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    New pictures of Episode 2 

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    Castelak
    Published on Aug 30, 2002 11:07 PM
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    RavenTW writes, "It's hard to say whether these came from Sonic Team directly, or if EB stole them from Gamespot. Either way, Gamespot.com has brought out 25 new pictures of Episode 2! Click here to view

    Also, these pics are in English. With that, the names of three of the monsters in Ep. 2 have been named! Marillia, the plant-like things which seem to be booma clones, Gee, the enourmas Mothmant wannabe, and Ul Gibbon, a strange Savage wolf/Sinow hybrid. Also, we now get to face off against a Gal Gryphon instead of a Gar Griffon.

    I hoped this keeps your PSO interest burning!"

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    Dreamcast BBA to be re-issued 

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    Castelak
    Published on Aug 30, 2002 11:02 PM
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    Anonymous writes, "Taken from slashdot

    Dust off the old Dreamcast. If you're one of the many like myself who still enjoy their Dreamcast or are aspiring DC hackers, then you may want to pay attention to a quiet announcement by CSI, the Japanese manufacturer of the Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (flaky, but understandable translation provided by the fish). If you have no idea what the BBA is, read the official page here. If CSI gets 1000 pre-orders for the unit, they will be willing to make another production run. Keep in mind that these units are very useful for the Dreamcast Linux efforts and NetBSD/Dreamcast,. For the record, Japanese units work on US systems."

    For the remaining players of the DC PSO that are desperate for a BBA, maybe you can signup though this.

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    GameCube Gameshark to release on 9/02/02 

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    Castelak
    Published on Aug 27, 2002 08:09 AM
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    Kaervek writes, "For those of you who read the General Topic post about a week ago or so about the GCN GameShark that turned out to be a GBA GS; here's the real deal Holyfield (yes, I was upset too). Check it out at GameStop.com. For a measely 50 bucks, PSO gamers with a wee bit too much time on their hands will soon after the release of GCN PSO, be able to annoy you once again. Sorry to bring you this info, but it's "news" afterall."

    Note: PSOW does not promote cheating in any way. We feel it's appropriate to inform you of any PSO news, even if it's negative.

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    Update on PSO Ep 1 & 2 

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    watashiwa
    Published on Aug 24, 2002 01:31 AM
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    Rubesahl writes, "Reports Mamak International, "Sonic Team announced the official release date of the Broadband Adapter for the Nintendo Gamecube. On the third of October, Dreamcast direct will start selling these high speed babies at a retail price of 3.800 Yen (31,70 USD). Don't get your hopes up though, the importers amongst us will probably pay a lot more.

    Sonic Team also stated that the first 30 days of online play with the Gamecube version of PSO will be free. So if you own the game and log online for the first time between the release and the 31st of March 2003, you will get 30 days of online play for free!! "

    "Famitsu updates

    The guild card capacity has been increased from 110 to 210. Players can now store more player guild cards.

    Guild card memo capability, players can write a short memo on any particular guild card to remind them who the player is.

    Auto Response function for in-game messaging / mail added.

    Androids trap can now be placed in the shortcut menu for quicker access

    Any item that has been traded online can also be traded in Multiplayer mode.

    Selectable fonts for viewing and chatting in game.

    An info window now appears on the right of the screen when a player selects an armor or weapon via the shortcut window. "

    Hopefully these new stuff will boost the game's popularity a lot ^__^    "

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    PSO Illustrations Contest 

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    Castelak
    Published on Aug 21, 2002 11:12 AM
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    beatneko writes, "In order to commemorate the release of GCN PSO, Isao.net (subsidiary of SOJ) held a Illustrations Contest.

    Participants were asked to produce original illustrations based on PSO. Illustrations shall reproduce monsters, characters, battles or anything came in mind! ^_^ Illustration submission ended on August 18th, but the winners will be determined by a Web poll. This poll will take place from August 26th till September 16th.

    The determined winner will receive a copy of GCN PSO signed by Yuji Naka.
    Second prize is a set of PSO Battle Cards signed by Yuji Naka and a WebMoney card. Partecipants will randomly selected to receive a QUO Card (don't ask me what is it... I don't know ^_^ ).

    Just check out this page to find out more, click here! (Japanese)    "

    Note: The list of pictures can be found here. Durn they're good!

