PHANTASY STAR COLLECTION - Happy Console Gamer 

I always say, "You'll Dimate if you don't Trimate!". good words to live by!

Just absolutely love your passion John, I really hope you never change. Your love, light, and integrity is just plain infectious. One of my first RU-vid subs, and I've never regretted it for a second...

I agree about Phantasy Star 3. If ever there was a need for remake, this would be the game.

Man, my games explode all the time, too. Pain in the ass.

In fact, that´s the brazilian version of Phantasy Star (in portuguese).

I finished PS IV today again after more than 10 years withouth playing it, man, i cant describe how i love the classic series, and 4 is one of the best games ever made.

The special effects budget on this episode must have been massive.

Those fucking explosions after 7mins in scared the shit out of me, great video and collection.

I wish that Phantasy Star V would be made.

[Coury] And I thought my collection was big! I passed up a complete JPN Mark 3 copy at MAGFest because it was 80 bucks... But now kinda regret it.

I came across your videos by accident and im totally addicted, instant subscription mate keep up the good work.

I still remember watching your very first episode (about phantasy star). Your format really has changed over the years, but it seems to be returning to those early roots.

we have the same addiction for phantasy star and dragon quest. let's hang out

Always love it when you post a Phantasy Star video Johnny! Your enthusiasm is infectious.

Casually watching through some of your older content while I game, and that explosion effect made me JUMP! Scared the life out of me 😂

The 3D dungeons in the first one kind of blew my mind. I knew it was all sprites and not true 3D but the turning was soooo smooth in the corners.

That Portuguese version of Phantasy Star is the Brazilian one. Tectoy was the official distributor, and the manufacturer of the Mega Drive in Brazil.

Don't forget to mention the "keytroller" behind you on your dedicated Phantasy Star Online video. Servers are still active, btw. Well, private servers, but it's still awesome. Mostly, PSO v2 for DC/PC, PSO Episode I & II, and PSO: BB are the active versions.

ahhh man. This makes me happy. God I love the PS RPGS and the early PSO games. I LOVE PSZero too.

Phantasy Star 4 is still my all time favorite of that series.

I could never just pick 2 games and say everything else can go. You have one hell of an emotional attachment my friend.

ZOMG MY FAVORITE!! Your Collection is so amazing. Such a great franchise

So for me, Phantasy Star Online came out while I was a junior in high school. I had played previously 1, 2, 3, and 4 and actually bought the Dreamcast specifically for PSO. On top of that, I was so intrigued by the way it valued names to determine IDs that I actually learned how to use C++ and wrote an array that would take any name I input and tell me what the output ID would be in the game.

Jeez, that explosion scared the hell out of me!

Who else was scared to see the fire?

Awesome video dude, you're definitely one of the best gaming youtubers

Impressive collection, Phantasy Star 1 was the very first roll playing game I ever played way back in 1988 and I paid $90 for it! I only ever play 1, 2, 3, and 4. Never any of the other ones.

Great video - The Master System Phantasy Star is the game that made me like RPG games the best over any other genre. Later another series came out that rivaled The Phantasy Star series as my favorite series and the was the Lunar Star series.

When you edited in that explosion, I laughed so hard I almost pissed myself. lol.

Pretty nice collection! Keep going with the nice videos, I am huge fan.

That explosion scared the shit out of me! O_O Super looking forward to an eventual video on PSO btw.

*thats a thing of beauty*

I had never even heard of this series until I got the Sega Mega Drive collection for the PSP. I didn't really get into 2 or 3 but I played 4 and thought it was really good. And then I was searching for Phantasy Star stuff on youtube a few years back and that's how I discovered the Happy Console Gamer.

phantasy star really seem to make you happy. I started to play ps1 today, maybe I get the hype later

PSO had a huge impact on me when it hit the Dreamcast ,I was 19 at the time , 36 now, I still have friends from the game that I still speak too to this day ! I think they were always way ahead of their time . I too like so many did not enjoy the card battle game very much but again , They were so far ahead of the game . I think if the card battle game were to be released now , Today , Then it would be a huge hit in my personal opinion . I have recently aquired PSO2 for my pc after many years of missing the game and the memories .. I had 11 characters on the DC ! lol Not sure if it's just me but i have been humming / whistling the jungle theme for the past 15+ years lol Great channel btw . Thanks for making the Phantasy Star videos . I have only just found your channel . Glad I did !

I've had a really, really bad day today and seeing Johnny talking about his favorite game and how happy he is and proud he is to have this collection is making me happy.

Hey johnny. Just wanted to thank you for all your videos! You have a great passion and I love watching all your videos!

