I was so close to a guy named '' akuma ''.. Still remember him! I'd like to have a metaverse version a PSO on a play to earn mode, so I can make a living through it
***** that has been there for over 2 years and has not updated. They stopped their Facebook Posts in 2013. It really stinks, doesn't look like it will reach this side of the globe unless we mask our IP's and get the Japanese client.
The dreamcast intro made my tear up. I fucking miss being a kid. The dreamcast is the most underrated system EVER. Greatest of all time for it’s release.
Yeah. It is generally depressing, knowing some people knew their favourite game was about to be taken down. Online friends, gone. Ways for nerds to hang with mates, gone. They're probably in their 20's now, anyway
I had been playing this game for about 1½ years and had been beggin my mom to let me use her credit card to purchase the guild card(to go online) and she continuously said NO. She finally gave in and said she'd buy me a one year subscription for my 14th birthday...in September of 2003. The servers last breath was to be the end of October '03. I was sad and frustrated and just said to forget it... I played Ep 1&2 offline for years for the same restriction(mom didn't want to pay) and watched those servers fall as well. Some unforgettable times nonetheless. The best.
To me PSO is a time capsule, it represents to many of us (its cliche i know) a world pre 9/11, a simpler time of our childhoods/teenage years where it was all about Amazing video games and the Disney Renaissance ect. The world contained in PSO is a place frozen in time, it has not really changed since it first came out in late 2000-early 2001 and the people in it while older have not lost the kindness or the friendships still contained on Pioneer 2 or Ragol. It in my opinion is the same way people feel about the world in Shenmue, a place from long ago with many fond memories and good friends that we may still keep in touch with or are just a distant memory. It also to me represent the end of the "Glory" days of video gaming where video games in just a year or two would fundamentally change in tone and philosophy in game design for the worse and is when many of us had to start to "grow up"
@@itsstillthinking1999 Now that i think of it, the game came out in a era that was good for a lot of us, my step grandfather was still alive, i was a happy kid in general. i loved all my friends and neighbors, i even had a friend who only came online like once a month because he enjoyed completing all the offline missions, he was so dedicated to it he had cool weapons no one else had at the time... the PAN was hilarious and he even gifted it to me... and that was the last time i saw him... then 1 hour later i died and my PAN was dropped (before the weapons drop when you die was removed) and someone stole it from me. i remember it churned my stomach because next time i see him i had to explain.... and i never had the chance to
Man, I could cry watching this. The memories are all flowing back so fast. The old HUD, the old pause menu, the slightly different font in the chat bubbles, the old store menus, the resolution, freaking out because I can type to my friends 3 blocks away through my console late at night... those were the days, we had so much fun. Countless amount of hours wasted on this game. My first real online gaming experience. I love this game.
You can play it on sylverant servers, either use a dreampi (or the alternative if on gamecube) or if your on android or pc u can use retroarch, setup can vary depending on your chosen device so just look it up depending on how you wanna connect
I see this gameplay and... I see memories flashing back hard like a waterfall, fast like lightning but slow enough to close my eyes and re-live those moments again. As I travel back in time, I see all of those happy and simple days of the early 2000's. I had a Motorola Paiger, I was a Freshman in High School, I used to take the public bus to school, I used to hang out with a crew of friends who were all gamers and, we were into TES Daggerfall, used to draw concept art for a game we were aspiring to make using 3ds Max and Unreal Engine 99. I used to fall asleep listening to Yngwie Malmsteen or Pantera on my Sony CD Walkman, etc.. Now, I'm 34 years old, Ive been through 1 divorce, I'm the proud father of 2 kids and so my journey continues on this earth. With a knot in my throat and tears in my eyes, Id like to say that time flies in a blink of an eye. Don't be afraid of doing what you want to do. Living with regrets and child abuse isn't easy but, it's easy to overlook your inner potential and not work towards a better self-future. Video games, till this day have always been mt escape. Well, I kinda lost myself there. In a nutshell, I too was there on the last day of PSO.
I deeply regret not being a part of this game upon release. I can only imagine what the atmosphere was like, how it played, the nuances of the community.... Thank you for uploading this. RIP PSO.
You can play the new syrlevant servers on emulator or a dreamcast (both clients do meet in the same server and can play,in the same parties) and if they,play on those servers as well then u can play with em (guild card list should still be there if your character data is still on the vmu file)
Blue Burst is online, it's the last version of the game and has the most content. SEGA shut the official servers down about a decade ago but there's multiple private servers you can still play on. The most populated one is Ephinea. There's also Ultima which has less players but is x3 exp @Robert Good
This game released before I was even born, yet I can't help but feel nostalgic when I hear this music and see these visuals. I feel like it's touching memories of a different game I used to play, but I can't work it out.
I was 14-15 when this game released and my god did it feel like the future when I logged onto an MMORPG from my console. The entire process was a huge deal. The Sega Dreamcast is my all-time favorite system and I hold its existence near and dear to my heart.
phantasy star online....ahhhhh, the countless hours on weekends, to 3AM. in the dark, enjoying the colorful game play, the explosions....I particularly loved the music to the mines.
My all time, favorite game! Still have the original box with game inside standing tall on my desk! Met so many good people in this game. I'm honestly checking constantly, hoping to see some sort of new Phantasy Star for the PS4. I remember before they shut the servers down I logged onto my level 166 and just partied with people in lobbies for hours, spreading the joy and handing out ALL the rare equipment I had saved over the years. Just sitting and chatting with people on the ship was fun enough for me during those last, grim hours of play time. Nothing but absolute love and fantastic memories I get from watching this. Almost shed a tear. SEGA PLEASE!
