. They also discovered Rulakir's treachery. They found Orakio's sword, Laya's bow, Lune's Slicer and Siren's Shot. After they show Orakio's sword to Miun she calms down and gave Miun's claw, then she dies in peace. The legendary weapons became Nei weapons (the first who fought Dark Force) and last the ultimate weapons (to kill Dark Force). They obtain the Megido technique and the Grantz power. After they killed Rulakir, they opened the Pandora's box (and read the crude joke again) to kill Dark Force.

Story 1 : After the fight they come on our earth.
Story 2 : They find a solar system identical to Algo and land in a planet that
looks like Parma.
Story 3 : they destroyed Neo Parma (the 399 th ship) and Dark Force sworn to
bring back to life all people who fight for and against him for the final battle
in 1000 years.
Story 4 : All the ships were destroyed but they were all saved cause they land
on a solar system identical to Algo.

PHANTASY STAR 4 : The explosive final (a second subtitle given by Sega of America) came in 1994. This game was full of references to other episodes. If there was always a doubt on which one is the best, PS 4 calmed down everyone and was simply the best of the saga. Imagine the best technique, the best fight (real fun like in Streets of Rage but for a RPG) original macro commands, skills, a guild, and 24 mega of power for a lot of dungeons. The sound was excellent and the ending fantastic. Last the quality of the English in this translation was superior to all RPG until now. PS 4 introducing powerful characters like Demi and Wren, a computer created Rika from the data of Nei, Nei first, you meet Rune (Slayne in Japanese) and Grimm. The story begins in 2284 A.W. Alis Brangwin (Leyla in Japanese) and Chaz Ashley (Rudi in Japanese) are 2 hunters and work for money in a world abandoned by Mother Brain and surrounded by monster. Hired for a job at Mota university they were involved in a battle with Zyo a dark magician. On the way they met Rune and the player discovers that Alis and him know each other (but this part of the storyline was forgotten and you never find out how they met). They also discover that 398 ships landed on Mota and Dezo and only 2 escaped from Algo. Alis was killed by Zyo and Rune joins you to avenge her death. They landed on Dezo near Tyler town and then fly to a satellite where they encountered Dark Force for the first time. One thing too bad in this game is that Dark Force is banal here. Then Rune said that he is a descendant of Lutz and everyone goes in the Esper mansion. After this hey learned that Lashik and Sky Castle were back. They fought him in a dungeon with the same map as in PS 1 and came back on Dezo to kill a second Dark Force. They also met Myau, Alys friend, and his children and received Myau's claw. Last they killed a third Dark Force and found a way to Ryukross the fourth planet of the Algo solar system. There was "the roof" on it and it explains the whole story. The great light fought the profound darkness, his counterpart, and enclosed him behind a seal, the Algo solar system. The people there, were like guardians. When Mother Brain destroyed Parma the seal became unstable and that's why Dark Force came everywhere and revived four times (3 in PS 4 and 1 in PS 3). After that, Chaz obtain the Megido technique, and the sword of Elsydeon (ELYSION in version 2) built from all the soul of people who fought Dark Force. So the monster was right at the end of Phantasy Star 3, everyone will be here for the last battle, enemies like heroes but he was wrong about the time. Then Chaz destroyed the Daughter of Mother Brain ,named Daughter, and the Profound Darkness. Peace is here forever and apparently the is ending was very long (30 minutes).
 

PHANTASY STAR ON LINE :

Commander Ryco Tyrell found the planet Ragol. They discover some native beasts and decide to fix the weather. But it changes dramatically and they hide in the mine, where they study new cell like beta 772 and find a strange door and some remains of an ancient civilization. Rico finds a way to open the door by using some pillars and discovers Dark Force. Dark Force uses her to corrupt the computer in the mine. It releases in the nature the cell beta 772. This cell mixes with a monster and this monster creates the altered beast from the native (the monster is the second boss). The humans were blocked in the mine and can't escape. the machine became crazy and all were killed. You arrive and discover that the ruins are in fact the rest of Alisa 3 and the door a seal not t be opened. After a long dungeon you unlock the Pandora's box and kill apparently once and for all Dark Force.