Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium is a console roleplaying game released in 1993 for the Mega Drive in Japan and in 1995 for the Genesis in North America. It is the fourth and final game in the original Phantasy Star series, concluding the story of the Algol Star System. The game was also made available on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on June 24, 2008, in the PAL regions on November 14, 2008, and in North America on December 22, 2008, for the price of 800 Wii Points. Phantasy Star IV is also part of the Sega Genesis Collection on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable and... on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Phantasy Star IV kept many of the gameplay elements of the previous game, including turn-based battles, overhead exploration, and magic spells. This game is typically seen as the last of the original Phantasy Star games, closing the Algol system story as a sequel to Phantasy Star II . Phantasy Star IV is generally named as one of the greatest role-playing games of all time.
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| Release date: | December 17, 1993 |
| Publisher: | Sega |
| Designer: | Akinori Nishiyama |