Designing For | Phantasy Star IV's Air Castle -- Designing For Payoff @DesigningFor | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the Air Castle from Phantasy Star IV, a level which goes back to the series's roots while concluding an arc it's built up across four games.
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Game Footage: Connor Binder/Light Bear/MacBlank
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Dragon Quest III, which hides a secret in its overworld that makes it even more familiar than you may realize: youtube.com/watch?v=27zBb_Bv0-U
Or our episode on Chrono Trigger's most memorable dungeon, Magus's Castle, which illustrates the best the game's mechanics and atmosphere have to offer: youtube.com/watch?v=Zvee56_cqOM
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The Phantasy Star series, including Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star: Generation 1, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom, and Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sega Heroes, are © Sega Games Co., Ltd.
The Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and the Dragon Quest series are © Square-Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
The Fire Emblem series, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and Super Mario Galaxy are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Fire Emblem series by Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and Eternal Darkness by Silicon Knights.
Metal Gear Solid IV is © Konami Holdings Corporation. Game by Kojima Productions.
The characters "Pikachu" and "Pichu" are © The Pokémon Company.
MineCraft is © Microsoft Corporation and Mojang AB.
The character "Zeratul" is © Activision-Blizzard, Inc.
The character "Ra's al Ghul" is © DC Comics, Inc.
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Footage/Images Used:
"Sega Genesis Vs Sega Master System - Sonic the Hedgehog": youtube.com/watch?v=QYpoRrXztf0
Phantasy Star IV maps: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/563334-phantasy-star-iv/faqs
Phantasy Star interview: dualshockers.com/switch-dreamcast-sega-ages-phantasy-star-rieko-kodama-naoki-horii-kagasei-shimomura-interview
"We Can Play It! - Alis (Phantasy Star)": crisgadelha.artstation.com/projects/3Ogkv
"Phantasy Star": deviantart.com/jubily/art/Phantasy-Star-814640813
"Phantasy Star Series": zerochan.net/1398364
"Lassic Enma: I Will Not Die": pscave.com/fanart/ps/fagin
"Final Fantasy Tribute": deviantart.com/perisillustration/art/Final-Fantasy-Tribute-330618067
"Eternal Darkness Xel'lotath": deviantart.com/onikafei/art/Eternal-Darkness-Xel-lotath-371113221
"MineCraft: The Air Castle" deviantart.com/razgrizinferno/art/MineCraft-The-Air-Castle-208921581
Dragon Quest Zenithian Trilogy: warosu.org/vr/thread/4354643
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the Air Castle from Phantasy Star IV, a level which goes back to the series's roots while concluding an arc it's built up across four games.
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Game Footage: Connor Binder/Light Bear/MacBlank
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Dragon Quest III, which hides a secret in its overworld that makes it even more familiar than you may realize: youtube.com/watch?v=27zBb_Bv0-U
Or our episode on Chrono Trigger's most memorable dungeon, Magus's Castle, which illustrates the best the game's mechanics and atmosphere have to offer: youtube.com/watch?v=Zvee56_cqOM
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The Phantasy Star series, including Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star: Generation 1, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom, and Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sega Heroes, are © Sega Games Co., Ltd.
The Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and the Dragon Quest series are © Square-Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
The Fire Emblem series, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and Super Mario Galaxy are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Fire Emblem series by Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and Eternal Darkness by Silicon Knights.
Metal Gear Solid IV is © Konami Holdings Corporation. Game by Kojima Productions.
The characters "Pikachu" and "Pichu" are © The Pokémon Company.
MineCraft is © Microsoft Corporation and Mojang AB.
The character "Zeratul" is © Activision-Blizzard, Inc.
The character "Ra's al Ghul" is © DC Comics, Inc.
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Footage/Images Used:
"Sega Genesis Vs Sega Master System - Sonic the Hedgehog": youtube.com/watch?v=QYpoRrXztf0
Phantasy Star IV maps: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/563334-phantasy-star-iv/faqs
Phantasy Star interview: dualshockers.com/switch-dreamcast-sega-ages-phantasy-star-rieko-kodama-naoki-horii-kagasei-shimomura-interview
"We Can Play It! - Alis (Phantasy Star)": crisgadelha.artstation.com/projects/3Ogkv
"Phantasy Star": deviantart.com/jubily/art/Phantasy-Star-814640813
"Phantasy Star Series": zerochan.net/1398364
"Lassic Enma: I Will Not Die": pscave.com/fanart/ps/fagin
"Final Fantasy Tribute": deviantart.com/perisillustration/art/Final-Fantasy-Tribute-330618067
"Eternal Darkness Xel'lotath": deviantart.com/onikafei/art/Eternal-Darkness-Xel-lotath-371113221
"MineCraft: The Air Castle" deviantart.com/razgrizinferno/art/MineCraft-The-Air-Castle-208921581
Dragon Quest Zenithian Trilogy: warosu.org/vr/thread/4354643