+Tricky LeBlanc Have you considered trying to play on a private server? BB has a few and I think there may still be one or two left for Gamecube, perhaps even Dreamcast.
Nikolai Petrovsky I've played multiple private servers in the past and currently playing one. Still waiting to hear news on the next Phantasy Star game, huge fan :D
+Tricky LeBlanc Well the new game on Vita isn't region coded, so you should try it out. Just import it from Japan and change the language settings to English. It's what I did. Great game.
it still exsists as the syrlevant server is a thing, look up how to connect to it since emulators users and real hardware (dreamcast) users join the same server and can play
I find this video so comforting. I love PSO but never got to play it online. The VHS rip and all the old chat is so pure. Amazing foresight to record this!
Interesting video, this is a historical piece of culture for videogaming. It's sad that game like this after years of gaming they simply vanish and we cannot play anymore... good memories
We can play them, thankfully fans decided to restore this games online with the bbn syrlevant server, it works perfectly as well, and emulator users can play with real hardware users
@@eljugadorescaldenc4002 they did this quite a while back, servers still up today. Setup is different depending on if you use real hardware or emulation, so you need to look up how to connect to syrlevant server PSO accordingly.
@@eljugadorescaldenc4002 also if you intent on using a patch that disables dropping weapons when you did and your on syrlevant, play on the altimira ship (the one ship where its allowed)
Watching this was torture. I remember that day, I was on till the very last second. I watched your video in the hopes that I would see myself, did not unfortunately. I remember seeing Miles regularly, not friends just saw him often. So many good memories...
This is amazing, thank you, this bring me back so much, I used to play so much PSO as I was homeschooled, you all became my friends back then! -MAESTRO
This video is giving me fucking goosebumps, lol. This game will stay with me for the rest of my life, more than any other. It was my first online gaming experience. The music, the self-created emoji, and nothing beats that you actually had to text, as opposed to voice talking. 5:30: I couldn't wait to get home, so that I could play, lol. I swear, this lobby tune stayed with my anytime that I wasn't playing... And when the holidays would come by, the way that it would show in the lobby...but nothing beats the standard lobby music. So much music to enjoy, but the track that resonates with me the most is, "Mother Earth of Dishonesty [Part 1]. As soon as the track started, I was hooked and couldn't look at another game. Phantasy Star Online - Both for the Dreamcast and Gamecube. Skies of Arcadia Final Fantasy X Mass Effect 2
+BobaDavis Same here. It's a community that didn't last long but was amazing to be part of. The few of us that got to be part of it and see the beginning of something revolutionary for console gaming will never forget it.
I was so much in love with this game ! I was 13-14 years old when it was released. I still have the Dreamcast complete system and kept all my memory cards with the different types of characters on it... I have all the special armors (like the "chuchu rocket" one) and some very cool mags (the little critters flying above your shoulder) and my favorite weapon was the spreed-needles gun. I was so mad when the servers was gotten down. This game was way ahead of its time with the collab gameplay and should have benefited a real online data service with updates like the majority of the games are now but the technology at the time didn’t allowed this... :(
Wow this footage deserves to have a place in a gaming museum at some point, I think. Having been born in the late 90's, I never got a chance to play this during its run, but I'm still getting nostalgic hearing the music and seeing the visuals. This is probably the epitome of multiplayer gaming during the 90's and early 2000's for me - a memento of an era long gone, but fondly remembered.
This is so beautiful. I used to love watching my older brother play this game on our original Xbox back at our old house, which was at least somewhere between 2002 and 2003. Miss that guy, and miss this game even more. I hope somewhere he's enjoying this game still ♥
the wiiu/3ds servers went down last week. i was there watching everyone play their last matches and let me tell you, when the official servers for online games go down for good, it truly feels like the end times for these worlds. everyone comes together and celebrates what they had taken for granted before the end. i never played PSO sadly, my father never let me have a dreamcast. i bought my own long after these servers disappeared. i wish i played this game during its prime, because this game is truly gorgeous and atmospheric as hell.
You can play within 10-15 minutes if you want, no matter on PC or on the Dreamcast or Gamecube. 1. The PC Version (PSO Blue Burst) is exactly the same, first time i played back in 2005 i was skeptic, but its the same fantastic game, only better. It not only has the complete EP1 and EP2 (with all its weapons, enemies, items ect) , but also a totally new Episode, which is the Episode 4, and which means new Levels, Enemies and also a lot of new weapons and items which were not in EP1 and EP2. You can also play with Controller and even have more shortcuts as in the console Versions, up to 9 shortcuts instead of 3, which is so much better and much more comfortable. And you can even attach the 9 extra keyboard shortcuts on the controller with a programm. Also, you dont have to play in fornt of your PC Monitor if oyu dont want to, because if you connect your PC or Laptop with a big flatscreen like i did its not only like in the old days without losing its charme, its even better, and still feels as if you play on console because you play with a controller on the TV! For the PC Version (PSO Blue Burst) you just have to download the game from schthack (google schthack website), download maybe takes like 10 minutes, while downloading do register a new account. Then install it and thats it, just plug in a controller, no matter if any PC controller, PS3 or Xbox 360 controller, and the fun begins! 2. The DC Version is prolly a lil bit more complicated, but depends on if you have a modem or a broadband adapter, but both still work. With a BBA adapter its prolly osmething like 10 minutes until you can start to play. You can either play also on Schthack server, or the DC only server named Sylverant. On Schthack you can even play together with PC players, but not with the Blue Burst players, but the PSO EP2 PC Version players (which was released before PSO BB). At the sylverant website you can even download a file which makes everything for you. You download the file, burn it on CD, put in your DC and thats it, it connects automatically with the server and all, and then it says "put the pso game in", you do that, and then you can play! 3. The NGC version isnt hard to setup at all, but it would be better if you have an Broadband Adapter. I think the biggest PSO Gamecube community is also on Schthack, allthough not near as much people as Blue Burst, which has by far the most players. But i will tell you, once you installed and played Blue Burst you dont want and need to think about the NGC and DC versions anymore, because its exactly the same Gameplay wise and all, but only better with much much more content, as i said you can play with controller and even on a big fat screen if you connect your PC or laptop with the TV. What you waiting for? Go and play PSO Blue Burst!!!
