Items

This is a sub-page of Proto:Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.

Names#

• All of the helmet items keep the Japanese term "MET" in the May prototype. These were changed to more traditional "HELMS" starting in the August build.
• The weaker head coverings are called "rings" in the Japanese version and "circlets" in the English version. "PSY-RING" somehow made it all the way to the August prototype before being corrected.
• "PLSM-FIELD" is misspelled "PLSM-FILED" in the May and August prototypes.
• As explained in the name changes section, the Land Rover, Ice Digger, and Hydrofoil use their Japanese names in the May prototype.

Name Set 2#

There are actually two different set of item names in the ROM. This set is only used for buying and selling items in shops.

• Every hyphenated item except for the Psycho-Wand is missing their hyphens in the prototype versions.
• All of the item names that were changed after the May prototype remain the same in this table up to the October build.
• There are two item names that predate the May prototype: The "LUCRO RING" (Part of an earlier romanization of Rykros) and the "ALGOL RING" (Which keeps the Japanese name of the Algo solar system.)

Descriptions#

	May Proto	Final Build
LTHR-CROWN	A woman's helmet made of s.w.skin boiled in wax.	A woman's helmet made of sand worm skin.
LTHR-BAND	A forehead patch made of s.w.skin boiled in wax.	A forehead patch made of sand worm skin.
LTHRSHIELD	A shield by stretching s.w.skin over a frame.	A shield made of sand worm skin.
CRBN-SUIT	A carbon-fiber clothing. Found in ancient ruins.	Protective garb made of special carbon fibers.
CRBNSHIELD	A shield by stretching fibers over a frame.	A shield made of carbon fibers on a steel frame.
TITN-SWORD	A sword made of a titan alloy.	A sword made of a titanium alloy.
TITNDAGGER	A dagger made of a titan alloy.	A dagger made of a titanium alloy.
TITNSLASHR	A slicer made of a titan alloy.	A slasher made of a titanium alloy.
TITN-AXE	An axe made of a titan alloy.	An axe made of a titanium alloy.
BROAD-AXE	A large bladed axe made of a titan alloy.	A large axe, made of a titanium alloy.
TITN-MAIL	Armor made of a titan alloy.	Armor made of a titanium alloy.
TITNSHIELD	A shield made of a titan alloy.	A shield made of a titanium alloy.
TITN-HELM	A helmet made of a titan alloy.	A helmet made of a titanium alloy.
TITN-CROWN	A woman's helmet made of a titan alloy.	A woman's helmet made of a titanium alloy.
GRPT-SUIT	A clothing made of special graphite fibers.	Protective garb made of special graphite fibers.

• The mention of sand worm skin being "boiled in wax" was removed in favor of ditching the abbreviated "s.w.skin". This detail is still mentioned in the "LTHR-HELM" description, so it wasn't entirely lost.
• The bit of trivia about the "CRBN-SUIT" being found in ancient ruins was taken out of later English scripts.
• "Titanium" is called "titan" in the May prototype. This is a literal translation of the Japanese term for Titanium, チタン, chitan. All of the descriptions were able to accommodate the longer word except for "BROAD-AXE."

	May & August Protos	Final Build
CLAW	A weapon of hooked claw made of a titan alloy.	A set of hooked claws, made of a titanium alloy
IMPACTER	A gun that shots high compacted bursts of air.	A gun that shoots compact bursts of air.
FLAMESWORD	A sword that has a power of 'FLAELI' magic.	A sword that has the power of FLAELI magic.
THUNDRCLAW	A claw that has a power of 'TANDLE' magic.	A claw that has the power of TANDLE magic.
TORNDDAGGR	A dagger that has a power of 'HEWN' magic.	A dagger that has the power of HEWN magic.
DREAM-ROD	A rod that has a power of 'BINDWA' magic.	A rod that has the power of BINDWA magic.
PHANTAROBE	A robe that creates illusion of the wearer.	A robe that creates an illusion of the wearer.
ESCAPIPE	A magic item that can use 'HINAS' power.	A magic item that can use HINAS power.
PENGU-FEED	Article that can summon the Desolith penguin.	Article that can summon the Dezolis penguin.
PEROLYMATE	Simple cakes that has some nutritional value.	Simple cakes that have some nutritional value.

• The Claw description is properly pluralized in the final game.
• Most items that mention techniques or skills had their descriptions changed. "A power" is now "the power", and the technique or skill is no longer in quotes. The only exception is the Telepipe, which still has the technique "Ryuka" in quotes.
• There's a different romanization for Dezolis in the Pengu-Feed description.