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Vay

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Working Designs (US), SIMS (Japan)

Developer: Hertz^[1]

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: RPG^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-10-22^[3]	¥7,8007,800	T-44014
US	1994-07^[4]	$59.9959.99^[5]	T-127025

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Vay (ヴァイ), also known by its full title Vay: Ryuusei no Yoroi (ヴァイ流星の鎧), is a Sega Mega-CD role-playing game developed by Hertz. First published in Japan by SIMS in October 1993, it was later localized by Working Designs and published in the United States the following July.

Story

Over a millennium ago, in a far away part of the galaxy, a huge interstellar war had taken place. During the conflict, a large machine escapes the battlefield. Its guidance system damaged and pilot dead, it continued to hurtle outward into space. After a time, it crashed into the planet of Vay. This planet is inhabited by people, but they have little technology. The machine, programmed only for death, rampages across the planet killing and destroying anything it sees.

It takes the combined forces of the five mightiest wizards on the planet to stop the machine. Its power is sealed away in five magical orbs, which are taken to far away hidden places. The machine itself is also locked away.

In the kingdom of Lorath, Prince Sandor is about to wed his love, Lady Elin. The most important dignitaries of the four kingdoms have attended, ensuring that the kingdom of Lorath is secure for another generation.

While in the middle of their wedding ceremony, the castle is attacked by a large fleet of robots. During the siege, Lorath Castle is reduced to ruins, and Elin is kidnapped by one of the machines. Sandor vows to rescue his betrothed from her captors.

History

Legacy

On July 15, 2008, a version of Vay was released by SoMoGa, Inc. for iOS.^[6] This version includes a new voice cast and other bonus content. Some character names were changed to more closely resemble the original Japanese names.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Vay	Vay
Japanese	ヴァイ流星の鎧	Vay: Ryuusei no Yoroi

Production credits

Overseas version

USA Team

Executive Producer: Victor Ireland
Director: Dean Williams
Translation: Horkom International, Hiroko Mori, Dean Williams, Victor Ireland, Andy Hedman
Sound Engineer: Bill Staeck
Additonal Art: Bill Ulch, Mike Winterbauer, Tim Linden
Additonal Music: Bill King
Manual Design & Unchi Input: Don Shirley, Victor Ireland
Cast
- Sandor: Jason Mitchell
- Elin: Katie Staeck
- Pottle: Ashley Angel
- Rachel: Kathryn Kirk
- P.J.: Tammy Jones
- Kinsey: Katie Staeck
- Lynx: Mike E. Miller
- Jeal: Dean Williams
- Sadoul: T. O. Smith
- Narrator: Keith Lack
- King of Kerzalt: Hal Delahousse
- Otto: Dean Williams

Japan Team

Director: K.Maz
Producer: K.Kato
Planner: Fun
Main Program: Gyo
Sub Program: Taka
Illustration: Yasuhiro Kagami
Animation: Yasuo Isii
Battle BG, Map, Animation Graphics: Fukuinhei, Koohii*Gyuunyuu, K.Tani, M.Taishi, Senbei
Object Graphics: Fukuinhei, Meiden
Monster Graphics: B.T.S, Koohii*Gyuunyuu, Meiden, M.Taishi
Music Composer & Sound Effect: Sakop
Map Editor & Writing: Senbei
Scenario Program & Animation Edit: Taka
Event Construction: Senbei, Taka
Animation Scenario: K.Tani
Item Location: Meiden
Monster Location: B.T.S
Debug: Maria
USA version Program: Danna
USA version Debug: H.Yagi
Special Thanks: Cindy, S. Schmitt, Jane Chaney, Bill Gibson, ArtsVision Corp., Audio. Tanaka Corp., Nekurai, ...And You

Magazine articles

Main article: Vay/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Vay/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[7]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[8]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

54

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[5]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[11]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[12]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

20

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

85

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

84

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

75

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

83

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[20]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[21]

	69
Based on 16 reviews

Vay

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Map

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

388,900,848

CD (JP)

T-44014

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

475,541,472

CD (US)

T-127025

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega CD

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Hertz
↑ File:Vay MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ http://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/sega_cd/ourgames/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-13 22:47)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74
↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vay/id284940607
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 27
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 190
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "1993-10-29" (JP; 1993-10-15), page 1
↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
↑ Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 29
↑ Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 40
↑ Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 66
↑ Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 97
↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
↑ MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 10
↑ Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 66
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 53
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 72

Vay

Books: Vay for Sega CD: The Official Strategy Guide (1994)

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FHertz-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Hertz

[:File:Vay_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:Vay MCD JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20020813224707.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.workingdesigns.com.2Fmuseum.2Fsega_cd.2Fourgames.2Findex.html-4] ttp://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/sega_cd/ourgames/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-13 22:47)

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0708.pdf_p74-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74

[https:.2F.2Fapps.apple.com.2Fus.2Fapp.2Fvay.2Fid284940607-6] ttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/vay/id284940607

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-11.pdf_p27-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 27

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_27.pdf_p190-8] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 190

[:File:EGM_US_061.pdf_p36-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[10] Famitsu, "1993-10-29" (JP; 1993-10-15), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_062.pdf_p126-11] GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126

[:File:GameInformer_US_017.pdf_p29-12] Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 29

[13] Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 40

[:File:Mega_UK_24.pdf_p66-14] Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 66

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-09.pdf_p97-15] Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 97

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0504.pdf_p63-16] Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:MegaTech_UK_34.pdf_p10-17] MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 10

[:File:SegaPower_UK_59.pdf_p66-18] Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 66

[:File:SegaPro_UK_36.pdf_p53-19] Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 53

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:VideoGames_US_66.pdf_p72-21] VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 72

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 While in the middle of their wedding ceremony, the castle is attacked by a large fleet of robots. During the siege, Lorath Castle is reduced to ruins, and Elin is kidnapped by one of the machines. Sandor vows to rescue his betrothed from her captors.
+==History==
+===Legacy===
+On July 15, 2008, a version of ''Vay'' was released by SoMoGa, Inc. for [[iOS]].{{ref|https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vay/id284940607}} This version includes a new voice cast and other bonus content. Some character names were changed to more closely resemble the original Japanese names.
 ==Versions==

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Contents

Story

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Overseas version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References