I first played pso episodes one and 2 on the gamecube. The music was way ahead of its time I never got to play online😢but I still had alot of fun playing with my brother we made alot of memories together playing it😊
Even the intro gives me goosebumps. I recall buying PSO for Gamecube at Walmart along with the dialup modem in 2002 or so. It was arguably the best gaming purchase I ever made. This was also the first MMO I ever played. The music, gameplay, just something about all of it was so perfect that transported you to a different world more than even most modern games can. I was sad to find out they had taken the servers offline. The in game economy was ruined thanks to item duping. So many people in the lobby gave me free rare weps! lol Good times!
The quality and atmosphere of PSO Ep1&2 and Blue Burst, will never be archieved again, by the phantasy star series... its just... so special, it moves my soul like no other game can...
Started the PSO journey back in 2001, until the very last moment when Blue Burst went offline in March 2008... was a 14yo brat who spent his nights hanging out in the lobbies with friends, slaughtering Boomas and having fun. 18 years later and here I am. such carefree times, i miss that
I remember spending hours playing this with my brother, he used to play with the big robot. The music, desing, characters, enemy units were fantastic. The final boss used to give me nightmares.
i was doing lots of drugs in 2001 hah, and watching my friends play this, it looked so fucking boring but i remember the songs, i liked the songs hah :)
The Bates Buster Well, +Mike More *did* say he was doing drugs back then. I could be playing this RIGHT NOW, buuuuuuut I just HAD to get ripped off over a $65 copy of Episode 1&2 Plus. DAMMIT AMAZON!
Oh man, this gives me the chills! It's so many years later and I'll still never forget that day. Thank you for saving this. I need to go dig up my DC now.
Haven't played this game in 12 years. Watching this video, the nostalgia is almost overwhelming. Why SEGA, why did you take down the servers?! I remember my favourite Hucast and all my friends. Some from USA, some from europe and australia. Miss those times.
Man i had so many fond memories playing this game on the OG xbox . Id play for days on end to collect every weapon on every character. Then figured out how to dupe luck and weapons for trades of weapons i didnt have yet. Such a awesome game
I think this is one of my favorite videos on the internet 2 hours worth of old low-fi footage of a game i LOVE, that also doubles as a historical look back on how PSO used to be! luv this vid
I had fond memories of PSO on the Dreamcast. It was revolutionary at that time, and to introduce it to a console and made it fun was great. It was short with the levels, but the amount of people you interact, it was a true online game. AND ON DIALUP!
I know this is a really old video (in more ways than one), but I just stumbled across it. This game brings back so many memories for me. Two years of my life in high school were spent playing this game, well over a thousand hours, the timer was maxed out. I hooked up with so many girls in real life after meeting them in this game haha. Also met my best friend to this day, we're in our mid-30's now and still talk all the time, I was in his wedding a couple years ago. Also, there was kindof an early hacking/modding community, that I was somewhat a part of, using GameShark hex codes to be able to add colors and the ability to swear in the chat, and also to FSOD people's screens in a defensive manner because there were these clans that would basically invade open games almost Dark Souls style and try to screw with you. There was this whole underground thing happening, that most people never saw. So many memories man
Wow! I never met anyone in real life!.. That's a great story! ...reading your messge makes me think what just happened a time when the screen got completely black and once I restart the dreamcast my character was disappeared. Never know what happened, but I started a new one right away.
The nostalgia is strong in this one! Just reminds me of those simpler times. Always was a huge DC guy and still am - will never forget those summer times of 2001-2002 playing this gem with my homies. We were fascinated by everything! Damn this music hits right in the feels. Lost in a childhood dream…
Damn I think about PSO all the time. I made a lot of friends on there, but my internet was abruptly cut off because the bill was high and my grandmother wasn't happy lol. Didn't even get to say goodbye to anyone. Sometimes wonder what they're all up to these days, it was over 20 years ago.
I was looking for the final moment of defiance on the PS3 and Saw this video and your comment and i think i just feel the same way and it gives a bizarre vibe to think not having been there and to not to hear anytying úntil now,i got a pretty close friend but then he stopped.logging in and thats a thing i miss from defiance
There's something very special about seeing the last moments of an MMO, I don't know how to explain it, but it's sad and beautiful at the same time to see all the people come together, together, sharing memories in the last moments of that game.
This is so nostalgic for me I’ve never even played Dreamcast and was born in 2003 but the visuals… the music.. everything about it is so beautiful. That era from 1999-2009 was amazing
I've played Phantasy Star Universe on Xbox 360, one of my favorite games ever. I can't even imagine playing this game online in 2000. This looks so far ahead of it's time, absolutely amazing.
