Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

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Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥8,8008,800 G-5524
Sega Mega Drive
US
1307
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1307-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MDJ1307
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM93042JG
Wii Virtual Console
JP
700pts700[3]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800[4]
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800[5]
Wii Virtual Console
AU
800pts800[7]
OFLC: General (G)
Steam
US
$2.992.99[9] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam
EU
€2.492.49[9] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam
UK
£1.991.99[9] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam
AU
$3.493.49[9] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)
Steam Linux
US
$0.990.99[11] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam Linux
EU
€0.990.99[11] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam Linux
UK
£0.790.79[11] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam Linux
AU
$1.351.35[11] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)
Steam OS X
US
$0.990.99[11] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam OS X
EU
€0.990.99[11] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam OS X
UK
£0.790.79[11] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam OS X
AU
$1.351.35[11] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)

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

Source:
In-game credits


Source:
US manual
Psiv md us manual.pdf
[12]

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Main article: Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-01: "January 1994" (1993-12-08)
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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #22 (1996-01-10)
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Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [16]
90 [17]
48 [18]
92 [19]
97 Vol 3, №4
93
73 №67, p116/117
72 №35, p64
50 №1994-02, p42
83 [20]
94 №48, p70-72
85 [21]
83 [22]
88 [23]
94 [24]
87 №73, p51
95 №44, p40/41
90 [25]
Sega Mega Drive
83
Based on
18 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[26]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[27]
CD Consoles (FR)
48
[28]
Consoles + (FR)
92
[29]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[30]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
78
[31]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
100
[32]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
93
[33]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
70
[34]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[35]
Gamers (DE) PAL
80
[36]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[37]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
87
[38]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[39]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
83
[20]
Joypad (FR)
94
[40]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-U
85
[41]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
85
[42]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
91
[43]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
88
[44]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[45]
Player One (FR)
94
[46]
Power Up! (UK)
89
[47]
Sega Magazin (DE)
88
[48]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[49]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
95
[50]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[51]
Todo Sega (ES)
86
[52]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
84
[53]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
82
[54]
Sega Mega Drive
82
Based on
32 reviews

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Psiv md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
PhantasyStar4 MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
PhantasyStarIV MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Phantasy Star IV MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Phantasystariv md jp manual.pdf
Manual
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Map
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover

Virtual Console version

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 11
  2. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/07.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:01)
  3. http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_ps4/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-03 03:56)
  4. 4.0 4.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lKuYbTg2KNxhISx3_pUAzqHsn47_fgCO (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:50)
  5. 5.0 5.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/phantasy_star_iv (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 04:25)
  6. https://archive.is/5X8Tm
  7. 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. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-07 02:46)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 http://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 19:37)
  10. 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. 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)
  12. File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
  13. Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
  14. GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 63
  15. Sega Visions, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 35
  16. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 23 (25)
  17. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 82 (84)
  18. CD Consoles, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142/143 (142)
  19. Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 88/89 (88)
  20. 20.0 20.1 Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
  21. MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 32-33 (32)
  22. 22.0 22.1 Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 79
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 76/77 (76)
  24. Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 98-101 (98)
  25. 25.0 25.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 91
  26. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 174
  27. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 25
  28. CD Consoles, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142
  29. Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  30. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
  31. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35
  32. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 166
  33. GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 4: April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
  34. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  35. GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
  36. Gamers, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 48
  37. Hippon Super, "February 1994" (JP; 1994-01-06), page 42
  38. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 89
  39. Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 207
  40. Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 70
  41. MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 32
  42. MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 69
  43. Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
  44. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 76
  45. Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 97
  46. Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 98
  47. Power Up!, "Saturday, December 09, 1995" (UK; 1995-12-09), page 1
  48. Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 14
  49. Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 51
  50. Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 40
  51. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
  52. Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 44
  53. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
  54. Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 96


Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

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Books: Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni Game Guide Book (1994) | Phantasy Star IV Official Players Guide (1995)
Music: Phantasy Star IV (Q2 2)



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