Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Mega Drive
- 21st Apr 1990
- Jul 1991
- 1991
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 21st Apr 2008, 800 points
- 18th Apr 2008, 800 points
- 30th Apr 2008, 700 points
- Series
Reviews
Review Phantasy Star III (Virtual Console / Sega Mega Drive)
As Rhys, the crown prince of the Orakian kingdom of Landen
By the time Phantasy Star III was released the series was well on its way to becoming a solid favourite with Western Sega fans, having already become pretty famous in its homeland Japan. With the third game Sega decided to make some sweeping alterations, but the core gameplay fundamentally...
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Phantasy Star III News
News US VC Releases - 21st April - River City Ransom
Fancy a bit of a punch up this week? Maybe embarking on an epic quest spanning several generations is your thing? If so you are in luck!
What better way to herald in the series of weekly NES beat ‘em ups than to begin with the mighty River City Ransom? Our North American readers were green with envy when Europe got this in their Wii Shop (entitled...
News EU VC Release - 18th April - Sega Week - Phantasy Star III
After the 4-game blowout last week, some Europeans wondered if Nintendo of Europe had somehow completely turned around and would start to throw out multiple games every week from now on. This dream has been quickly shattered, because it's just one game again this week.
Apparently not considering the two Master System games last week as a true...
News Another OFLC Update - Turbografx Imports Galore!
The Turbografx is getting lots of imports - Recently, the OFLC rated Break In and Final Soldier, both of them imports for the system never released outside Japan. Those two haven't even been released yet, but Hudson already submitted four more games to the OFLC, and all of them are, once again, both imports and Turbografx titles.
The strangest pick...
News USK update - Four new Sega games: Phantasy Star, Gley Lancer
The USK is the German equivalent of the PEGI, ESRB, OFLC and all those other rating groups. They have been known to rate VC games occasionally, however, they never add the ratings to their site. Sometimes, though, they slip up and accidentally add them as Wii games - This is the case today, as they've added four new games which are all published by Sega, and are all Mega Drive games. The games are as follows:
Gley Lancer (Import): This shooter by NCS (The makers of Cybernator, among other games) never made it out of Japan, but still has...
About The Game
As Rhys, the crown prince of the Orakian kingdom of Landen, you are engaged to be married to Maia, a woman from a rival kingdom. But Maia is kidnapped on your wedding day, setting you on a quest filled with twists and turns that will reintroduce you to people and places from previous Phantasy Star games.
This epic spans several generations of characters, and your choices will dramatically impact the way the story unfolds, which makes it a great game to play all the way through more than once. In Phantasy Star III, things aren’t always what they seem - check it out and watch the mysteries unfold.
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Great Concept for a rpg at the time Phantasy Star 3 came out.. The battle system is the worst of the phantasy Star games. You also have problems healing in the game at times.
Phantasy Star 3 really doesn't have any tie-ins to the first two phantasy Star games. Phantasy Star 3 wasn't made by the same people that did the first 2 Phantasy Stars. The people who did Phantasy Star 3, also did Sword of Vermillion.
Phantasy Star 3 is not a must have rpg for the genesis.
This game is a mess. Worst game in the series. Pass
Considering that a lot of people are saying that this is the worst in the series, it's a shame that this was the only Phantasy Star I have played. I didn't like it. The generations concept was interesting, but I found the game really slow and boring. I don't think I ever finished it. I'm glad that the other Phantasy Star games are better.
@ 7th Lutz
I think theres a possible tie in to the other Phantasy Star games.
Spoiler Warning
In one of the four endings, you go through a black hole and end up near earth. It doesn't show what happens at the end of this ending (other than , but in the ending of Phantasy Star II, we know that the people who created Mother Brain were from Earth. I think the layout of the final level of PSII (Noah) is similar to the ship Alisa III. So, its possible that during the end of Phantasy Star III (the ending that I was talking about), they were transported to a future Earth which was dying (like it said in the end of PSII) and the earthlings took over that ship which was sent through the future and traveled to Algo and caused the destruction of Palma and everything else thats been going on.
This is of course a speculation. I don't know if any of the endings of PSIII are canon or not, but i think thats a small possibility of how things happened.
Actually......
SPOILERS ALERT!!!!!
SPOILERS COMING!!
Alright, PSIII takes place in a ship/planet that managed to escape before Palma/Parm was destroyed in PSII.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!! END
Wow, you spoilers went and just about ruined most of the reward for enduring some of PS3's pain--man, the Genesis was good at torturing the ears with that tinny "music," but PS3 was on another level. The game is just overlong, often feeling aimless and incredibly cheap--every time you're male character is years older and no longer playable, the difference in his portrait is a cheaply-applied mustache (though admittedly, that was one of the biggest laughs I've ever gotten out of a game). And check out those puke-inducing battle screens. Surprisingly though, the plot proved to be downright inspired and incredibly creative, making PS3 unique enough to warrant a look.
Should hardcore RPG fans put up with this game for the good stuff? I'm leaning towards yes, as a matter of duty!
.... I really enjoyed the game...
Being a newcomer to the series i have to say that im actually enjoying Phantasy Star 3 more than 2. i dont think it looks worst than 2 and i enjoy the atmosphere of the game.
THIS was the Phantasy Star game I grew up on. I absolutely loved it as a kid. It may not be the best but I'm getting it for nostalgia. There were parts in it that really stuck in my brain but they were so vague until now. Woohoo!
Oh I remember that game. The hero moved slllllloooooowwww.
Overall Phantasy Star 4 is the best game of the series.
This is the worst in the series, but it is still a good RPG.
Excuse me, but the video is useless! Its got minutes of credits and intro, but doesn't tell me anything about the gameplay at all
What's the use of this???
Y'know which game nailed the generation system? Dragon Quest V, that was awesomely deep. I can't wait till the DS remake so I can play the offical game (not a traslated ROM).
Though honestly I haven't played this game I think I might buy the GBA Phantasy Star Collection (with I-III), but that means I'll have to wait on the VC to get PHIV.
(sorry this was an off topic post)
How on earth is this playable in this day and age? Emluating it I was always playing at over 2 times the original speed (200%) and even then it felt a bit on the slow side. I guess having to play it in 50Hz (~83%) would be equivilent to torture...
I managed to get past the first generation before getting stuck in generation 2 and shelving it. What a strange game it is...
Ah, the black sheep of the series. Anybody getting into Phantasy Star probably shouldn't start with this game. Some people like it, most people don't. It's definitely a departure, at any rate. Either way, you shouldn't be playing it on Virtual Console.
I just never could get into this game. They tried to make it too different and really ruined the Phantasy Star experience for me personally. It's playable, but if you're expecting the same old Phantasy Star experience, you're likely in for a disappointment.
I sorta regret buying this...
...yet I do not want to regret my decision in buying this!
I freaking love this game
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