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CAST (race)
is a series of console role-playing video games and other supplementary media created by Sega. The series debuted in 1987 on the Master System with ''Phantasy Star'', and continues into the present with ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' and other extensions of the '' Phantasy Star Online'' sub-series. Each of the games in the series features a science fantasy setting featuring a cross-genre combination of magic and technology. The first four games in the series are set in or related to the fictional planetary system of Algol, and are single-player turn-based role-playing games. Later games in the series are chiefly action role-playing games, and some contain massively multiplayer online game elements. There are currently four distinct ''Phantasy Star'' subseries, each set in their own universe. Cameos or nods to other subseries may appear, and there are concepts and terminology shared across them, similarly to ''Suikoden'', '' Breath of Fire'', ''Dragon Quest'', and ''Final Fantasy' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuji Naka
, credited in some games as YU2, is a Japanese video game designer and programmer. He is the co-creator of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and was the president of Sonic Team at Sega until his departure in 2006. Naka joined Sega in 1984 and worked on games including ''Girl's Garden'' (1985) and ''Phantasy Star II'' (1989). He was the lead programmer of the original ''Sonic'' games on the Mega Drive in the early 1990s, which greatly increased Sega's market share. After developing ''Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991) in Japan, Naka moved to California to develop ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (1992), ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' (1994) and ''Sonic & Knuckles'' (1994) with Sega Technical Institute. Naka returned to Japan to lead development on Sonic Team games including ''Nights into Dreams'' (1996), ''Burning Rangers'' (1998), ''Sonic Adventure'' (1998) and ''Phantasy Star Online'' (2000). After Sega left the console market in 2001, Naka remained as an execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
