Pantheon of the Blood God: Phantasy Star

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

To honor the legacy of Rieko Kodama, who passed earlier this year, we are releasing this episode for free to all listeners. For the August 2021 edition of Pantheon of the Blood God, Kat and Nadia are joined by Shane Bettenhausen for an exploration of one of Sega's seminal RPGs -- Phantasy Star! The trio discuss the rough early days of the Sega Master System, how the team with Sega greats Rieko Kodama and Yuji Naka came together, and how it differed from other RPGs in the 1980s. They also delve into its five best moments, from the lavish opening to the battle with Dark Falz. Then the verdict: Is Phantasy Star worthy of inclusion in the Pantheon of the Blood God? Listen and find out! As always, a sincere thanks to our $10 and above Patrons for your support! Every month we pick a new RPG for the Pantheon, which is voted on by the community. Join the Discord and jump into our Monthly Game Club conversation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, blood god listeners. This is Cap Maylee. Last year, we recorded an exploration of fantasy star for
0:06.4	Pantheon of the Blood God as an exclusive for our patrons. During the episode, we talked quite a bit
0:12.7	about the legacy of RICO Kadama, who served as one of the principal developers on this RPG.
0:19.6	With the recent news that Kadama has passed, we are
0:23.0	releasing this episode for free to all of our listeners to honor her legacy. Okay, on with the show.
0:33.5	Welcome to the Pantheon of the Blood God, a monthly podcast dedicated to exploring the very best RPGs of all time.
0:45.5	I'm your host, Space Feline Kat Bailey, and this month will be delving into Fantasy Star, the game that inaugurated Sega's seminal sci-fi RPG series for this podcast.
0:57.0	Who is joining me today?
0:59.0	Well, I am Nadia Oxford, also known as that body lying on the ground in the very opening of the game.
1:05.0	So, hi, hi, you all doing. I'm dead. Sorry.
1:08.0	And who is our special guest?
1:10.0	This is Shane Ant-Lline, Bettenhausen.
1:12.8	I love Fantasy Star.
1:14.2	It's one of my favorite games of all time.
1:16.1	So I'm so happy to be returning to your podcast to talk about this game with you.
1:19.8	As always, we'll be exploring Fantasy Stars history, its greatest moments, and its soundtrack,
1:24.4	after which we'll decide whether it deserves to be enshrined in the RPG Pantheon.
1:29.4	We'll get to the episode in a moment, but first, some housekeeping.
1:33.1	Thank you so much for supporting us at the $10 level.
1:36.1	This is our monthly series in which we explore the very best RPGs.
1:41.4	We've done Mass Effect.
1:42.8	We've done Shimigami Tense 3 Nocturn. We have done Terranigma.
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