Phantasy Star

Phantasy Star PSU is a series of RPGs similar to Final Fantasy. The series was highly praised and was extremely innovative when it was released to the Sega Master System in the late eighties. It also used turn based battling based upon random encounters in the earlier games, also used in games like Final Fantasy and Pokemon. The series now uses real-time combat and a 3-D engine.
 * Overview

Games in the series include the following:


 * The Algo Cycle (1988-1995)
 * Phantasy Star (Sega Master System)
 * Phantasy Star II (Sega Genesis)
 * Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Sega Genesis)
 * Phantasy Star: End of the Milennium (Sega Genesis)
 * Phantasy Star Gaiden (Sega Game Gear, Japan only)
 * Phantasy Star Adventure (Sega Game Gear, Japan only)
 * The Ragol Cycle (2001-2005)
 * Phantasy Star Online v.1 & 2 (Sega Dreamcast, PC, 2001)
 * Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft XBox)
 * Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (Nintendo GameCube, 2004)
 * Phantasy Star Online Episode IV: Blue Burst (PC, 2005)
 * The Gurhal Cycle (2006-)
 * Phantasy Star Universe (Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft XBox 360, PC, 2006)
 * Phantasy Star Universe: Ambitions of the Illuminus (Sony PlayStation 2, available as a download for Microsoft XBox 360 and PC, 2007)
 * Phantasy Star Portable (Sony PlayStation Portable; forthcoming 2008)

Remakes and compilations include the following:


 * Phantasy Star Collection (PSI-IV, Sega Saturn, Japan only)
 * Phantasy Star Collection (PSI-III, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
 * Phantasy Star Episode I & II plus (Nintendo GameCube)
 * Phantasy Star Generation I (remake of PSI, Sony PlayStation 2, Japan only)
 * Phantasy Star Generation II (remake of PSII, Sony PlayStation 2, Japan only)