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Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
System(s): Sega Mega Drive , Virtual Console , Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega CS
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1993-12-17
¥8,8008,800
G-5524
US
1995-01[1]
1307
EU
1995
1307-50
PT
1995
MDJ1307
AU
199x
KR
199x
GM93042JG
JP ▼
2008-06-24[2]
700pts700[3]
US ▼
2008-12-22[4]
800pts800[4]
EU ▼
2008-11-14[5] [6]
800pts800[5]
AU ▼
2008-11
800pts800[7]
US ▼
2012-05-02[8]
$2.992.99[9]
211205
EU ▼
2012-05-02[8]
€2.492.49[9]
211205
UK ▼
2012-05-02[8]
£1.991.99[9]
211205
AU ▼
2012-05-02[8]
$3.493.49[9]
211205
US ▼
2019-02-01[10]
$0.990.99[11]
211205
EU ▼
2019-02-01[10]
€0.990.99[11]
211205
UK ▼
2019-02-01[10]
£0.790.79[11]
211205
AU ▼
2019-02-01[10]
$1.351.35[11]
211205
US ▼
2019-02-01[10]
$0.990.99[11]
211205
EU ▼
2019-02-01[10]
€0.990.99[11]
211205
UK ▼
2019-02-01[10]
£0.790.79[11]
211205
AU ▼
2019-02-01[10]
$1.351.35[11]
211205
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Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium , known as Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni (ファンタシースター 千年紀の終りに) in Japan, is an entry in the Phantasy Star series. Phantasy Star IV marks the end of the "classic" Phantasy Star series, and was the last to be released for the Sega Mega Drive . The game has since got a release on the Mega Drive Mini , this release like the Wii version fixes the Level 99 glitch.
The series would continue after a six year gap with Phantasy Star Online for the Sega Dreamcast .
History
Development
Plans were put in place to include pseudo-3D stages like in the original Phantasy Star but the idea was scrapped during development.
A Sega Mega-CD version was announced, but was not released.
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
English
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
English (US)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Japanese
ファンタシースター 千年紀の終りに
Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni
Production credits
Original Story Plan: T.Yoshida
Script: A.Nishiyama
Sound Direction: I.Takeuchi
Battle-System Plan: K.Tsugawa
Battle Program: Y.Endou
Battle Program Assist: M.Hunabashi
Monster Graphic Design: K.Tsugawa , T.Yoshida , A.Nishiyama , T.Mori
Battle B-G Design: R.Kodama , K.Tsugawa
System Plan: A.Nishiyama
System Program: D.Yamamoto
System Program Assist: M.Shibata
Field Graphic Design: R.Kodama
Character Design: T.Yoshida
Mechanic Design: K.Tsugawa , A.Nishiyama
Map Design: T.Yoshida , A.Nishiyama , K.Tsugawa , T.Mori
Object Design: A.Nishiyama , K.Tsugawa , T.Yoshida , R.Kodama
Font Design: A.Nishiyama
Visual Event Plan: T.Yoshida
Papet Event Plan: A.Nishiyama
Event Program: D.Yamamoto
Event Program Assist: M.Shibata
Visual Event Graphic: T.Yoshida , R.Kodama , K.Tsugawa , T.Mori
Music Compose: I.Takeuchi , M.Nakagaki
Sound Program: I.Takeuchi , Y.Kashima
Sound Effect: I.Takeuchi , M.Nakagaki
Special Thanks: M.Kanari , K.Hayashida , T.Uwabo , Y.Takeuchi , A.Nakamura , K.Morita , T.Ogawa, S.Sannabe , H.Tanaka , T.Takezaki , Y.Nagumo , A.Aizawa, Y.Sakuta , T.Nakamura, T.Narita , S.Kawahira , K.Ono , T.Oohara , K.Shirahata , Y.Okadaya , T.Itou , A.Yamazaki , T.Kuroda, J.Kakuta
Direction: R.Kodama , T.Yoshida
Created by: Team PSIV
Presented by: Sega
Source : In-game credits
Directors: Rieko Kodama , Tohru Yoshida , Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Planners: Kazuyoshi Tsugawa , Akinori Nishiyama
Programmers: Yoshiaki Endo , Daisuke Yamamoto , Masatoshi Shibata , Makoto Funabashi
Producer: Jerry Markota
Product Manager: Jaime Wojick
Coodinator: Masanobu Tsukamoto
Text Translation: Shippy Ohka
Text Editors: Jerry Markota , David Forster , David Wood
Assistant Lead Testers: David Wood , Gregg Vogt
Testers: Crisi Albertson , Janine Cook , John Amirkhan , Derek Carmichael, Arnold Feener , Todd Pifer, Stanley Weaver, Mike Callahan , Ed Chennault, Randy Kreidt, Rachael Bristol, Peter Clark, Mark Griffin , Michael Wu
Manual: Wendy Dinsmore
Special Thanks: Clint Dyer , John Sauer , Rick Raymo
Source : US manual [12]
Digital manuals
Magazine articles
Main article: Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Print advert in
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)
Print advert in
Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
also published in:
Artwork
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Virtual Console version
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
fe236442
MD5
84cbd0ff47f3c8e9d21d2c2fc39185fa
SHA-1
bc7ff6d6a8408f38562bc610f24645cad6c42629
3MB
1994-11
Cartridge (US)
✔
CRC32
f0bfad42
MD5
8d72fa4371e4084b645637ec9e5188de
SHA-1
9d330d5e395b7caae11fae92f71d259b8391904b
3MB
1993-10
Cartridge (JP)
✔
CRC32
b32b17e1
MD5
35649ae4a2b8a282cafd53c8b5af62cf
SHA-1
803877f317eeaaec57af07451a5ccf9309db513c
3MB
1994-05-30
CD-R disc
Page
✔
CRC32
dc2e1c0a
MD5
813c81169353044d2050bf0b6424df47
SHA-1
d72b9d68cfb54b4221f3a2416eac30a94accd427
3MB
1994-06-08
CD-R disc
Page
✔
CRC32
60137f25
MD5
