Phantasy Star Online Overview
     
PSO Universe

PSO Overview

PSO Storyline

PSO Cheats

PSO Complete Items list

PSO Screenshots

PSO V 2.0 Dreamcast Version

PSO V 2.0 Game Cube Version

PSO V 2.0 Weapons list

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Custom2 Page

 

Overview
First unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show on September 19th, 1999 in Japan, Phantasy Star Online is the newest addition to Sega's RPG series. Developed by Sonic Team, PSO supports up to four human players in online games, or one player offline. The game was released in Japan on December 21st, 2000, Released in the United States on January 23rd, 2001 and released in the United Kingdom on Febuary 12th 2001.


This is one of my favorite images
Because it shows Phantasy Star online in all of its glory, also i have been informed that this was one of the first pictures shown pre to the release of the game.
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PSO has a unique online features. Players can type messages to teammates using an onscreen keyboard or a Dreamcast keyboard ,Also the game has the option to select from dozens of pre-written phrases.
Players can also rely on icons, such as smily faces and frowns, to convey quick bits of info. Each phrase and icon appears in a word ballon above the character's head. In order that the game should appeal to a worldwide audience, each preset phrase included in the game is automatically translated to the player's chosen language. Further, the game itself supports five different languages including English, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French.

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Players can search for speficic teammates, or can play an open game. A game may be open to the public, so that anyone can join - up to four players or password protected so that only invitees can join. Players cannot harm other players under normal circumstances, but if you look in the cheats section you'll find a few tricks that will help you put the fear of God into other players. Items can also be exchanged between players, which is a great thing i should know.

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Players can choose their character from one of three classes: Hunters, Rangers, and Forces, each with three members which i have already explained on the previous page.
The appearance of the chosen character can be cusomized in eight areas, including, face, costume, and body proportion. As always, there are magic-based characters - Forces, weapons-based characters - Rangers, and overall balanced characters - Hunters.

Cheats Section


The first stage
Shown in the picture above is the first stage called Forest, it is my all time favourite stage.


The Meeting
As you can see in the picture above you can converse with others, just for a gereral chat or to try and figure out what move to perform next.