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Great game collection for Old-Schoolers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved these games when they came out back in the day. So I for one am glad I could find a copy and get it. Good stuff, peace.

phantasy star collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i heard about this game from my youngest son who is a hard core gamer. it looked like something i would enjoy. i find it fun and intriging. holds your interest from beginning to end. an excellent collection of rpg games.

This ROCKS!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: January 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The smartest decision ever!! Who would have knew that Gameboy Advance used all the intelligence in the world to bring to you the most revered and most incredible RPG ever created!! Phantasy Star 1 was the reason sega kicked butt over the wimpy Ninetendo!!
I remember back in the 80's laughing at all the losers who bought a ninetendo. Sega master was the leader, until Sony brought out their Playstation! Remember the 3-D glasses!! Well, those days are over with, but Phantasy Star in all its glory is back with a vengenance!! This game is the reason Ninetendo will always be the loser!!! lol I even endorse the Advance, and give the kudos it deserves!!! Keep up the good work!!

This game is great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great game for fantasy and sci-fi lovers. It puts
gaming to the test. It has good graphics, handling, and character design. Just play the game, you'll see!

Great for nostalgia, but compared to today's games ....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: July 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't echo the direct praise of many others even though I did grow up on these games. The simple fact is that unless you played these games on the Genesis you just aren't going to appreciate the GBA remakes.

The "problem" with this remake is that no improvements were made to any of the games. They are faithful and EXACT representations of their Genesis counterparts. Now, I grew up on these games back in the early 90's and I loved them, so of course I loved the nostaglic appeal PS Collection had.

But if I were talking to a new gamer ... someone who hadn't played the originals, then there's no way I would be able to recommend this compared to the titles avaliable today. By today's standards, these are really boring dungeon crawlers ... no side quests, no item custimzation, drab and now-cliched storylines ... it lacks the punch some of the current games have.

These games were from a much different gaming era, and they show it. Without any kind of improvement, they just can't hold their own with some of today's titles. I can only recommend this product to people who played at least one of the originals, know what is coming and are looking for nostalic appeal, because that's really their one and only draw.

Great......but that save bug happens too often!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I remember when I used to watch my cousin play phantasy star 1 and other great games (Spellcaster another great sega rpg) during the late 80's for the sega master system. I was just six but had vivid memories and was just astounded of him playing through the whole game. Fast foward to 2004, and just realizing that the phantasy star series came out for the GBA.
First off let me just say that before there was the Final Fantasy series, the Phantasy Star series started the rpg revolution. It's breakthrough for its day were the 3D dungeons, vast storyline, and it's array of numerous weapons, not to mention the vast area of exploring (3 worlds!).
I'f your the type of player who only enjoys first person shooters
or Final Fantasy 7 to 11 graphics, look elswhere. But if you wouldn't mind playing a great rpg classic, you can't miss this.
My only complaint for this game was that it didn't include Phantasy Star 4. Hopefully it will be re-released as a single port for the gba to. Also, BE WARNED! SAVE OFTEN! I am already half way through phantasy star 1 and that save bug crased my game 18 times already (yeah I counted every time it happened) and I know it's not just me with this problem. So unless you wouldn't mind loosing three hours of leveling up, you better save often.

Gripping from the start

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Only if you have played rpg before and are older than 30 years old, i can really recommend it. If you are younger you are probably better off with golden sun.

Once i plugged in ps1 i was hooked, bewitched, wow this is soo much better than eotb or zelda. Hard to get, in holland, it was 50 euro but i do not regret that i bought it.

I am very happy that i read all the amazon reviews beforehand and guys you are right!

Good but not perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this collection for Phantasy Star I, in my opinion the best game of this series (and also the hardest to obtain since I don't have a Sega Master System). I personally think I got my money's worth. These games are faithful recreations of the original Sega Master System and Sega Genesis games, but with a few changes, both related to saving. The first is that there are less save slots. Phantasy Star I originally allowed you to have FIVE saved games, not three. This change is understandible.

One thing I do not like, however, is that PS1 also features an annoying bug that causes the game to crash sometimes when you save the game. It's random, and the only real way to beat the bug is to save often and thus minimize the damage done. Fortunately this bug does not corrupt your earlier saves and is really a very minor issue, unless you foolishly go for hours without saving your game. This bug appears to not exist in the other two games.

Oh, and I disagree with the guy who said these games are meant to be played with maps. While it's true that the originals came with them, I've played the games just fine without them, and indeed find them more fun that way. Do NOT download maps for these games. You'll probably be too busy travelling to use them anyway.

The Review of the Gods

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Phantasy Star Collection was pretty darn good, I mean, holly moly, jumpin jolleys, three games for the price of one!!! Man o man, what a bang, what a buck, what a deal!!!! I would strongly recomend buying this game. My reasons for this decisive decion are as follows: 1.good graphics (for the time it was made in)
2.The learning curve is steap, but effective, meaning that once you get past the first hour, and level up a bit, no, alot, you will begin to enjoy the game.
3. The game is sweet!

Great game but...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: June 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm stuck... Big games and good games but for the first 2 games, I have no idea what I am supposed to do.

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