View Full Version : Japanese version of Phantasy Star for the Megadrive
kattkatt
12-30-2002, 05:35 PM
I'd just search the net when I discovered that there is a Japanese MD version of PS1. Most of the threads I've read says that it was released in only 1000 pcs. But I have also read that that is only a rumour. Can anyone confirm the fact? Also, possible pricetag? I'd search the completed auctions on paybay but I couldn't find anything.
Thanks for your time
CC
digitalpress
12-30-2002, 05:43 PM
All I can say is "I don't think so".
I've been into MegaDrive for a long time, never heard of this. I've been proven wrong before but I seriously doubt it. I've never even seen a ROM dump for it.
If someone knows otherwise, that's TWO of us interested in hearing about this!
kattkatt
12-30-2002, 05:56 PM
http://www.gamespy.com/top10/december02/grails/index2.shtml
D_N_G
12-30-2002, 05:58 PM
it does exist and has been on ebay a few times, prices 100-200 in the auctions I have seen
hamburgler
12-30-2002, 06:47 PM
man,i never thought that phantasy star was going to be on psone.who knows what else they are going to make.someday they might make a a video game/refridgerator/computer tv and everyone will not know about it.
Kid Fenris
12-30-2002, 09:05 PM
This it? (http://www.classicgaming.com/japangaming/MD/PhantasyStar.htm)
I love the way Alis has black hair on the front cover and brown hair on the back of the box. Maybe Sega will pick a color and stick with it for the remake.
Atari7800
12-30-2002, 09:19 PM
phasntasy star 1... not psOne! the megadrive game is the EXACT same game as the sms game... its the same code and everything. the cart design acts as a pass-through to use the 8-bit processor that the master convertor also uses. the genny processor isnt used at all.
maxlords
12-30-2002, 10:32 PM
Yup..it's real and EXTREMELY rare. Paul over at http://www.classicgaming.com/japangaming has had it before. It was released for the 5th or 10th anniversary of Phantasy Star 1 or something and they didn't change a thing and it's REALLY REALLY rare :) Expect to be raped anally for it if you decide you need it.
geelw
12-31-2002, 04:59 AM
oh, i remember one going for the paltry sum of about $90 last year- i had this on my watchlist, but i didn't get a notification before the end of the auction! ebay e-mailed me AFTER it was over and told me i didn't win, lol!...gaaaaah... @_@
i guess i'll settle for a phantasy star collection for the import saturn- i'll grab one of those one of these days... :D
CrazyImpmon
12-31-2002, 06:14 AM
You most likely won't find a ROM for it because the MD version is exactly the same as SMS version, in a MD housing for the MD/Genesis. Think a SMS version with Power Base Converter built in.
That is what I know and it could be wrong.
digitalpress
12-31-2002, 07:25 AM
LOL Oh yeah, Cassidy's column for GameSpy!
Well there's something I will probably never own!