Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

This page details one or more prototype versions of Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.

Four localization prototypes from 1994 were released as part of drx's massive February 23, 2008 prototype dump:

• The [http://hiddenpalace.org/Phantasy_Star_IV_(May_30,_1994_prototype) May 30th prototype] is the earliest, produced five months after the Japanese version was released. This build was showcased at Sega Gamer's Day 1994 on June 2. The translation is rough at points, with questionable grammar and misused punctuation, but it's closer to the Japanese script than the final one.
• The [http://hiddenpalace.org/Phantasy_Star_IV_(Jun_8,_1994_prototype) June 8th prototype] only has one change from the May prototype: The string "Gamers-Day_MK" is XORed in the interrupt table at 0x0000E0.
• The [http://hiddenpalace.org/Phantasy_Star_IV_(Aug_15,_1994_prototype) August 15th prototype] is an intermediate version, fixing most of the mistakes in the May 30 version and rewriting most lines to their final game equivalents. There are a number of areas, though, that an editor hasn't gone through, and where the May 30 script is still used.
• The [http://hiddenpalace.org/Phantasy_Star_IV_(Oct_27,_1994_prototype) October 27th prototype], with the exception of a scant few lines and a few entries in the shops' item name table, is identical to the final version.

KEY FOR TEXT COMPARISONS

• Underlined words were changed or rearranged between scripts.
• Italicized words are names that were changed between versions. The final names will be used for comparison's sake.

Table of Contents#

Entries in italics will lead to the "Other Areas" sub-page.

Names	Items	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3
Part 4	Part 5	Part 6
	Part 7
MOTAVIA
Piata	Mile	Zema
Krup	Tonoe
Nalya	Aiedo	Kadary
Monsen	Termi	Torinco
DEZOLIS
Ryuon	Tyler
Zosa	Meese
Jut	Other Areas

Gameplay Differences#

There are a couple non-textual differences in these prototypes.

• As detailed on the main page, the Acacia (in the Sacred Sword Cave) and ShadMirage (in The Edge) enemies were removed from the final English release. They're still present in the May and June prototypes; the August 15 build is the first one to remove those enemies.
• A collection of dialogue pointer bugs make the game impossible to complete in the August 15 prototype. All of these occur on Rykros:

:* Talking to De-Vars brings up Sa-Lews' dialogue.

:* Talking to Sa-Lews brings up the illusion Alys' dialogue.

:* Talking to the fake Alys will start printing the Daughter AI's intro dialogue, mid-conversation.