Official website: http://sega.jp/ps2/ages32/
Translated: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://sega.jp/ps2/ages32/
The game is gonna be released within the next 48 hours on the 2008-03-27...
Are there still any complete informations about its content?
Here are some infos I grabbed here and there:
Official Trailer: http://dl.free.fr/okceKonZM/phantasystarcomplete_ps2_jp.mov
Do you really think that they'll just port so tiny (in meaning of space) games on DVD disc!?
To be honest, PSG1 and PSG2 weren't even on DVD's. The ISOs were 69mb and ~100mb respectively (I have two copies of each that are legitimate, purchased at the time of release, but I play from a backup copy usually to preserve them) and they came on CD's.
The remakes were made by Ages, one of Sega's development houses. Ages was planning a PSIV remake, but has apparently dropped those plans. Another company, Conspiracy, was supposed to translate them, but lost the rights to it.
To expand on this, "3D Ages" was a joint venture between Sega and D3. Phantasy Star Generation: 1 was their first release and Phantasy Star II and IV were announced originally as being the 8th and 9th games to be released respectively. As time went on, however, PSII and PSIV were seemingly pushed further and further back. Meanwhile, Conspiracy Games optioned the games for North America and Europe, but had PSG1 rejected by SCEA due to its nature as a 2D remake. Conspiracy Games were told that they could resubmit all three games as a collection, which was tentatively named the "Phantasy Star Trilogy" and set on calendars for a TBD release.
Well, PSG2 didn't come out until March of 2005, which was roughly 17 months after PSG1. In that timeframe, Conspiracy Games had filed for bankruptcy and Sega had reclaimed the rights for North American and European release of the Sega Ages games. The result of this was the "Sega Classics Collection," which sold poorly.
In addition, 3D Ages was apparently dissolved around the time of Vol. 16 (Virtua Fighter 2) being released. All games from that point under the Sega Ages label were labeled as "Sega" games, and it would seem that all projects that have originated since that time are ports and not actual remakes.
Shame too, since PSG1 was decent and PSG2 was great IMHO. Oh well..
BTW, long time no see Jeremy ;p
-Corey