r/phantasystar

I stumbled onto something I just can't unsee. When I was a kid playing this on the Master System, I used to think the Fishman was one of the coolest, most menacing things in the game. Our 8-bit imaginations were really doing some serious heavy lifting back then.

​Looking at it today... all I see is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle that had a horrible accident at the Technodrome.

​Seriously, look at the stance and that green turtle-skin tone. It’s like Leonardo tried to mutate with a swamp monster, but the machine glitched and gave him a bright pink pool noodle for a tongue. Once you notice that giant piece of neon bubblegum permanently hanging out of his mouth, any shred of 1987 intimidation factor just completely evaporates.

​Am I crazy, or does this guy belong straight in the Baxter Stockman reject pile?

Recently picked this up. Had to make some repairs to the map. I think it turned out out pretty good seeing as how it was in two and had some other tears in it.

Also love the climatrol is labeled crimetorol on the map.

This is part of playing through the series. Grew up playing 1 and 3. I am almost done with a fresh play through of 1 on original hardware. And this is next.

I worked on this a bunch last year but stopped due to some personal tragedies. It's about 30% complete and a DEMO is now available. If there's enough interest, I'll strongly consider dusting it off to wrap it up. Keep in mind it's just me working on it but it's been a lot of fun work developing it. I haven't found many folks who've attempted a fan remake of this. Hope you enjoy!

https://phantasy-origin.itch.io/end-of-restoration

Windows and Mac versions of DEMO available.

EDIT: Well…after just about 16 hrs, it seems abundantly clear that the interest is there. So I’ll get back to work on it! I’m not really used to being a conversation starter but I’m so encouraged and excited to be back at it again! Thanks everyone! 😎