Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen

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Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega R&D 2
Licensor: Nihon Falcom
Original system(s): JP Home Computers
Developer(s) of original games: Falcom
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit (JP only)
Genre: RPG, Adventure Role-Playing
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1988-10-15 ¥5,8005,800 G-1370 US 1989-03 $59.9959.99 7501 EU 1989 MK-7501-03 DE 19xx UK 1989 £32.9532.95 MK-7501-03 SE 19xx SE (Rental) 19xx BR 1991-12
Non-Sega versions Apple IIGS Famicom FM-7 IBM PC MSX2 PC-8801 mkII SR PC-9801 X1

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Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen is a 1987 RPG developed by Falcom first released on the PC-88 before being ported to pretty much every platform released at the time and over the next few years. Its first port released overseas was to the Sega Master System by Sega in 1988; in the US and Europe it was sold under the name Ys: The Vanished Omens and in Japan simply as Ys (イース) (the game itself is still called Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen).

It is one of the few Master System games with FM support to have the FM code completely removed in its overseas releases. Furthermore, the game takes advantage of a VDP mirroring bug that was fixed on Master System II consoles and anything based on that hardware (including the Sega Mega Drive); consequently the game will look incorrectly on these systems.

A different remake of the original Ys was later included in the 1997 compilation Falcom Classics for the Sega Saturn. Despite the fact that the original Ys was the first installment of a two-part story, its sequel (Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter) was never ported to the Master System, or the Sega Mega Drive for that matter, although a remake of Ys II was later included in Falcom Classics II for the Sega Saturn in 1998.

Production credits

• Director: Gamer Miki
• Program: Kami Kami, Si Extra
• Design: Chameleon Aki, Jakurin
• Sound: Bo, Ippo, Neko
• Special Thanks: Nanno Koreshiki, Waka Kun, Ichiemon, Mizoran
• Check: Works Nishi, Sonota Suunin
• Copyright by: Falcom 1987
• Presented by: Sega

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Magazine articles

Main article: Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #90: "April 1989" (1989-03-16)
also published in:

• New Computer Express (UK) #21: "April 1, 1989" (1989-03-30)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #91: "May 1989" (1989-04-11)
• New Computer Express (UK) #23: "April 15, 1989" (1989-04-13)
• ACE (UK) #20: "May 1989" (1989-04-06)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #92: "June 1989" (1989-05-16)
• ACE (UK) #21: "June 1989" (1989-05-04)

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 ACE (UK) 78 ACE (UK) PAL 92 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 68 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 89 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 88 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 88 Computer Action (DK) 75 Console XS (UK) PAL 84 Computer & Video Games (UK) 92 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) 67 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 78 The Games Machine (UK) PAL 90 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 88 Power Play (DE) PAL 71 S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 94 Sega Power (UK) PAL 75 Sega Pro (UK) 85 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 84 Software Gids (NL) 84

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Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 b33e2827 MD5 77d2ff054429f7970134e67800539a78 SHA-1 e73e836c353543e9f48315410b0d72278899ff59	256kB		Cartridge (EU/US)	8kB backup
?	CRC32 32759751 MD5 17364162da3ccee847850dd9b403765c SHA-1 614b589080b732e17cc0d253e17216a72a268955	256kB		Cartridge (JP)	8kB backup

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Ys games on Sega systems / developed by Sega
	Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (1988)
	Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (1991)
	Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (Cancelled)
	Falcom Classics (Ys) (1997) | Falcom Classics II (Ys II) (1998) | Falcom Classics Collection (Ys / Ys II) (1999)