This takes me back to HS, I was a sophomore when this came out, I never got into this game but I was Team Dreamcast going up against the mighty PS2, watching this game play got me a little emotional inside, took me back to good days when gaming will take me away from reality. I was sad when sega announced they were discontinued the dreamcast. 1999 - 2001 Great years.
This is one of the game I genuinely miss, I remember waiting til 12pm on a friday night when the internet costs dropped to 1p a minute. then jumping to the JP server to dup items :)
This set the basis for share world games like Destiny, GTA online and games that people enjoy now, wow what a game! The dreamcast was so ahead of its time. Unbelievable 🤩❤️
the dreamcast was beyond its years
+Artzie Music ayy artziee
ayy whatup
+Artzie Music u got all kinds of good taste. Now I think about it, this soundtrack is just begging to be be made future fnk
Yes it was totally right!!!
+Artzie Music
back then people had a hard on for the PS2 and fanboys said everything else sucked.
Game saved me from suicide. 11 year old poor kid, that weighed 360 pounds. Now I'm half that. But I was so lonely. I miss my pso friends.
I was so close to a guy named '' akuma ''.. Still remember him! I'd like to have a metaverse version a PSO on a play to earn mode, so I can make a living through it
@@liviolombardo yeah.. right... make it play to earn so it's tanked & dead in a year or two...
@@Ellesdy1 weather you ike it or not that's the direction we're heading to
Old brother 👍👍👍👍
I think i was on Oberon or Puck ships.
pretty smart dude...recording your gameplay via vhs the last day servers were up for sega
Very ahead of the times
Much very
@@appletherapy3492 ahead of the time for what? Recording things?
@@pentexsucks43 yes
*YEAH WELL MAYBE ILL DREAM OF SOMETHING A LITTLE THINNER*
Just the Dreamcast start up screen is bringing tears to my eyes ;_;
Shit yes... the sound alone makes me teary eyed... :')
i know! it was my friend for hours when I had NONE, living in a strange place that wasn't exactly the best place to fit in.
So I'm not the only one.
***** what do you mean, "when the western PSO2 gets released"? what is that? thanks.
***** that has been there for over 2 years and has not updated. They stopped their Facebook Posts in 2013. It really stinks, doesn't look like it will reach this side of the globe unless we mask our IP's and get the Japanese client.
That guy who said he was 13, is now 25/26. That's how old this video is. Awesome XD
damn u im 26 ,,!,,
First to say happy 30th. Thanks for the video! Lol takes me back and I am 34
@@BA-vw2kx wait don't tell me..
are you...?
30 now.... man times flying
@@og-hi9895 I am...lol
The dreamcast intro made my tear up. I fucking miss being a kid. The dreamcast is the most underrated system EVER. Greatest of all time for it’s release.
Yes along with the GameCube
I was late teen during that time. I was blessed to have all 3 of them.
Kinda sad to see this; it was a whole world about to be turned off, and you knew that it was the end of an era...
Yeah. It is generally depressing, knowing some people knew their favourite game was about to be taken down. Online friends, gone. Ways for nerds to hang with mates, gone. They're probably in their 20's now, anyway
30s in my case! Some of us are old!
I had been playing this game for about 1½ years and had been beggin my mom to let me use her credit card to purchase the guild card(to go online) and she continuously said NO. She finally gave in and said she'd buy me a one year subscription for my 14th birthday...in September of 2003. The servers last breath was to be the end of October '03. I was sad and frustrated and just said to forget it...
I played Ep 1&2 offline for years for the same restriction(mom didn't want to pay) and watched those servers fall as well. Some unforgettable times nonetheless. The best.
To me PSO is a time capsule, it represents to many of us (its cliche i know) a world pre 9/11, a simpler time of our childhoods/teenage years where it was all about Amazing video games and the Disney Renaissance ect. The world contained in PSO is a place frozen in time, it has not really changed since it first came out in late 2000-early 2001 and the people in it while older have not lost the kindness or the friendships still contained on Pioneer 2 or Ragol. It in my opinion is the same way people feel about the world in Shenmue, a place from long ago with many fond memories and good friends that we may still keep in touch with or are just a distant memory. It also to me represent the end of the "Glory" days of video gaming where video games in just a year or two would fundamentally change in tone and philosophy in game design for the worse and is when many of us had to start to "grow up"
@@itsstillthinking1999 Now that i think of it, the game came out in a era that was good for a lot of us, my step grandfather was still alive, i was a happy kid in general. i loved all my friends and neighbors, i even had a friend who only came online like once a month because he enjoyed completing all the offline missions, he was so dedicated to it he had cool weapons no one else had at the time... the PAN was hilarious and he even gifted it to me... and that was the last time i saw him... then 1 hour later i died and my PAN was dropped (before the weapons drop when you die was removed) and someone stole it from me. i remember it churned my stomach because next time i see him i had to explain.... and i never had the chance to
This game had some of the best music. Holy nostalgia.
Its a whole new world~
Jesus christ, that soundtrack was amazing :')
Wa-11halla is simmilar if not better
Man, I could cry watching this. The memories are all flowing back so fast. The old HUD, the old pause menu, the slightly different font in the chat bubbles, the old store menus, the resolution, freaking out because I can type to my friends 3 blocks away through my console late at night... those were the days, we had so much fun. Countless amount of hours wasted on this game. My first real online gaming experience. I love this game.