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    New NPCs and Monsters 

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    Castelak
    Published on Aug 11, 2002 09:46 AM
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    Darrin writes, "Information concerning new enemies and NPCs is now avaliable! Click read more for details. Spoilers within! EDIT: Credit goes to Mamak-int for the information. As a reminder, always list where you found your information and give credit where it's due! Thank you."

    Introduction of New Enemies
    Gold Dragon (VR Sacred Sanctuary boss)
    Melikarol (Jungle area mid boss)
    Giburus (Highlands area mid boss)
    Sinow Pigel (Central Factory monster)

    New NPC
    Pioneer 2's new lab operator & navigator, Elly Bason (Episode 2). After the hunter guild received the mission order from the government of Pioneer 2, she has been sent to the Lab to aid in the investigation. Mainly dealing with communications, file security and other sorts of data calculation, she also gives useful advise and hints to new E2 players!

    Players of the Original DC version will remember Elly Bason (FOnewearl) giving you a mission to track down a survivor from Pioneer 1 in the depths of the mines area. She returns in Episode 2 to fulfill a much more important role as well as give further hints of what has happened to the A.I, CALs. Episode 1 & 2 is shaping out to be a full time drama.

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    PSO E1 & E2 Soundtrack for sale this September 19th 

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    Castelak
    Published on Jul 29, 2002 11:54 PM
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    Darrin writes, "The official sound track will be on sale this September 19th. Fans can probably get it from their import gaming store or anime import store.

    CD Info-Phantasy Star Online Song of Ragol Odessy ~ Soundtrack - Episode 1 & 2 SCDC - 00215 "

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    Sega to close PSO ships in Japan and America 

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    Castelak
    Published on Jul 29, 2002 11:53 PM
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    NiGHTS writes, "With the release of PSO on the Cube, Sega is closing some of the PSO ships for DC users.

    The ships affected are:

    Japan
    09:JP/Lysithea America
    15:US/Puck
    16:US/Cordelia
    17:US/Ophelia
    18:US/Titania

    The above ships will be closed on the 19th of August of this year. Thanks goes to Segalife for the news."

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    Information on Scenic Lobbies 

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    Castelak
    Published on Jul 28, 2002 04:46 PM
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    Darrin writes, "Information regarding the looks of the new lobbies is now known. Click "Read More" for details.

    EDIT: NiGHTS has provided a screenshot of the fourth lobby. Click here to view!"

    Ship: Gamecube: 01-01 Jungle setting on the exterior, wooden furnishing on the interior

    Ship: Gamecube: 01-03 Objects such as chairs loiter the area, pictures of Ramar & Fomar sitting around. Sort of like a bar

    Ship: Gamecube: 01-04 A water fountain is present in this particular lobby

    Ship: Gamecube:01-07 multiple numerical numbers are present all over this lobby. The matrix..?

    Ship:Gamecube:01-08 A rainbow is persent in this particular lobby

    Ship:Gamecube:01-10 On the exterior, snow is falling. On the interior, winter type furnishing is present.

    On a side note... two new bosses are now revealed! Don't scroll down if you would like to keep it a suprise!

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    New Boss: Balbarei

    The boss for Sacred Sanctuary. It is also confirmed that there are bosses present for both Sacred Sanctuary and VR spaceship. According to the magazine, Balbarei is actually the smaller version of its bigger brother "Big Rei", which is the boss for VR Spaceship.

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    What is known for about Final version GC PSO. 

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    Castelak
    Published on Jul 28, 2002 04:41 PM
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    Darrin writes, "A bit of a summary of some of the known new features of GC PSO has been compliled by Mamak, you can view the complete list by clicking "Read More"."

    Lobbies are approximately 1.5 times bigger than their DC counterparts

    In the Dreamcast version of PSO, only the city is decorated when an event occurs, in the GC version, even the lobbies are decorated as well.

    GC version will have more events and quest.

    You can alternate lobby action for male or female characters by using the shift-key on the GC keyboard.

    There are chairs in the lobby now, players can now use the sit action

    Players with the keybord can use the 'I' or 'U' key to activate the action command, whereas players without a keyboard need to use the key X+B on their controllers

    Players will not be allowed to feed their MAGs while in the lobby (just like the DC version).

    Added features Users can write a small memo on the guild card they received (probably to remind them who that particular user is)

    Players can use the check room in multiplayer mode, thus allowing the possibility of "muling".

    More MAG colors and selectable MAG colors in costume select mode.

    Each class will now have different material usage limits.

    Each character class will now more unique merits and disadvantages to better differentiate their classes.

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