Phantasy Star II
| Phantasy Star II | |
|---|---|
North American cover art | |
| Developer | Sega |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Director | Chieko Aoki |
| Producer | Yuji Naka |
| Programmer | Yuji Naka |
| Artist | Rieko Kodama |
| Writer | Chieko Aoki |
| Composer | Tokuhiko Uwabo |
| Series | Phantasy Star |
| Platform | Sega Genesis |
| Release | |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
Phantasy Star II is a science fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in Japan in 1989 and North America and Europe in 1990. It was later ported to a variety of different platforms. An updated remake, Phantasy Star Generation 2, was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005 in Japan.
Phantasy Star II is the second installment in Sega's acclaimed Phantasy Star series and serves as a sequel to the original Phantasy Star for the Master System. Phantasy Star II takes place 1,000 years after the events of its predecessor and follows the journey of a government agent named Rolf and his friends, who are on a mission to discover why the protector of the planet Mota, Mother Brain, has started malfunctioning.
Phantasy Star II was the first video game to use a 6 mega-bit cartridge, making it the biggest video game on a console at the time. Since its release Phantasy Star II has been the subject of critical acclaim.