You can play it on sylverant servers, either use a dreampi (or the alternative if on gamecube) or if your on android or pc u can use retroarch, setup can vary depending on your chosen device so just look it up depending on how you wanna connect
It's like watching documentary footage
I see this gameplay and... I see memories flashing back hard like a waterfall, fast like lightning but slow enough to close my eyes and re-live those moments again. As I travel back in time, I see all of those happy and simple days of the early 2000's. I had a Motorola Paiger, I was a Freshman in High School, I used to take the public bus to school, I used to hang out with a crew of friends who were all gamers and, we were into TES Daggerfall, used to draw concept art for a game we were aspiring to make using 3ds Max and Unreal Engine 99. I used to fall asleep listening to Yngwie Malmsteen or Pantera on my Sony CD Walkman, etc.. Now, I'm 34 years old, Ive been through 1 divorce, I'm the proud father of 2 kids and so my journey continues on this earth. With a knot in my throat and tears in my eyes, Id like to say that time flies in a blink of an eye. Don't be afraid of doing what you want to do. Living with regrets and child abuse isn't easy but, it's easy to overlook your inner potential and not work towards a better self-future. Video games, till this day have always been mt escape. Well, I kinda lost myself there. In a nutshell, I too was there on the last day of PSO.
I liked reading that.
God man. Life sucks when you grow up! Hope it gets better as time moves on!
man, this is deep
God bless you my brother :)
Did you guys ever make that game?
This is unintentionally aesthetic
The game itself is aesthetically pleasing. And intentionally
I deeply regret not being a part of this game upon release.
I can only imagine what the atmosphere was like, how it played, the nuances of the community....
Thank you for uploading this.
RIP PSO.
You can still play it with a active community via the dream pie
Yeah, thanks to dreampipe this games is still online, many people were able to play it pretty shortly after sega shut it down
You can play it on PC now. Search for "Ephinea PSO BB" on youtube
every time i watch this i get chills down my spine so many friends i will never see again
I know... It's a sad thing.
you still can but you have to use private servers some people still play online to this day. only the original sega servers were shut down.
You can play the new syrlevant servers on emulator or a dreamcast (both clients do meet in the same server and can play,in the same parties) and if they,play on those servers as well then u can play with em (guild card list should still be there if your character data is still on the vmu file)
I think that’s the saddest part about it all man :/
are you the same "moon" that was mentioned at 40:55 ?
That lobby music is so relaxing, i'm currently playing Blue Burst so it's great to play online again.
Blue Burst is online, it's the last version of the game and has the most content. SEGA shut the official servers down about a decade ago but there's multiple private servers you can still play on. The most populated one is Ephinea. There's also Ultima which has less players but is x3 exp @Robert Good
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This game released before I was even born, yet I can't help but feel nostalgic when I hear this music and see these visuals. I feel like it's touching memories of a different game I used to play, but I can't work it out.
Love that fuzzy VHS quality so much. This is pretty dang nostalgic.
I was 14-15 when this game released and my god did it feel like the future when I logged onto an MMORPG from my console. The entire process was a huge deal. The Sega Dreamcast is my all-time favorite system and I hold its existence near and dear to my heart.
Beautifully said my dude. Only people lucky enough to have owned one back in the day can truly understand how groundbreaking this console was!
I remember my cousin got code Veronica. We stayed up playing all night for a weekend. I should call him up and say hi.
I loaded my game up the other day. Over 3000 hours clocked on this game back in 2002. Such a great game...
Wow and I thought my 90 hours was a lot. You spent a third of a year JUST playing this game..
Over 3000? For 3 years? I had like 3000-5000 for 4 years in Dota.
phantasy star online....ahhhhh, the countless hours on weekends, to 3AM. in the dark, enjoying the colorful game play, the explosions....I particularly loved the music to the mines.
My all time, favorite game! Still have the original box with game inside standing tall on my desk! Met so many good people in this game. I'm honestly checking constantly, hoping to see some sort of new Phantasy Star for the PS4. I remember before they shut the servers down I logged onto my level 166 and just partied with people in lobbies for hours, spreading the joy and handing out ALL the rare equipment I had saved over the years. Just sitting and chatting with people on the ship was fun enough for me during those last, grim hours of play time. Nothing but absolute love and fantastic memories I get from watching this. Almost shed a tear. SEGA PLEASE!
+Tricky LeBlanc Have you considered trying to play on a private server? BB has a few and I think there may still be one or two left for Gamecube, perhaps even Dreamcast.
Nikolai Petrovsky I've played multiple private servers in the past and currently playing one. Still waiting to hear news on the next Phantasy Star game, huge fan :D
+Tricky LeBlanc Well the new game on Vita isn't region coded, so you should try it out. Just import it from Japan and change the language settings to English. It's what I did. Great game.
Tricky LeBlanc they have one in Japan for PC
PSO2 is in PS4 , try it out m8 , it's not too bad
It feels great having a piece of history like this.
it still exsists as the syrlevant server is a thing, look up how to connect to it since emulators users and real hardware (dreamcast) users join the same server and can play
I find this video so comforting. I love PSO but never got to play it online. The VHS rip and all the old chat is so pure. Amazing foresight to record this!
"Now dialing" That makes me feel old!
Interesting video, this is a historical piece of culture for videogaming. It's sad that game like this after years of gaming they simply vanish and we cannot play anymore... good memories
We can play them, thankfully fans decided to restore this games online with the bbn syrlevant server, it works perfectly as well, and emulator users can play with real hardware users
@@dbrikashabukshan8673 Really glad to hear that after all of these years!
