Ys: The Vanished Omens

Description

In this game, the player takes the role of Adol (Aron in the English-language Sega Master System version) Christin, a red-haired adventurer and expert swordsman. One day he encounter a fortune teller who sends him on a quest to find information about the six books of Ys. It appears that there was once an ancient land called Ys, whose secret was sealed in those six books. Before long Adol learns that the six books were all stolen by the evil wizard Dark Fact (Dulk Dekt in the Sega Master System version, Malificus in the English-language computer versions). It is Adol's task to defeat the villain and discover the secret of Ys!

Ys: The Vanished Omens is an action role-playing game with its own trademark combat system: instead of pressing the "attack" button, the protagonist simply runs into the enemies he encounters. More damage is inflicted upon the enemies if Adol charges at them from the back or from the sides - a head-to-head collision might result in the hero's death if the monster is stronger than him. The player gains gold and experience points for defeating foes; once enough experience has been accumulated, Adol levels up and becomes stronger. The hero can buy and equip swords, armor, shields, and other accessories.

Alternate Titles

• "Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen" -- MSX/PC-98/SEGA Master System in-game title
• "Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished" -- Japanese MSX title
• "Ys" -- NES title
• "Ancient Land of Ys" -- PC title
• "イース" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Ys series

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User Reviews

This game did what Playstation could only do decades later...	DOS	Indra was here (15038)
There just isn't any good reason to play this game.	DOS	PCGamer77 (3027)
Filling the 8-bit console RPG niche for PCs.	DOS	Trixter (8728)

The Press Says

neXGam	SEGA Master System	Apr 23, 2010	9.2 out of 10	92
Defunct Games	SEGA Master System	Dec 20, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Sega8bit.com	SEGA Master System	Apr 27, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Shin Force	SEGA Master System	Mar 05, 2000	8.9 out of 10	89
Jeuxvideo.com	NES	Nov 06, 2012	16 out of 20	80
Tilt	SEGA Master System	Nov, 1989	16 out of 20	80
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1990	75 out of 100	75
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	SEGA Master System	Mar, 1989	9 out of 12	75
Power Play	SEGA Master System	May, 1989	71 out of 100	71
1UP!	SEGA Master System	Jul 20, 2002	34 out of 100	34

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Trivia

On March 30th, 2000, fan translator David Mullen released a complete Japanese-to-English patch for the Nintendo version. You can download it on his homepage.