Tales of Phantasia

The first installment of the Tales series, Tales of Phantasia, was released by Namco in 1995 for the Super Famicom. It featured the Linear Motion Battle System at its most basic.

In this game, the protagonist of Cless Alvein, along with his comrades, Chester Barklight, Mint Adnade, Klarth F. Lester, Arche Klaine, and, later, Suzu Fujibayashi, fight Dhaos through time to save their world.

Tales of Phantasia has spawned several remakes and ports over the years. A PS1 remake was released in 1998; a GBA port was released in 2003. A PSP remake has also been announced.

Tales of Phantasia originally was only avaliable through the fan translation done by DeJap. Phantasian Productions has worked and is still working on a translation of the PS1 version. Then the GBA version was translated and released commercially in 2006 in the US.

This game has also spawned a four-episode OVA that was released sporadically over the course of 2006-2006.