My entire collection could burn to the ground, but I'd save Phantasy Star. This is why you're my hero, Johnny. I remember Phantasy Star kicking off my love of video games. I was one of the few in the neighborhood with a SMS in 1988. All my friends were early NES fanboys. I didn't know anything about Phantasy Star until I saw it in a store and fell in love with the artwork and the breakdown on the back. I was 13 and begged my mom for it. Well, $80 USD wasn't easy for my parents to part with, but a month or so later, she took me to the store to get it. I have lots of great memories that I fondly think back of on my childhood and playing this game covers many of them. Thank you for your all of your videos, especially any relating to this tremendously glorious series! I would so love a remake of #1 or a single player follow up to the series!

Phantasy Star 4 is amazing. Even though I was a Genesis kid I didn't play it until a few years ago and damn I'm glad I went back and played it

I just love Phantasy Star so much. The SMS version was my first RPG, and I remember how puzzled I was at first. The Dungeons, the towns, the awesome music. It just blew my mind, totally changed how I looked at games. Pages upon pages of graph paper with dungeon maps, and I don't know how long it took me to finish this game the first time. Especially tricky considering it was my first RPG, English not being my first language, and me being maybe 10 or 11, playing with a dicitionary next to me. Awesome times.

Sadly, I don't think Sega could afford the budget to make a proper contemporary Phantasy Star game again, single player or online. They just cant take the risk :(

That's...a big Phantasy Star collection. O.o

6:59 Shit, that took me by surprise 😆

It's like you just set up a table and started chatting with me. Great vid like always.

Lords of thunder at 2:12. AWESOME! :)

that portuguese version is actually a Brazilian version by TECTOY. that cartridge is very rare even here in Brazil lately

Got phantasy star 2 at a Roses used. It's so odd that I still remember that moment like it was yesterday.

I just finished getting all the Genesis games not too long ago, picked up IV for a decent price from Gamedeals, some one butchered the cardboard box and stuffed it in a clamshell, but was still happy to get it to play through all of them on their original systems

You're amazing man. I only discovered you recently (Street Fighter video) but I enjoy every video so far!

The first PS game I played was 2, and IV is my all time favourite. Also played lots of PSP2 and PSU around the same time. The feeling of collecting really does feel good! I wish that we could one day find footage of Return of Alis for Sega CD, one of the holy grails of lost games.

"Im not a collecter" While surrounded by hundreds of video games haha ;) Keep telling your self that Johnny XD

After learning of the Gba game, i decided to give them a try on an emulator, let me say, Phantasy Star 1 is pretty hard so far. Definitely a grinding game, but thanks to save states, and my emulators turbo button it makes grinding go 10x faster. Maybe if i beat this, i'll develop a new love for the series and you did so many years ago. Thx for turning me on to the series.

Hey Man!!! This is incredible!! I am brazilian and also have Phantasy Star in PORTUGUESE. How amazing is to see that you have a copy in PORTUGUESE? Very much!!! Thank you for sharing!!! See you next time!

By far my favorite RU-vid Channel of all.

This reminds me of the collection video Lazy Game Reviews did for the Maxis games.

Again for the 5th 6th time? Phantasy Star is why I subscribed to HCG. I have about 4 years on you Johnny and like you it was 1988 when I got into the 1st one. Took me til 1989 to beat. I have the original, PS II, PS III, and IV. I also bought PS Collection import for the Saturn. Never tried Online. I just want Sega to remake the originals and possibely continue the original story. Here's to hoping, great episode!

This would be a good drinking game! Every time Johnny says, "Phantasy Star" you take a drink :)

Phantasy star owns my soul! phantasy star 1 was the first game that i played at my house . I rented it when i was 8 years old with the master system. i had never seen anything like it before. I remember that i couldnt figure out how to exit the first town=) but when i did, o man. Then i rented it again the week after, and i saw that it had a save file saved in the game. so i tried it and was on another planet with some vehicle you could ride in. it was awesome.

I've been thinking about starting this series as it's on the Sega collection on the PS3/360 of which I've recently managed to borrow from someone I know. I knew it was on there but didn't realise the first game was hidden and could be unlocked. It therefore features all 4 original titles. I've definitely been influenced by your interest in the series over the years, it's just getting the time to do so with so much out there already.

Super glad you did this video. Been waiting for you to show you PS collection for awhile. I wish they would just remake the original 4 games with todays technology.

Quite the collection. Meanwhile, that Lagoon box in the back is screaming at me.

Playing phantasy star online on GameCube and ps0 on DS was my intro to this series. Seems like a series that could use a new release.

I'm a Korean subber, and yes, the Phantasy Star version you're showing at 5:09 is indeed korean =)

My first Phantasy Star was Phantasy Star III, so I am one of the few that appreciate that game more than most. I did grow to love Phantasy Star IV more once I got it, but those are my two favorites. I haven't owned as much as you have, I still have II, III and IV on the Genesis and Phantasy Star Collection on the GBA. Traded away Phantasy Star 0 and had rented Phantasy Star Universe, but neither of those could hold me like the older games, though I kind of want Universe again to give it another shot.