@@eljugadorescaldenc4002 they did this quite a while back, servers still up today. Setup is different depending on if you use real hardware or emulation, so you need to look up how to connect to syrlevant server PSO accordingly.
@@eljugadorescaldenc4002 also if you intent on using a patch that disables dropping weapons when you did and your on syrlevant, play on the altimira ship (the one ship where its allowed)
Thanks to all your comments. It's very cool to see there's people still playing and making this game alive.
I remember racking up some crazy bills playing this on a 56k modem, 1p a minute was expensive!
Today it’s back Online, it’s fast and cheap. Only one problem, hardware isn’t new, so loading screens no one canceled.
@@kirillassasin on what platform?!
Ben Marsh look up DreamPi. you can use original hardware with a raspberry pi
Played this back in the day. Lots of memories. Used to play all the time with a friend named "STAR". If you're out there, I still remember you....
I used to play this on gamecube, it was so much fun.
Watching this was torture. I remember that day, I was on till the very last second. I watched your video in the hopes that I would see myself, did not unfortunately. I remember seeing Miles regularly, not friends just saw him often.
So many good memories...
I'm surprised how smoothly it runs.
Wow! The good old days watching the Dreamcast intro. I'm 14 years old again.
This is amazing, thank you, this bring me back so much, I used to play so much PSO as I was homeschooled, you all became my friends back then!
-MAESTRO
This video is giving me fucking goosebumps, lol. This game will stay with me for the rest of my life, more than any other. It was my first online gaming experience. The music, the self-created emoji, and nothing beats that you actually had to text, as opposed to voice talking. 5:30: I couldn't wait to get home, so that I could play, lol. I swear, this lobby tune stayed with my anytime that I wasn't playing...
And when the holidays would come by, the way that it would show in the lobby...but nothing beats the standard lobby music. So much music to enjoy, but the track that resonates with me the most is, "Mother Earth of Dishonesty [Part 1]. As soon as the track started, I was hooked and couldn't look at another game.
Phantasy Star Online - Both for the Dreamcast and Gamecube.
Skies of Arcadia
Final Fantasy X
Mass Effect 2
+BobaDavis Same here. It's a community that didn't last long but was amazing to be part of. The few of us that got to be part of it and see the beginning of something revolutionary for console gaming will never forget it.
+David Auchampach I can't believe that you didn't even have to pay for internet to play, lol.
+BobaDavis DID'NT have to pay? you STILL dont have to pay, dreamcast is still thinking man, 7 online games, and soon to be 8
+Treyldog Fillms I meant, in the time when online play was yet to be monetized on a console.
BobaDavis
ok, sorry, i just had to point that out, sorry if i was a bit of a smart-ass about it
God that intro and that vhs screen man I don't care I love the old days they will forever be in my heart I love the early 2000s
I was so much in love with this game ! I was 13-14 years old when it was released.
I still have the Dreamcast complete system and kept all my memory cards with the different types of characters on it... I have all the special armors (like the "chuchu rocket" one) and some very cool mags (the little critters flying above your shoulder) and my favorite weapon was the spreed-needles gun.
I was so mad when the servers was gotten down. This game was way ahead of its time with the collab gameplay and should have benefited a real online data service with updates like the majority of the games are now but the technology at the time didn’t allowed this... :(
Spread-needle gun was my favourite too! We should propose sega to bring the game in the metaverse! I'd spend 18 hours a day on it :D
Wow this footage deserves to have a place in a gaming museum at some point, I think. Having been born in the late 90's, I never got a chance to play this during its run, but I'm still getting nostalgic hearing the music and seeing the visuals. This is probably the epitome of multiplayer gaming during the 90's and early 2000's for me - a memento of an era long gone, but fondly remembered.
Can't beat the original
The memories..
The memories
So awesome you recorded this, miss this game. Recently started playing again with a DreamPi on the private slyverant server
That lobby design is incredible, wish I knew about this game earlier.
The music's making me tear. I love this game so much.
Wow I remember skipping school to play this online
Damb you so lucky.......
My insomnia started with this game. Would literally stay up all night playing during school weeks. It was so worth it! 😋
The quality of the video looks so nostalgic.
Can't believe Phantasy Star Online going to be 20 years old soon! Thanks for recording a piece of Dreamcast history, bro
What a great Music on the main menu screen! Also overall BGMs in this game just amazing and inspiring!
It's not that I missed the game. I miss the connection and I miss the time of that era... Life was not so digital.
Archive this video to show future generations
This is so beautiful. I used to love watching my older brother play this game on our original Xbox back at our old house, which was at least somewhere between 2002 and 2003. Miss that guy, and miss this game even more. I hope somewhere he's enjoying this game still ♥
the wiiu/3ds servers went down last week. i was there watching everyone play their last matches and let me tell you, when the official servers for online games go down for good, it truly feels like the end times for these worlds. everyone comes together and celebrates what they had taken for granted before the end. i never played PSO sadly, my father never let me have a dreamcast. i bought my own long after these servers disappeared. i wish i played this game during its prime, because this game is truly gorgeous and atmospheric as hell.
You can play within 10-15 minutes if you want, no matter on PC or on the Dreamcast or Gamecube.
1. The PC Version (PSO Blue Burst) is exactly the same, first time i played back in 2005 i was skeptic, but its the same fantastic game, only better. It not only has the complete EP1 and EP2 (with all its weapons, enemies, items ect) , but also a totally new Episode, which is the Episode 4, and which means new Levels, Enemies and also a lot of new weapons and items which were not in EP1 and EP2.
