WTB-Phantasy Star II Hint Book

[jeffhlewis]

It's an awesome game and I reckon it was a pretty influential RPG in its time.

It's amazing to think that it preceded Final Fantasy in the U.S.

Well technically the first one did. II came out in 89 or 90 I believe. - I got PS1 close to release on the SMS when it came out in the late 80's. I remember it was $79.99 at toys 'r us at the time. I was so young it actually took me a few years to start to understand what the hell was going on in the game, haha. It's primitive but it still manages to hold up well today.

It was light years ahead of Final Fantasy 1, it was really no contest.

[kazekirifx]

It really doesn't matter what order they were released in the U.S. Since they were both developed in Japan, only the release order in Japan has any bearing on the chain of influence.

[vestcoat]

Well technically the first one did. II came out in 89 or 90 I believe.

If ye olde internet is correct, PSII preceded FF1 in the U.S. as well (by several months).

It really doesn't matter what order they were released in the U.S. Since they were both developed in Japan, only the release order in Japan has any bearing on the chain of influence.

I'm not saying PS2 influenced FF1. I'm just imagining that while I was sitting around shitting my pants over FF and Ultima Avatar, I could have been playing PS2. That is all.

[kazekirifx]

Good point.

[Mathius]

Any luck with that, Majors?

[majors]

Sorry, I checked my pile'o spares and it seems that I gave away my extra hint book to a racketboy member on the "free stuff" thread a while ago.

Someone scanned it... http://www.pso-world.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=720

[termis]

Oh. Don't forget PSIV! It has an unfair advantage by being way newer than PSII, but I'm going to have to say PSIV is the best RPG on the system. Damn that was an enjoyable game... especially after playing it right after finishing PSIII... the speed the character walks in PSIV was enough to get me excited after PSIII. (Not that PSIII was that bad either.)

PS4 certainly is a more polished game, and it's definitely aged better than any of the other PS series.  Absolutely a great game.  That said, I think I beat the whole thing over a weekend without much challenge.  Doing that with PS2 (*especially without the hintbook*) would take some doing.  Perhaps because PS4 was much shorter, it didn't leave as a big as impression on me as PS2.

PS3 was good, but it just didn't have the "PS feel" and the mood while playing the game just feels out of place compared to others in the series.

PS1, what can I say, that game was at way, way ahead of its time.  In 88-89 -- seeing those dungeons, big enemies, colorful background, animated fight scenes, vehicle riding, that sci-fi overworld, etc, it blew my mind back then. 

[Jibbajaba]

There's a guy on neo-geo.com who just put all of his Genesis games up for sale, and he appears to have what you're looking for.

Chris

[Mathius]

There's a guy on neo-geo.com who just put all of his Genesis games up for sale, and he appears to have what you're looking for.

Chris

Sweet! Thanks!

Thanks for looking Majors.