PSO was release in Japan on December 21st, 2000. Happy birthday š„³ Also if interested you can still play Blue Burst via private servers.
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Phantasy Star Online turns 20 this weekend
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What a classic. I remember loading this up launch day and falling in love. One of my favorite experiences in gaming.
I got the game at launch and remember all the late nights playing the game. Made a lot of friends in there. Going to the Mines or the Ruins. The music was so good as well. This was my second online game, after Quake 3 Arena. An experience I will never forget. This is why I hold this game highly even to this day.
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GOAT...so ahead of its time,online mutiplayer,virtual lobby,awesome big characters with great and diverse animations depending on the weapon equipped,I use to get a chuckle everytime my tiny FOmarl would use the Bazooka ;)...superb Boss fights,I mean that Dragon on level 1 was great and then De Rol Le on the raft fight,how awesome was that in 2000...
Some of my friends where asking me how come my phone was always busy in the evening lol...56k modem...the most fun I had and probably ever have online with RL friends and an online community,to this day I still follow and chat with a few I met back then.
Some of my friends where asking me how come my phone was always busy in the evening lol...56k modem...the most fun I had and probably ever have online with RL friends and an online community,to this day I still follow and chat with a few I met back then.
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People with gamesharks dropping you duped items was a friendly gesture at least.
Yeah, I loved PSO but this memory really sticks in my craw and I can't overlook the fuckery.
Anybody want a level gorillion mag?
There is something so pure about the way PSO plays that I feel like no one else has bothered to recreate.
Already doing so, 250 hours on Global so far <3
I need 1 Ragol memory for the section ID to go with my HuCAST skin, Sega pls.
Yeah before I finally got online with the Xbox version me and my friends spent many late hours playing 4 player on GC
Blue burst went fucking crazy online have not played an online game like that since other than UC2 maybe.
I still have my gamecube save with hundreds of hours of gameplay. I spent a lot of time playing episode 1 and far fewer playing episode 2.
I still own my DC disc even though I haven't booted it up in a long, long time. Last I played was BB on Schtserv until all the drama went down with the admins and I briefly looked to other options but quickly gave up. Just didn't want to start all over once again. Maybe one day I will.
I tried numerous times and it's just not the same. There was something special about the more simplistic side of PSO which has been lost with these later versions.
I played the game at launch, and it was my first time playing online. Such a magical experience. The music, the atmosphere, the amazing graphics... the realization that these other players are REAL PEOPLE. Dreading the phone bills we used to rack up for this game...
Looking back I think I didn't even play it that long, but to this day, everytime I play some online game like FFXIV, Monster Hunter World, even Borderlands or Destiny I chase the feeling I got when I played Phantasy Star Online that first Spring/Summer when it released in EU.
Looking back I think I didn't even play it that long, but to this day, everytime I play some online game like FFXIV, Monster Hunter World, even Borderlands or Destiny I chase the feeling I got when I played Phantasy Star Online that first Spring/Summer when it released in EU.
I didn't play till the Gamecube, but I've never put as much time into a game as I did Eps. I & II on GCN.
My first "real" online game.
My first console game with chat - I had the GCN keyboard.
My last time sink before having a job.
It was the summer after 8th grade. Every. Single. Day. I'd wake up at 2pm in the afternoon in the summer. Log-in about 4pm. Play till 5 in the morning. Go to bed. Wake up about 2 again. Just to do it again. Again. And Again.
My parents were going through a divorce and we didn't have much time or money to do a lot else, and so while I was a good kid with good grades, my mom normally would have NEVER been okay with that. But just a perfect storm of "if you're having fun and being safe, go for it."
So many amazing memories. So many laughs. So many virtual friends I lost over time.
Something about it just felt - real. Like, I was on the Pioneer and I had to go take these things out. "One more run," hit me harder in this game than about anything else.
My first "real" online game.
My first console game with chat - I had the GCN keyboard.
My last time sink before having a job.
It was the summer after 8th grade. Every. Single. Day. I'd wake up at 2pm in the afternoon in the summer. Log-in about 4pm. Play till 5 in the morning. Go to bed. Wake up about 2 again. Just to do it again. Again. And Again.
