Phantasy Star II/Interface

Getting Around
The planets of Phantasy Star II contain of a variety of terrains, such as grasslands and forests. Oceans and dam canals may be traversed by Jet Scooter, which can be parked at any coastline. Mountains may not be traversed at all.

Occasionally you will reach points of interest such as towns and buildings. When you step onto one of these, the game "zooms in" and you control Rolf's party inside the point of interest. Here, you will often find people that will yield some information when you talk to them. Sometimes the information is useless, other times vitally important to the story. You will also occasionally find treasure chests, many of which contain common items, while others contain rare equipment or key items. In towns, you will find several different kinds of shops that will exchange goods and services for money. These include item stores (sell curative and utilitarian items), weapon and armor stores, clone labs (can revive slain allies), and hospitals (restores your party to full stamina).

When wandering throughout the world map and in dungeons, you will fight "random encounters". The enemies you face in these encounters depend on the area of the world you are currently traveling in and the terrain. Oceans have their own set of enemies. There are no random encounters while in towns. A small set of battles are preprogrammed.

Menus
When you are in control of your party, you may press to bring up the in-game menu. The options are as follows:


 * ITEM: Use, give or discard items belonging to you and your party. You must specify the item to USE and a target character to GIV (give) the item to a target character.
 * STATE: Select STATE to see simplified status levels, or ORDER to reorganize your party. Characters ordered near the top stand a greater chance of being attacked, so place characters with lower HP near the bottom.
 * TECH: Choose a character and one of their Techniques to use. If they have sufficient TP, the Technique will be performed, and TP will be consumed.
 * STRNG: Shows the full status (all statistics, equipped weapons/armor, and all techniques) of one character in your party.
 * EQP: Equip and unequip weapons and armor, etc., for each body part. Combinations of weapons and armor will affect AGILITY, ATTACK and DEFENSE, and will be reflected in the status display.

STATE
The status for the selected character is displayed in four windows. Profession (upper left) shows LV (level), profession and EXP (experience). Equipment (lower left) shows equipped items. HP/TP (upper right) shows current and maximum HP (Hit Points) and TP (Technique Points) levels. Personal Characteristics (lower right) shows parameters as described in the character stats section of the guide.