You can also play with Controller and even have more shortcuts as in the console Versions, up to 9 shortcuts instead of 3, which is so much better and much more comfortable. And you can even attach the 9 extra keyboard shortcuts on the controller with a programm.
Also, you dont have to play in fornt of your PC Monitor if oyu dont want to, because if you connect your PC or Laptop with a big flatscreen like i did its not only like in the old days without losing its charme, its even better, and still feels as if you play on console because you play with a controller on the TV!
For the PC Version (PSO Blue Burst) you just have to download the game from schthack (google schthack website), download maybe takes like 10 minutes, while downloading do register a new account. Then install it and thats it, just plug in a controller, no matter if any PC controller, PS3 or Xbox 360 controller, and the fun begins!
2. The DC Version is prolly a lil bit more complicated, but depends on if you have a modem or a broadband adapter, but both still work. With a BBA adapter its prolly osmething like 10 minutes until you can start to play.
You can either play also on Schthack server, or the DC only server named Sylverant. On Schthack you can even play together with PC players, but not with the Blue Burst players, but the PSO EP2 PC Version players (which was released before PSO BB).
At the sylverant website you can even download a file which makes everything for you. You download the file, burn it on CD, put in your DC and thats it, it connects automatically with the server and all, and then it says "put the pso game in", you do that, and then you can play!
3. The NGC version isnt hard to setup at all, but it would be better if you have an Broadband Adapter. I think the biggest PSO Gamecube community is also on Schthack, allthough not near as much people as Blue Burst, which has by far the most players.
But i will tell you, once you installed and played Blue Burst you dont want and need to think about the NGC and DC versions anymore, because its exactly the same Gameplay wise and all, but only better with much much more content, as i said you can play with controller and even on a big fat screen if you connect your PC or laptop with the TV.
What you waiting for? Go and play PSO Blue Burst!!!
I remember playing this in 2002 and just being so impressed with everything.
all this on a 200mhz Cpu, 100mhz Gpu, 26MB of total ram, and a 56kb/s modem. So good. :)
It was actually 16 MB of ram.
@@temmmmmmmp SH-4 Maxed out at 24 MBs of RAM. But used 16.
There was nothing else even close to what PSO was doing at the time. Loved this game so much back then thanks for capturing the moment
Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to America in 2020, lets make more memories.
It will be cool. It doesnt look as fun though. But its phantasy star so i wanna check it out.
I would pay full game price for direct port of this with online functions.
I'm beyond stoked for PSO2! It is just as fun if not more so!
I’m buying Xbox just to play this until it comes to switch it ps5 hell I hope we get a vita port lol.
Verkins it’s gonna be new but somehow nostalgic.
The music of this game is so amazing! Makes me feel some weird nostalgia...
this hit me right in the nostalgia. what a great time this was.
I first played pso episodes one and 2 on the gamecube. The music was way ahead of its time I never got to play online😢but I still had alot of fun playing with my brother we made alot of memories together playing it😊
Even the intro gives me goosebumps. I recall buying PSO for Gamecube at Walmart along with the dialup modem in 2002 or so. It was arguably the best gaming purchase I ever made. This was also the first MMO I ever played. The music, gameplay, just something about all of it was so perfect that transported you to a different world more than even most modern games can. I was sad to find out they had taken the servers offline. The in game economy was ruined thanks to item duping. So many people in the lobby gave me free rare weps! lol Good times!
The quality and atmosphere of PSO Ep1&2 and Blue Burst, will never be archieved again, by the phantasy star series... its just... so special, it moves my soul like no other game can...
this is a piece of history. dreamcast was so amazing for its time, i can still play for hours today
The day we had to re-live this same experience with the Xbox version was a dark day.... with not many people on...
Started the PSO journey back in 2001, until the very last moment when Blue Burst went offline in March 2008... was a 14yo brat who spent his nights hanging out in the lobbies with friends, slaughtering Boomas and having fun. 18 years later and here I am. such carefree times, i miss that
I remember spending hours playing this with my brother, he used to play with the big robot.
The music, desing, characters, enemy units were fantastic.
The final boss used to give me nightmares.
I'm getting all emotional here and I've never even played the game, looks great though!
i was doing lots of drugs in 2001 hah, and watching my friends play this, it looked so fucking boring but i remember the songs, i liked the songs hah :)
You better be kidding
The Bates Buster Well, +Mike More *did* say he was doing drugs back then. I could be playing this RIGHT NOW, buuuuuuut I just HAD to get ripped off over a $65 copy of Episode 1&2 Plus. DAMMIT AMAZON!
The title screen, takes me back to my carefree days of high school. Probably the game I miss playing the most. :'(
This made me pretty sad, I remember a few of us spending hrs on this game and really enjoying spending time going on quests etc.
Oh man, this gives me the chills! It's so many years later and I'll still never forget that day. Thank you for saving this. I need to go dig up my DC now.
I could sit in the lobby all day and play socce talk to random people man the golden years of online gamingZ
U were very fortunate to be able to play online it looked really being able to talk with other people. I'm glad u got to do it one last time😊
Haven't played this game in 12 years. Watching this video, the nostalgia is almost overwhelming.
Why SEGA, why did you take down the servers?!
I remember my favourite Hucast and all my friends. Some from USA, some from europe and australia. Miss those times.
Servers cost a lot...
