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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Riot (JP) Renovation Products (US)
Developer:
Original system(s): JP Home Computers
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,4008,400 T-49083
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$69.9969.99[1] 49196

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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier, called Mugen Senshi Valis (夢幻戦士ヴァリス) in Japan, is a 1986 platformer by RIOT, a studio at Telenet Japan, for the MSX computer. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and released in late 1991. Despite being the first game in the Valis series, the Mega Drive port is a remake that was released after the port of Valis III was.

Story

Yuko is walking when the weather repeatedly changes from raining to dry. Yuko notes that she dreamed about it the night before, and in that dream, she heard a voice call her. Suddenly, her friend Reiko appears, speaking in a very unusual fashion before leaving "for a while." While Yuko wonders why Reiko was acting weird, a monster appears out of nowhere and attacks. The voice from Yuko's dream calls out again — this time coming from someone in real life — and that person throws Yuko the Valis sword, allowing Yuko to attack not only this monster but all the monsters coming in.

That person turns out to be Varia/Valia, a being from fantasy world [sic] (whose name has changed in later translations). fantasy world exists in another dimension, but is bound to the dimension Earth is in ("the real world") by the internal "Yin"/"Yang" (always referred to with quotes) balance of people's souls — which has come out of balance because of Yin's power "Vecanta," which has caused "people" to "entertain" themselves with war. Rogles, a king of another dimension, is behind this manipulation. To ensure his victory, Rogles took "Yang"'s power, put it in the Phantasm Jewel, and broke it into pieces, scattering them across dimensions and guarding them with his best guards. Yuko most now collect the pieces and use "Yang"'s power to defeat Rogles.

Gameplay

The game controls like a conventional platformer: Left and Right move, Up looks up, Down crouches, C jumps, Up+C jumps higher, Down+C jumps off ledges, and and A slides. Yuko uses Valis with B. While she can use the sword while crouching, she cannot use it while looking up. Instead, hitting Up+B uses a magic power coming from the collected pieces of the Phantasm Jewel. You can select which power from the pause menu.

Also scattered throughout each level are various powerups within gems broken open with Valis. Sword powerups add an energy ball that is shot out when Yuko swings Valis — every subsequent sword powerup adds another energy ball. Blue crystals increase magic power. Hearts restore health.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Japanese 夢幻戦士ヴァリス Mugen Senshi Valis

Production credits

  • Director: Eiji Kikuchi
  • Scenario Writer: Tomoko Miura
  • Character Design: Osamu Nabeshima
  • Programmer: Atsushi Komiya, Yasuhisa Tanaka
  • Designer: Hiroaki Kai, Kazuya Tsukazaki, Hiroshi Sawamura, Toshiya Sasaki
  • Music: Minoru Yuasa, Hiroaki Kai
  • Promotion: Takao Yoshioka, Masahisa Ohno, Yuma Miura
  • Producer: Minoru Yuasa
  • Executive Producer: Jiro Fukushima, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yuji Fukushima
  • Special Thanks to: Takashi Fukushima, Masayasu Yamamoto, Shinobu Ogawa, Kenji Goshima, Takaaki Matsumoto, Hajime Komatsu, Soukichi Matsuzawa, Akira Igarashi, Yuichi Ohishi, Yoshiko Kageyu, AD FACTOR Co.,Ltd., SOTSU AGENCY Co.,Ltd., BUSINESS SUPPORT Co.,Ltd., HORON INDUSTRY Co.,Ltd.
  • US Staff: Takami Kinoshita, Hideki Hiraga, Linda Lavin, David Izat
  • Presented by Telenet Japan
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
58 [2]
49 [3]
55 №158, [1]
93 [4]
40 №1992-01, p91
76 [5]
65 [6]
65 №18, p68
Sega Mega Drive
 63
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[7]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
47
[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[9]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)
60
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[1]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[13]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
65
[6]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[14]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
43
[15]
Sega Pro (UK)
65
[16]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
49
[17]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[18]
Video Games (DE)
51
[19]
Sega Mega Drive
 61
Based on
15 reviews

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

Mega Drive, US
Valis MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Valis md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
Valis MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Valis MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Valis MD JP manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1991-10-25 Page

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
  2. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 79 (81)
  3. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)
  4. ↑ GamePro, "June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 56 (58)
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 74/75 (74)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 126
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 255
  8. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 122
  9. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 81
  10. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 74
  11. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 216
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-27" (JP; 1991-12-13), page 42
  13. ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 91
  14. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
  15. ↑ Mega Play, "June 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 63
  16. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  17. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  18. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 215
  19. ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 33
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