My parents were going through a divorce and we didn't have much time or money to do a lot else, and so while I was a good kid with good grades, my mom normally would have NEVER been okay with that. But just a perfect storm of "if you're having fun and being safe, go for it."
So many amazing memories. So many laughs. So many virtual friends I lost over time.
Something about it just felt - real. Like, I was on the Pioneer and I had to go take these things out. "One more run," hit me harder in this game than about anything else.
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No - I can't remember it, but it was a clear-ish blue that was standalone - basically a standard PS/2 (port) keyboard from the time with a GCN controller input on the other end. So I'd have my GCN controller in port 1, and then the keyboard in Port 2, going to my lap.
I thought it was Action Replay brand, but haven't been able to find it again.
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Looks like I just need to Google Image again - found it!
Man, the memories come flooding back!
Other than that, it was a masterpiece of its time. It was just so much fun to play. I mostly split my time between PSO and Diablo II at the time, so I was in loot-RPG heaven.
Never played in DC. Do remember waiting for EBgames to get this in stock so I could buy it on Xbox. It was supposed to arrive on a Tuesday but was late/ delayed until Thursday. For some reason a lot of Xbox games never made the launch date Riddick & Elder Scrolls III big offenders here.
After getting it I believe I had to mail in for the communications adapter. But after I got everything together and begging my parents foran online subscription to this game ($9.99 a month I believe on top of the Xbox Live LOL).
i was set.Probably over 1,000 hours in this little gem.Would stay up all night playing with random people and making friends. Those were the days! One of my all time favorite gaming experiences.
After getting it I believe I had to mail in for the communications adapter. But after I got everything together and begging my parents foran online subscription to this game ($9.99 a month I believe on top of the Xbox Live LOL).
i was set.Probably over 1,000 hours in this little gem.Would stay up all night playing with random people and making friends. Those were the days! One of my all time favorite gaming experiences.
I'll celebrate by playing more PSP2i since every time ya boot it up ya see this after the Segac logo:
Gotta have a laugh whenever a new GAAS comes out an people crap on it for not having content. Do some of those really launch with less than what PSO had at the start? 4 levels and 4 bosses and limited character creation and only weapons/MAGs are visible things you could "show off".
Had no idea what I was getting into when I bought PSO but when all was said an done I'd spent about 957 hours on PSO/Ver.2 an over 3116 hours across all versions of PSO. It was fun for a good while an a big part of it was cause of the communities at the time. Playing offline single player just isn't the same thing. Nor is random private server Blue Burst. Community or not, I'm super beyond tired of restarting all the way back at L1 with nothin' to my name each time I give BB a try. PSOs not my cup of tea anymore but it had a great 5 year run!
Gotta have a laugh whenever a new GAAS comes out an people crap on it for not having content. Do some of those really launch with less than what PSO had at the start? 4 levels and 4 bosses and limited character creation and only weapons/MAGs are visible things you could "show off".
Had no idea what I was getting into when I bought PSO but when all was said an done I'd spent about 957 hours on PSO/Ver.2 an over 3116 hours across all versions of PSO. It was fun for a good while an a big part of it was cause of the communities at the time. Playing offline single player just isn't the same thing. Nor is random private server Blue Burst. Community or not, I'm super beyond tired of restarting all the way back at L1 with nothin' to my name each time I give BB a try. PSOs not my cup of tea anymore but it had a great 5 year run!
Favorite game of all time. Nothing will ever be able to replicate what this game was for me at that point of my life.
I wish there was a PSO on switch. Love PSO 2 on Xbox but the reality is that I game more on the go and rarely find the time to boot up the dedicated tv consoles.
I wish there was a PSO on switch. Love PSO 2 on Xbox but the reality is that I game more on the go and rarely find the time to boot up the dedicated tv consoles.
Same, just an incredible game considering the technical limitations at the time.
I've so many awesome memories with this game. It's was my first kind of mmo experience. I remember trying to trade for a Spread needle or the Orochi Agito sword. Good times.
My #1 game of all time, played it for countless hours.
Art and music are God tier, the atmosphere is unbeatable.
Art and music are God tier, the atmosphere is unbeatable.