Phantasy Star IV

Phantasy Star IV:
The End of the Millennium
North American box art by Boris Vallejo
DeveloperSega
PublisherSega
Directors
ProducerJerry Markota
ArtistToru Yoshida
Writers
  • Akinori Nishiyama
  • Toru Yoshida
Composers
  • Izuho Takeuchi
  • Masaki Nakagaki
SeriesPhantasy Star
PlatformSega Genesis
Release
  • JP: December 17, 1993
  • NA: February 1995
  • EU: November 1995
GenreRole-playing
ModeSingle-player

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium is a 1993 role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The fourth main installment in the Phantasy Star series, it is the final title in the original tetralogy and is currently the last traditional role-playing game in the franchise. The game's plot follows the hunters Alys and Chaz, as well as their traveling party, attempting to stop an ecological crisis from destroying their solar system. Phantasy Star IV kept many of the gameplay elements of the previous game, including turn-based battles, overhead exploration, and magic spells. It received mixed reviews upon its release but now it is widely considered the greatest role-playing game ever made for the Sega Genesis and one of the greatest video games of all time.