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Phantasy Star Online Game Guide
The first chapter in our in-depth guide to Phantasy Star Online has been unearthed. Are you up to the challenge?
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Phantasy Star Online Passwords
Extra Costume Colors
To get extra costume colors while creating your character, enter the following names for your class. Hit (B) to go back after entering the name and you will be able to select 2 extra costume colors!
| Password | Effect |
|---|---|
| SOUDEGMKSG | RAmar Costume Colors |
| RUUHANGBRT | HUcast Costume Colors |
| MOUEOSRHUN | HUnewearl Costume Colors |
| MEIAUGHSYN | RAcat Costume Colors |
| NUDNAFJOOH | RAcaseal Costume Colors |
| DNEAOHUHEK | FOmarl Costume Colors |
| ASUEBHEBUI | FOnewm Costume Colors |
| KSKAUDONSU | HUmar Costume Colors |
| XSYGSSHEOH | FOnewearl Costume Colors |
Get all secret costumes
When at the Create a Character screen, enter in this cheat to get 3 secret costumes for each character.
| Password | Effect |
|---|---|
| SHUGRADJYT | Gives you 3 costumes for each of the 12 characters |
Phantasy Star Online Unlockables
Hard Mode / Very Hard Mode
Beat the offline version of the game to access ''Hard'' mode. Beat ''Hard'' mode to get ''Very Hard'' mode. You get more experience and better items in these modes.
Phantasy Star Online Easter Eggs
Hidden Artwork
Insert the Phantasy Star Online GD-ROM into any PC CD-ROM drive. Inside the folder ''extras'' there is wallpaper art from Sonic Team in two resolutions. This does not work on Mac CD/DVD-ROM drives, for some reason.
Load Screen Trick
When the screen is loading move the D-Pad or the Analog Stick around and you will be moving a little beam of light.
Phantasy Star Online Secrets
Extra Character Animations
On your Dreamcast keyboard, hold down the Alt key and press any of the F-keys (F1, F2, ...F12). Your character will perform an animation.
NOTE: This only works in the online lobby; it doesn't work offline or in an online game.
NOTE: This only works in the online lobby; it doesn't work offline or in an online game.
Screen Shot
For this you need an extra controller, aswell as a VMU with 195 free blocks on it. Plug the 2nd controller in to the 4th socket (D) with the VMU in the 2nd slot of this controller. Get to where you want to take the screen shot, then hit X, Y and Start simultaneously on the 2nd controller. You should now have an image in that VMU.
Camera Trick
To view your teammate's camera views while in the areas (Forest, Caves, etc.), simply have a controller plugged into Controller Port 3, then on that controller, press and hold the L and R Triggers, then press Up on the D-Pad. If done right, your view will change to a view of one of your teammates.
Browse the Internet with the built-in browser.
Select the ''Website'' option, when the browser pops-up press and hold the (START) button and press the (A) 10 times(both at the same time), after you do this the full version of PSO becomes unlocked, but you will have to do it each time you want to use it. After you unlock it use the following commands:
URL Input: Hold X and press A (on the lower bar)
Save a Pic: Hold X and press A (on the picture)
View History: Hold X and press Y
Bookmarks: Hold X and press B
URL Input: Hold X and press A (on the lower bar)
Save a Pic: Hold X and press A (on the picture)
View History: Hold X and press Y
Bookmarks: Hold X and press B
Phantasy Star Online Glitches
Negate Enemy and Trap
Enemies and Traps when in close vicinity of the player, tend to force them to walk when they should be running. Simply hit START to bring up the menu, and the effect is negated. You can run past a string of traps or a convergence of enemies this way...
Walk through blocked doors
This glitch can be exploited to walk through any blocked door or obstacle in the game. Unequip any weapon you have so that your character uses only the punching and kicking attack. find a blocked door and place your character so its back is against the wall and its frontside is facing another wall so that he cannot move forward, now use the unequiped characters 3 stage attackWhen the character finishes the 3 stage combo he moves backwards a short distance , even if your characters back was completly parallel against the wall , keep using the 3 stage combo and eventually you will have completly made your way through the doorNote: This trick is hardest to pull off on the forest stageNote 2: The trick can also be used to avoid all the back tracking needed to unlock the ruins stage
Phantasy Star Online FAQs & Walk-Throughs
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