Phantasy Star II is a Japanese role playing game for the Sega Genesis and the second installment in the Phantasy Star series.

The game received wide critical acclaim for its design, music, graphics and story, and is seen as a landmark title in the genre. It was the largest console game of the time, using an unprecedented 6 mega-bit cartridge.

Its more elaborate plot is set in the Algol solar system from the first game, a millennium later. This time it follows the journey of a young agent of the Motavian government who is assigned a mission to investigate the reason behind the creation of the so called "Biomonsters", man-made creatures that have been wreaking havoc on the planet. Accompanied by the mysterious human-Biomonster hybrid Nei and later joined by many other companions, he'll uncover a shady conspiracy that threatens the very foundation of the Algol system.

The game is noted for having an unexpectedly dark and deep story for its time that doesn't pull its punches. It's especially remarkable for featuring what was possibly the first death of a major main character in the genre, preceding Final Fantasy VII by nearly eight years.

Unlike in the original game, the dungeons in Phantasy Star II are presented in third person. They have been noted for their complexity, being made up of made up of elaborate layouts spanning various floors. Like its predecessor, it uses a turn-based battle system. An innovation is an optional auto-fighting feature that allows party members to take action without having to be issued commands.

This patch aims to fix bugs and oversights found in the original game, and in addition the game script was revised a little by removing typos, using correct spaces between words and punctuation marks, replacing some poorly translated lines with those taken from the Japanese version, using full names for the planets like the other installments of the series, etc. Some windows were enlarged in order to accommodate full words for the entries, like GIVE instead of GIV, or RIGHT instead of RGHT.

The project contains the main patch and an optional one to increase the walking speed. The main one should be applied first, then, if you wish, you can enable fast walking by applying the other.

Phantasy Star II (USA, Europe) (v1.2)
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