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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by ClassyJacket on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:31AM (#37247200)
>phantasy

You really did learn English from videogames! :P

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_Online

Never played it but I heard it was pretty rad.

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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by PaulHoule on Thursday August 24, 2023 @09:58AM (#37248855)
I think the original Phantasy Star was better, I played this port

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_Collection

In the Western tradition fantasy and sci-fi elements are kept strictly apart most of the time, but the game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_(series)

broke that rule, I think the creator wanted to fit every idea he could into the first game. Ultima was vastly influential on western CRPG's but I think it was even more influential on JRPG's like Phantasy Star (which has that genre mixing), Dragon Quest, etc.

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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by anthk on Thursday August 24, 2023 @04:33PM (#37254189)
Dragon Ball merged scifi and fantasy lores since 1984. Also, Saint Seiya.

And Star Wars, where DB owes a lot.

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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by LanceH on Thursday August 24, 2023 @10:59AM (#37249569)
Wasn't there a 'phantasy' on bsd. A LOTR inspired text RPG.
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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by smokel on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:35AM (#37250063)
Haha, no the use of "ph" was intentional in trying to allude to the psychoanalytical concept.

I did happen to play Final Fantasy and Phantasmagoria, though :)

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Re:The Antagonists: The rise and fall of type-in text games by qingcharles on Monday August 28, 2023 @03:51PM (#37299575)
Loved that game. You heard right.
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