Phantasy Star 1987

Is it still worth playing?

Sega's 1987 role playing game for the Master System, set in the Algol star system, where Alis sets out for revenge after the tyrant King Lassic's forces kill her brother. Exploring has two views. The overworld is top down, while battles and dungeons switch to first person, and the dungeons are long and winding and largely have to be mapped by hand on paper. Alis is joined by three recruits, Odin, Noah and Myau, a catlike creature, and the party shares one inventory. Outside towns monsters attack at random, and the whole party joins each battle, where you can fight or try to talk with enemies. Leveling raises stats and unlocks spells, and the start takes a good amount of grinding. Exploring with pencil and paper beside you still gives each trip a puzzle of its own today.