Online Setup Guide - Guide for Phantasy Star Online

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
GameCube (2002) (Japan)

Online Setup Guide

v1.0 [September 15, 2002]

written by Anthony Charles Ambrose (ACA) 

Document ©2002.  All Rights Reserved.  Full legal notice at end.

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Introduction
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Many people have decided to import PSO, and now you can get online with the aid
of this guide.  Read it thoroughly.. Japanese is a very intimidating language
for people who do not understand it.  Good luck, be sure to follow these
directions exactly as I write them.  Any questions should be addressed to the
GameFAQs message boards, not to my e-mail.. I already get too much e-mail every
day (100s of messages), so I would not be able to respond anyway.



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Getting Online and Obtaining a Hunter's License
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This guide is provided as a free service to anyone wanting to import Phantasy
Star Online Episode I & II.  By using this document, you agree that I am not
responsible for anything that goes wrong while doing this.  Read the legal
section of this guide if necessary.  In addition, I will not be answering
questions on this guide.. I've outline everything I can possibly do here.  If
you have a correction, though, I'll take it.  Problems can be addressed on the
GameFAQs message board, not to me via e-mail.

You may be wondering how to put in Japanese text?  Use the game's built in
keyboard.  The very top button allows input of Kanji.. and pressing the R
button will switch to Kana characters.

The first step to going online will be to navigate the menus like so:

OPTIONS menu
 -> Network Option
    -> Provider Option
       -> User Provider

Now choose a memory card.  Choose Slot A for the purpose this tutorial of else
things might get dicey later.

Choose the left option to confirm the slot.  A prompt will come up, but you
can close that.  Again, another prompt will come up.  Choose the left option
and then close the next prompt that comes up.

Now choose the the top option to set up your internet service provider (ISP).

Choose the right option next, and name your ISP.

Choose the right option once again to continue on.

The next screen allows you to enter your details in this order:

Your ISP Account

Your User ID:

Your Password:

Your primary number you want to dial.. then your backups, obviously.

After you enter all info, press Next button.  The next two screens do not
usually need to be changed.. skip them.

Choose the far right option, of three choices, to save all your ISP settings.

Now choose the top option.

A critical step to playing online is buying your Hunter's License.

Navigate through the menus, like so:

OPTIONS menu
 -> Network Option
    -> Buy a HUNTER'S LICENSE
       -> User Provider

Now, it will ask to use the slot A network information file.  Answer yes, the
option on the left.  Then confirm the next screen that pops up.

You will be given a choice now.  The first option lets you purchase a Hunter's
License, so you'll want to click the first option.

Next, you'll be attempting to connect your modem online.  The left option means
yes, so choose it.

Now it gets a little tricky, so read carefully.

Proceed until you get to some option boxes.  The very first option box allows
you a free month of a Hunter's License.  Make sure that is selected and then
continue on, until you are given three command buttons to choose from.  Choose
the one on the left and continue on.

On the next screen, enter your Serial Number first and then your Access Key
second.  I will not provide serial numbers or access keys, under any
circumstances.  If you e-mail asking for one, I will personally contact Sega
in addition to banning you.

Like every other prompt, after you've entered your serial and access, choose
the left button.

The next screen is long..

In order, from top to bottom, the boxes are as follows:

Last name, then first name (Kanji)

Last name, then first name (Kana)

Your postal code (three numbers then four numbers)

Your address

Your telephone number (two numbers then four numbers then four numbers)

Your day of birth, in international format (Year/Month/Day)

Choose your sex: male or female

Now input your e-mail address

Continue on by clicking the left button..

If anything went wrong during the process, the game will ask you to correct the
problem.  So correct any problems and proceed.

Now again choose the left button.. and then select the only button on the next
screen.  You've got yourself a Hunter's License, if all went well.  If it did
not, then do not e-mail me.  Instead, ask at the GameFAQs message board.

A good friend of mine worked hard to put this work up.  It should be entirely
accurate, but errors can occur.  My friend did most of this work, but I
compiled it for him.  If you want to send letters of praise for this, you can
e-mail it to me, but make sure you thank Benson in the mail.  I'll give him the
e-mails.  I'd like to start by saying thanks Benson, without you, this would
not exist.

If you would like to contribute to this guide, let me know.  Until then, good
luck!  I will update this guide as I see necessary, and I will hopefully make
some other PSO guides.. who knows?





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