Video Gaming News - November 2002
Calabasas, CA (November 26, 2002) - THQ today shipped Phantasy Star
Collection and Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms for GameBoy Advance.
Phantasy Star Collection, a compilation of the first three Phantasy Star games
released by SEGA, and Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms, are available now
at major retail outlets nationwide.
“THQ continues to draw from SEGA’s well of popular arcade and console titles
for entertaining and engaging Game Boy Advance games,” said Alison Locke,
executive vice president, North American publishing, THQ. “Our multi-title
publishing agreement with SEGA allows us to bring these hit franchises to the
Game Boy Advance platform where they can be enjoyed by a new generation of video
game fans.”
“SEGA’s massive library of classic content is unmatched in the video game
industry,” said Charles Bellfield, vice president of strategic planning and
corporate affairs, SEGA of America, Inc. “Working with THQ, SEGA is bringing
back two of its best known classics to the handheld gaming platform with
Phantasy Star Collection and Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms.”
From THQ:
About Phantasy Star Collection
A compilation pack of the first three Phantasy Star products, Collection
delivers 50+ hours of classic Sci-Fi RPG gaming in just one game pack. This RPG
series revolutionized the genre with immersive 3-D dungeons, huge environments
to explore and hours of gameplay.
Features:
Phantasy Star- King Lassic has inflicted his evil reign on the galaxy and only
Alis Landale can stop his tyranny. With a party of three, Alis will travel the
vast Algo Solar System, doing battle against Lassic’s minions with a myriad of
weapons, magical spells, and armor.
Phantasy Star II- An unknown evil is overtaking planet Mota and Rolf must unlock
the mystery behind this dark force to restore peace. He will have to journey to
a distant planet and battle monsters to save the world or all will be lost.
Phantasy Star III- The adventure continues as the Dark Forces still remain. This
adventure is so vast it spawns three generations, trekking through seven distant
lands to reach one of four surprise endings.
About Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms
Zeus, creator and ruler of the Guardians of the Gates, raises Antonius to go
forth and defeat a new, unknown evil that has destroyed the Guardians and
ravaged the universe. To do so, he must collect the Keys and Essence of each
land, transforming him into 13 distinctive beasts with unnatural powers and
special abilities. ALTERED BEAST features 16 action-packed worlds inspired by
Greek mythology, magical weapons and a two multi-player modes: 2-player Co-op
Story Mode and 4-player battle arenas.
For more information about THQ’s holiday lineup please visit
www.thq.com.
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