A port of The Ancient Land of Ys
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 encounters 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!
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Meh. Didn't enjoy the bump system enough to finish this.
Played Chronicles version.
Below mediocre game pulled even harder down by a slog of a last dungeon.
Below mediocre game pulled even harder down by a slog of a last dungeon.
Game Review - originally written by (wraith)
Woo-hoo! This is a most excellent translation of a most excellent game. If you haven’t tried it yet, Ys play very much similar to Zelda, but is twice as fun and the dialogue is 10 times more engrossing. And it’s pretty challenging, too! This is definitely the version of Ys to get, unless you happen to read Japanese or own a Turbo Duo. Heh.
(editor's note: idk what's the best version now but probably not the Famicom version)
Woo-hoo! This is a most excellent translation of a most excellent game. If you haven’t tried it yet, Ys play very much similar to Zelda, but is twice as fun and the dialogue is 10 times more engrossing. And it’s pretty challenging, too! This is definitely the version of Ys to get, unless you happen to read Japanese or own a Turbo Duo. Heh.
(editor's note: idk what's the best version now but probably not the Famicom version)
A short fun game, I ended up liking the gameplay but some of the bosses were ass to fight. That and the backtracking needed is ridiculous, glad Ys has evolved to where it is today at least
it's interesting. it feels like you're experiencing an obscure part of gaming history more than you are actually playing a decent game. it's cool to see how far nihon falcom has come
not a fan of the bump system