Colonel Snikii not that kinda old server
I agree
Phantasy star online lives on in its sequel
Go google for the PSO blu burst you can still play it. I'm playing it right now. Good game
Jesus I loved everything about this game. I miss my dreamcast, I wish I could go back in time re live those years....
Some of the kids in this video probably have kids nowadays.
dude, this is the original jam. what an amazing game. well beyond its years
r.i.p bro i miss to play this game on sega, Good job sega, good job making this online...
Man i had so many fond memories playing this game on the OG xbox . Id play for days on end to collect every weapon on every character. Then figured out how to dupe luck and weapons for trades of weapons i didnt have yet. Such a awesome game
Pikku is like 34 now
honestly I would love to meet these people lol wonder if they even play online games now
@nicoloco9974 word
Dong Wienee good guess but i'm 33
Watching this video makes me feel very angry
@@user-sukableh why man
I think this is one of my favorite videos on the internet
2 hours worth of old low-fi footage of a game i LOVE, that also doubles as a historical look back on how PSO used to be!
luv this vid
Ahh, don't you love tuning in to 20 year old drama?
I had fond memories of PSO on the Dreamcast. It was revolutionary at that time, and to introduce it to a console and made it fun was great. It was short with the levels, but the amount of people you interact, it was a true online game. AND ON DIALUP!
I know this is a really old video (in more ways than one), but I just stumbled across it. This game brings back so many memories for me. Two years of my life in high school were spent playing this game, well over a thousand hours, the timer was maxed out. I hooked up with so many girls in real life after meeting them in this game haha. Also met my best friend to this day, we're in our mid-30's now and still talk all the time, I was in his wedding a couple years ago.
Also, there was kindof an early hacking/modding community, that I was somewhat a part of, using GameShark hex codes to be able to add colors and the ability to swear in the chat, and also to FSOD people's screens in a defensive manner because there were these clans that would basically invade open games almost Dark Souls style and try to screw with you. There was this whole underground thing happening, that most people never saw. So many memories man
Wow! I never met anyone in real life!.. That's a great story! ...reading your messge makes me think what just happened a time when the screen got completely black and once I restart the dreamcast my character was disappeared. Never know what happened, but I started a new one right away.
Jesus christ this era of gaming was so amazing I wish I could have been there to enjoy it like some of the real ogs
wow omg that guy was going out with a 14 year old *gasp*
*wanna cyber?*
@@1111111dilly1111111 lmfao
God DAMN IT the feels from just seeing the Sega logo after the startup
More intense and immersive than Pso2 and Pso2 ngs. Correct me. If I'm wrong. This is my favourite game of all time.
And the forest soundtrack ❤️
The nostalgia is strong in this one! Just reminds me of those simpler times. Always was a huge DC guy and still am - will never forget those summer times of 2001-2002 playing this gem with my homies. We were fascinated by everything! Damn this music hits right in the feels. Lost in a childhood dream…
Oh man this looks really cool I missed out big time
You can still play Blue Burst, the re-release of PSO for PC. :D
the VHS quality just makes me more sad... i miss this time...
the good ol days of early online gaming... what an adventure
Damn I think about PSO all the time. I made a lot of friends on there, but my internet was abruptly cut off because the bill was high and my grandmother wasn't happy lol. Didn't even get to say goodbye to anyone. Sometimes wonder what they're all up to these days, it was over 20 years ago.
I was looking for the final moment of defiance on the PS3 and Saw this video and your comment and i think i just feel the same way and it gives a bizarre vibe to think not having been there and to not to hear anytying úntil now,i got a pretty close friend but then he stopped.logging in and thats a thing i miss from defiance
There's something very special about seeing the last moments of an MMO, I don't know how to explain it, but it's sad and beautiful at the same time to see all the people come together, together, sharing memories in the last moments of that game.
This is so nostalgic for me I’ve never even played Dreamcast and was born in 2003 but the visuals… the music.. everything about it is so beautiful. That era from 1999-2009 was amazing
I've played Phantasy Star Universe on Xbox 360, one of my favorite games ever. I can't even imagine playing this game online in 2000. This looks so far ahead of it's time, absolutely amazing.
A true classic right here. Can't believe I played this all day with 56k!!
Thank you so much for this nostalgic experience! *memories* 😔
This game needs a remake.
Some serious nostalgia here. My brother would play this and I always thought it was beautiful. The sounds and effects are still pretty cool.
wow this was so ahead of its time! I MISS SEGA
That intro takes me back😢😢
There will never be another console like the dreamcast. being powered by windows made it awsome.
Too bad, PS2 totally left Dreamcast in the dirt :)
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fuck the ps2 right off, not a patch on the old dreamcast, it was half the size
Super Brotendo Why are you being so negative?
This takes me back to HS, I was a sophomore when this came out, I never got into this game but I was Team Dreamcast going up against the mighty PS2, watching this game play got me a little emotional inside, took me back to good days when gaming will take me away from reality. I was sad when sega announced they were discontinued the dreamcast. 1999 - 2001 Great years.
This is one of the game I genuinely miss, I remember waiting til 12pm on a friday night when the internet costs dropped to 1p a minute. then jumping to the JP server to dup items :)
This set the basis for share world games like Destiny, GTA online and games that people enjoy now, wow what a game! The dreamcast was so ahead of its time. Unbelievable 🤩❤️
I remember it came with an access and I was really mad because I couldn’t find the codes and they were on the box 😂
@@andresvelezreyes2072 lol