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, Nintendo Switch Online, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Genre: RPG[1][2]

















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
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MDJ1307
Sega Mega Drive
AU
OFLC: G8
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM93042JG
Wii Virtual Console
JP
700pts700[6]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800[7]
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800[8]
Wii Virtual Console
AU
800pts800[10]
OFLC: General (G)
Nintendo Switch Online
JP
Nintendo Switch Online
US
Nintendo Switch Online
EU
Steam
US
$2.992.99[12] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam
EU
€2.492.49[12] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam
UK
£1.991.99[12] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam
AU
$3.493.49[12] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)
Steam Linux
US
$0.990.99[14] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam Linux
EU
€0.990.99[14] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam Linux
UK
£0.790.79[14] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam Linux
AU
$1.351.35[14] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)
Steam OS X
US
$0.990.99[14] 211205
ESRB: Everyone
Steam OS X
EU
€0.990.99[14] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam OS X
UK
£0.790.79[14] 211205
PEGI: 7+
Steam OS X
AU
$1.351.35[14] 211205
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)

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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

Source:
In-game credits


Source:
US manual
Psiv md us manual.pdf
[15]

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)
also published in:
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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
72 [19]
Sega Mega Drive
72
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[20]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[21]
CD Consoles (FR)
48
[22]
Consoles + (FR)
92
[23]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[24]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
78
[25]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
100
[26]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
93
[27]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
70
[28]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[29]
Gamers (DE) PAL
80
[30]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[31]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
87
[32]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[33]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
83
[34]
Joypad (FR)
94
[35]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-U
85
[36]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
85
[37]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
83
[38]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
91
[39]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
88
[40]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[41]
Player One (FR)
94
[42]
Power Up! (UK)
89
[43]
Sega Magazin (DE)
88
[44]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[45]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
95
[46]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[4]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[47]
Todo Sega (ES)
86
[48]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
84
[49]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
82
[50]
Sega Mega Drive
82
Based on
32 reviews

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

Mega Drive, JP
PhantasyStar4 MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Phantasystariv md jp manual.pdf
Manual
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Map
Mega Drive, US
PhantasyStar4 MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Phantasystar4 md us cart.jpg
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
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PCB
Mega Drive, PT
PSIV MD PT cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
Mega Drive, KR
PhantasyStarIV MD KR Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart

Virtual Console version

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 fe236442
MD5 84cbd0ff47f3c8e9d21d2c2fc39185fa
SHA-1 bc7ff6d6a8408f38562bc610f24645cad6c42629
3MB 1994-11 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 f0bfad42
MD5 8d72fa4371e4084b645637ec9e5188de
SHA-1 9d330d5e395b7caae11fae92f71d259b8391904b
3MB 1993-10 Cartridge (JP)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 b32b17e1
MD5 35649ae4a2b8a282cafd53c8b5af62cf
SHA-1 803877f317eeaaec57af07451a5ccf9309db513c
3MB 1994-05-30 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 dc2e1c0a
MD5 813c81169353044d2050bf0b6424df47
SHA-1 d72b9d68cfb54b4221f3a2416eac30a94accd427
3MB 1994-06-08 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 60137f25
MD5 2981c138fbfbbf54d2b073bf74490c22
SHA-1 81fe74c288bcf97b70758442c520ec47308cfcee
3MB 1994-08-15 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 12a2590a
MD5 275d54c3579ed3649eb21e4dc1024a47
SHA-1 6720d3afcd28cad06ac15749843d2a6995f403dc
3MB 1994-10-27 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 bda29cdf
MD5 7bd2c6584501593d399ce2b943543b54
SHA-1 e0c3de9991a03fd48dc85caae6415aaac016ab4a
3MB 1994-11-07 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 1c82e0e3
MD5 aaaf987b1ebbdc9dac578439b0aefc14
SHA-1 ee5dcb0b381db6a3e33efdf74659503d33a26741
3MB 1994-11 EPROM cartridge[51] Final review build Page

External links

References

  1. File:PhantasyStar4 MD JP Box.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 91
  5. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/07.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:01)
  6. http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_ps4/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-03 03:56)
  7. 7.0 7.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lKuYbTg2KNxhISx3_pUAzqHsn47_fgCO (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:50)
  8. 8.0 8.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/phantasy_star_iv (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 04:25)
  9. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Phantasy-Star-IV-278524.html (archive.today)
  10. http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19759&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:31)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-07 02:46)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 http://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 19:37)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 https://steamdb.info/app/211205/history/?changeid=5755264
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 http://steamdb.info/app/211205/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-07 02:46)
  15. File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
  16. Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
  17. GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 63
  18. Sega Visions, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 35
  19. GamesMaster, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-xx-xx), page 64
  20. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 174
  21. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 25
  22. CD Consoles, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142
  23. Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  24. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
  25. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35
  26. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 166
  27. GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 4: April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
  28. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  29. GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
  30. Gamers, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 48
  31. Hippon Super, "February 1994" (JP; 1994-01-06), page 42
  32. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 89
  33. Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 207
  34. Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
  35. Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 70
  36. MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 32
  37. MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 69
  38. Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 79
  39. Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
  40. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 76
  41. Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 97
  42. Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 98
  43. Power Up!, "Saturday, December 09, 1995" (UK; 1995-12-09), page 1
  44. Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 14
  45. Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 51
  46. Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 40
  47. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
  48. Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 44
  49. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
  50. Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 96
  51. Hidden Palace: Phantasy Star IV (Final review prototype)


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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Phantasy Star (1987) | Phantasy Star II (1989) | Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1990) | Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (1993)
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Compilations
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Audiobook
Memorial Drama CD & Fanbook "Phantasy Star: Fuujirareshi Kioku" (1995)
Book
Phantasy Star II Hint Book (1989) | Phantasy Star III: Toki no Keishousha Koushiki Guide Book (1990) | Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom Hint Book (1991) | Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni Game Guide Book (1994) | Phantasy Star Koushiki Settei Shiryoushuu (1995) | Phantasy Star IV Official Players Guide (1995) | 25th Anniversary Phantasy Star Visual Chronicles (2013)
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