2981c138fbfbbf54d2b073bf74490c22
SHA-1
81fe74c288bcf97b70758442c520ec47308cfcee
3MB
1994-08-15
CD-R disc
Page
✔
CRC32
12a2590a
MD5
275d54c3579ed3649eb21e4dc1024a47
SHA-1
6720d3afcd28cad06ac15749843d2a6995f403dc
3MB
1994-10-27
CD-R disc
Page
✔
CRC32
bda29cdf
MD5
7bd2c6584501593d399ce2b943543b54
SHA-1
e0c3de9991a03fd48dc85caae6415aaac016ab4a
3MB
1994-11-07
CD-R disc
Page
✔
CRC32
1c82e0e3
MD5
aaaf987b1ebbdc9dac578439b0aefc14
SHA-1
ee5dcb0b381db6a3e33efdf74659503d33a26741
3MB
1994-11
EPROM cartridge[57]
Final review build
Page
External links
References
↑ Game Players , "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 11
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/07.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:01)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_ps4/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-03 03:56)
↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lKuYbTg2KNxhISx3_pUAzqHsn47_fgCO (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:50)
↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/phantasy_star_iv (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 04:25)
↑ https://archive.is/5X8Tm
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19759&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:31)
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-07 02:46)
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 http://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 19:37)
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 https://steamdb.info/app/211205/history/?changeid=5755264
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 http://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-07 02:46)
↑ File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
↑ Sega Visions , "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
↑ GamePro , "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 63
↑ Sega Visions , "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 35
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 23 (25)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 82 (84)
↑ CD Consoles , "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142/143 (142)
↑ Consoles + , "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 88/89 (88)
↑ 20.0 20.1 Joypad , "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
↑ MAN!AC , "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 32-33 (32)
↑ 22.0 22.1 Mega Fun , "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 79
↑ Mean Machines Sega , "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 76/77 (76)
↑ Player One , "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 98-101 (98)
↑ 25.0 25.1 Sega Saturn Magazine , "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 91
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega , "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 174
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 25
↑ CD Consoles , "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142
↑ Consoles + , "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995) , "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 , "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 166
↑ GameFan , "Volume 3, Issue 4: April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Game Players , "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
↑ GamePro , "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Gamers , "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 48
↑ Game Informer , "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 16
↑ Game Informer , "June 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 66
↑ Hippon Super , "February 1994" (JP; 1994-01-06), page 42
↑ Hobby Consolas , "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 89
↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 , "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 207
↑ Joypad , "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 70
↑ MAN!AC , "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 32
↑ MAN!AC , "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 69
↑ Mega Play , "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Mean Machines Sega , "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 76
↑ Next Generation , "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 97
↑ Player One , "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 98
↑ Power Up! , "Saturday, December 09, 1995" (UK; 1995-12-09), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin , "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 14
↑ Sega Power , "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 51
↑ Sega Pro , "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 40
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Todo Sega , "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 44
↑ Tricks 16 bit , "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
↑ Video Games , "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 96
↑ Hidden Palace: Phantasy Star IV (Final review prototype)