I found a PC version of this awesome game, complete with the ability to play online, which means we can all have really fun awesome multiplayer games.
Get the game
here
Get the music and sound files
here, or if you're on dial-up, impatient, or just don't want such a massive file, get the sound effects alone
here.
You'll need Winrar. There's a page with instructions showing where to extract everything at the bottom of the post.
For those who don't know, PSO is a really great multiplayer real-time RPG, in which you can choose to be one of 9 characters, of three different groups.
This is just some important stuff to know before you start playing:
The items enemies drop in the game, as well as a lot of rare stuff you can find, are all affected by something called your Section ID. Your Section ID is determined by values of characters in your name. If you're going to be a Hunter character (swords, sabers, daggers, etc.), the best ID is Skyly. If you're going to be a Ranger (handguns, rifles, etc.), the best ID is either Purplenum or Greenill (I'll explain later). If you're gonna be a Force, Pinkal is awesome.
To calculate the ID for any name, use
this. Everyone needs to have recognisable names for playing online, so if you can't get what you want, just stick a number or a space after it (I'm Impossible7).
For Rangers, Greenill gets more Rifles (longer range, more powerful, slower) and Purplenum gets more Mechguns (less range, less powerful, hits many times and quickly). I've never used either, but I'm told rifles are good for beginners, but more importantly, that a human Ranger should be Purplenum and an Android ranger should be Greenill. It's up to you, though.
Also, since we'll be playing together online, we'll want some variety in our characters, so before you start, post which one you want to be here. These are the characters:
Hunters:
HUmar (Human male) - Impossible, Glenn
HUnewearl (Newman female) - Vaylos
HUcast (Android male) - Telephalsion, Strayed
Rangers:
RAmar (Human male) - War
RAcast (Android male) - Jeramyu
RAcaseal (Android female)
Forces:
FOmarl (Human female) - Trihan, JourWorstNightmare
FOnewm (Newman male) - OverlordBill
FOnewearl (Newman female)- Ryan (not playing much anymore, so if you want a pure magic-user, look here)
Basically, Humans are most balanced, newmans are better at magic (although HUnewearl, being a newman hunter, is pretty balanced out all round), androids have the best attack but can't use magic. I'm a HUmar, so try to choose something else. >_> (long time without one of those, I had to)
I meant to post this earlier, but I was busy playing, so I might not be playing with you guys for a bit since I'm already over level 10. I would reccomend you start offline, until at least level 5 or so, since online mode has stronger enemies.
I'm not going to explain the Mag system, since it's complicated and everyone will need personalized advice, but take a look
here for some help with that. Mag are like Chao in the Sonic games, only they give you special powers and boost your stats.
If you have problems getting the game to work, the files in here should help, just copy them into the game folder, replacing ones that might not work:
http://www.bluewav.co.uk/pso_files/prob ... erpack.zip
Make sure you run PSO.reg and options.bat before you start. Start.bat opens up the game in whichever mode you were last in, online.offlinepatch.exe switches between online and offline modes. The links
here don't work, but the instructions for installation are good.