Changed my life too man!

damn this collection is amazing

Oh man I have like 20,000 hours on PSU, no joke. The play time capped at 9999 hours on each character and I had 2 characters with 9999 and 1 other with almost 1000. That game was my life for about 6 years, until the servers were shutdown. Before that I played PSOBB, still play it to this day on private servers. Such great games.

I hold this game close to my heart as well! Great stories brother!:) Awesome collection!

Great video, as usual. Is there a Phantasy Star holy grail missing from your collection?

Tylor there on the shelf stands out to me, one anime series surrounded by all the game stuff. XD

Tried really, really hard to get into the main series but couldn't. However, Phantasy Star Online was the first game that hooked me into MMOs. I remember playing that game for far too many hours as well. Very special game for me. I heard there are still small servers out there, and I would love to get back into it.

Aw man that VR ship music really hits me hard. I really wish Pso 2 had a global release

To say I'm jealous of your Phantasy Star collection would be an understatement.

I love your attitude, man!

Damn it Johnny! You're killing it with these videos! My favorite gaming channel of all time.

I'm a PSOBB player. I tried PSO 2, but PSOBB, on the server I'm playing... My team is my family and the server works like a small town. I really like this game !

Phantasy Star 1 in portuguese was the first JRPG I ever played and what a great introduction to the genre! The problem is I was only able to finish it many years later, since this copy I first played was one I used to rent and it had a problem: The batttery was faulty and so the save would be erased every time the console was turned off! I remember once keeping my SMS on for a whole weekend and trying to go as far as possible in the game. And I found this video because I'm currently playing, for the first time, Phantasy Star II. Besides 1 I had only ever played IV before, which I consider the best Genesis RPG.

Amazing collection. One of my favorite video game series ever. Especially PS1

Amazing collection. I think it's time that SEGA gives us a brand new Phantasy Star main line game.

Phantasy star 3 was actually my favorite I loved the generational aspect of it.

I still play my copy of online 1 and 2 plus still to this day.

Looking up stuff for Phantasy Star Online 2 is how I came across your channel. Ive been subscribed sense but too bad PSO2 never came to America.

My local Best Buy still had Sonic's Ultimate Sega Collection (360) new for $20. On my budget, that's the only way I can play PS II, III and IV. PSO on DC was extremely addictive back in the day!

Great collection! Been waiting on your PSO episode that you keep hinting at. Hopefully PSO2 will hit west some day and you can experience it. For your PSO episode maybe you can incorporate some PSO moments or thoughts into the video from your fellow subs/PSO fans? Hell, I can relate with you a lot on it so far. I spent many long hours and lost sleep over the addiction of it.

Awesome special effect LOL!

That is a great collection and Im happy for you . I too am a huge old school Sega fan, and I remember reading about the very first Phantasy Star in a Sega magazine that used to get mailed to me. Might have been Sega Visions Magazine. Surprised you don't have those Johnny. Or do you? Anyway, we're a year apart , so we're nostalgic about similar things. Hey, at least I don't drive my wife too crazy...

The only phantasy star i played was portable 2 and man it was one of a kind. It certainly one of the most generous game i've played in term of content.

Hey, you got the original Phantasy Star for the Mega Drive too! :D

That looks awesome all together.

Phantasy Star Mark 3 cover art was awesome and masterpiece as Phantasy Star 3D Ages and collection on PS2

Phantasy Star 3 is my favourite (of those I've played). I've finished it with all of the different.. combinations.. possible. Trying for no spoilers. Love it.

You're insanity for PHANTASY STAR parallels mine for METAL GEAR. Well done!

The game that I love that now I might just collect stuff for now is Fable II, so I might get a collection like that for Fable II cause it means a lot to me, calms me down in the worst of times.

I would love to see a 3D Classics port of the original Phantasy Star. I'm guessing that ship might have already sailed, though. Great video, John!

Phantasy Star IV was awesome, but the price at release was crazy. I saw it at Toys R Us and they wanted 95 bucks for the game. The carts size was the reason for the price, fortunately I got the Sega Channel later that month and was able to play it on there. One of the best RPG adventures I've ever played.

Love the series.I invested so many hours in PSO v1 and v2 on the Sega Dreamcast. Awesome collection !

Time to start really harassing Sega for Phantasy Star Online 2.

I have the same love for the shining series

I Just wanted to add that the Text Adventures were released in physical form on 2 compilation discs on the Japanese Sega CD. I have pictures of them in my collection I can post on Fb.

luved the little explosion great stuff