Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished | |
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Boxart of the North American Master System release
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Developer(s) | Nihon Falcom |
Publisher(s) | Nihon Falcom |
Director(s) | Masaya Hashimoto |
Designer(s) | Masaya Hashimoto |
Programmer(s) | Masaya Hashimoto |
Writer(s) | Tomoyoshi Miyazaki |
Composer(s) |
Yuzo Koshiro Mieko Ishikawa |
Series | Ys |
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Release |
June 21, 1987
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
Sega Retro | 87% (Master System) (13 reviews) |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
CVG | 92% (Master System) |
Dragon | (TurboGrafx‑16) |
EGM | Hit! (Master System) |
ACE | 920/1000 (Master System) |
Defunct Games | A (Master System) |
RPGamer | 3/5 (Master System) 3/5 (Famicom) |
RPGFan | 94% (PC) 75% (Mobile) |
Sega Pro | 85% (Master System) |
Shin Force | 8.9/10 (Master System) |
S: The Sega Magazine | 89% (Master System) |
The Games Machine | 90% (Master System) |
Tilt | 16/20 (Master System) |
Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (イース Ancient Ys Vanished Īsu?) (also Ys: The Vanished Omens or The Ancient Land of Ys) is the first installment of Ys, an action role-playing video game series developed by Falcom in 1987. The name is commonly misspelled Y's due to an error on the packaging of an English-language release.
Initially developed for the PC-8801 by Masaya Hashimoto (director, programmer, designer) and Tomoyoshi Miyazaki (scenario writer), the game was soon ported to the X1, PC-9801, FM-7/FM-77, FM-77AV and MSX2 Japanese computer systems.Ancient Ys Vanished saw many subsequent releases, such as English-language versions for the Master System, MS-DOS, IIGS, and TurboGrafx-16, and enhanced remakes for the Saturn and Windows systems. The game was also released as part of a compilation, Ys I & II, for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-CD in 1989, along with its 1988 sequel Ys II. It has also been released for the Nintendo DS.