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Dionysus 🍇<p>I am cautiously excited for this. I loved <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/PhantasyStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantasyStar</span></a>, especially the first one and PSO on my Game Cube/Wii. I have always wanted to run a game. I am getting this mostly as a source book, but I'd be willing to try the Esper Genesis system.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/PhantasyStarOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantasyStarOnline</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DnD</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/NotDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotDnD</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://skydawngames.com/phantasystar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">skydawngames.com/phantasystar/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
TheZeldaZone👑🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀<p>Almost done with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantasyStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantasyStar</span></a> 1, Master System/original. </p><p>WOOF 80s RPGs require a sort of mental dedication I am not exactly fond of. At the same time, the game is impressively solid, not overly hard (shocking on its own, honestly), beautiful considering limitations. If I played it as a little girl (before I was born...) I would have loved it. Still enjoyed it, but would recommend a version with automap. And ideally, better dialog/hints. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sega</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamegear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamegear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogamines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogamines</span></a></p>
Ephemeral Enigmas<p>New blog post time!</p><p>This week&#39;s game is Phantasy Star Adventure, the first Game Gear entry that picks up where those neat Phantasy Star II Text Adventures left off. Unfortunately, this one feels like a step down in pretty much every way. That sure didn&#39;t stop me from rambling about it for a while, though!</p><p><a href="https://ephemeralenigmascom.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/phantasy-star-adventure/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ephemeralenigmascom.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2025/03/04/phantasy-star-adventure/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/gamegear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamegear</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/phantasystar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phantasystar</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adventuregames</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Mg Avaris Clari<p>Remember to always make your species sexually dimorphic with the female appealing to the human male eye. Even your robots. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phantasystar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phantasystar</span></a></p>
TheZeldaZone👑🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantasyStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantasyStar</span></a> 1, especially playing it for the first time today, is almost surreal in how little story it is. I know it's more story than most games but, it's an RPG.</p><p>There is an entire alien planet w/ native species and there are like, 20 lines of dialog about them in the whole game, and most of them are shit like "You cannot pass without the BLTAXE"</p><p>A whole ass sapient species</p><p>Who are they? Make it up yourself!</p><p>(I'm sure it's in the manual. Maybe.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a></p>
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Some classic poor #retrogaming design in #PhantasyStar 1 is the treasure chest EVERY! enemy drops, and it ASKS if you want to open, with a small chance of a trap. There is basically no choice but to open every single one and just deal with the low odds of Trap, since you cannot get money otherwise.

A lot of early JRPGs seem to have tried to stick overly close to D&D (I noticed this game has Owl Bears and a spin on Beholders already)