Valis III

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Valis III
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: JP either Telenet Japan or studio Renovation Game US Renovation
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Genre: Action

















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Valis III (ヴァリスIII) is a 1990 action game for the TurboGrafx-16 CD by Telenet Japan. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 and released in the US and Japan. It was the first Valis game released on a Sega system (the first two games would follow).

Story

After the events of Valis II, the Dark world [sic] is being destroyed. The fortuneteller Leigh informs the Dark world's king, Glames, that they only have six months before it is destroyed. Hopeless, Glames decides to become king of both the Human world and Dreamland, but knows that Nizetti is controlling the power level of the Valis sword and that any attempt to invade either world would result in Yuko coming with a full-powered Valis to destroy him. Nevertheless, he takes the risk, knowing his sword Leethus, is just as powerful as Valis and when they are combined... !

Of course, Yuko doesn't know any of this this. But Cham, another warrior, does...

Gameplay

You can play as either Yuko or Cham, using A to switch (though some levels can only be played as either Yuko or Cham, and the first level can only be played as Yuko as you must rescue Cham first). B attacks; Up+B performs a magic attack. Down+A slides. C jumps. Up+C jumps higher.

Breaking open various jewels reveals items. Hearts recover health; blue crystals recover magic energy, and swords increase the power of the character's weapon.

Dialogue is interspersed throughout the game; hit  START  to progress.

Production Credits

Programmer: Masayasu Tamamoto, Yoshiki UAI Yamauchi
Graphic designer: Kiku, David Iwata, Yoshihisa Shimizu, Seiichirou Nagatomo, Sophy Kinoshita
Scenario writer: Ohta(Hachiohji)
Music: Takaharu Umezu, Michiko Naruke, Minoru Yuasa
Music director: Shinobu Ogawa
Special thanks to: Business suport Co.,Ltd.
Art work director: T. Neko Miura
Art work staff: Takao Yoshioka, Masahisa Ohno, Yuma Miura, Mitsuho Abe
Special thanks to: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yuji Fukushima, Jiro Fukushima, Yoshinobu Abe, Takami Kinoshita, Tetsuji Matuzawa, Mie Nakahara
Original game licensed by Shin-nihon Laser Soft Co.,Ltd.
Total producer: Takashi Fukusima
(c) Telenet Japan Co.,Ltd.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №5
80 №16, p157
85 №9, p59
79 №3, p62/63
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[3]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
78
[4]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)
60
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[8]
Games-X (UK)
90
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[10]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
80
[11]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
62
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
48
[13]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[14]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
78
[15]
Power Play (DE)
53
[16]
Raze (UK) NTSC-J
85
[17]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
100
[18]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
75
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[20]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
88
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
78
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[23]
Tilt (FR)
70
[24]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[25]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
81
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
 72
Based on
26 reviews

Valis III

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, JP
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  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 232
  2. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 255
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 28
  4. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
  5. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 231
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22
  7. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 227
  8. ↑ GamePro, "July 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 80
  9. ↑ Games-X, "31st May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-24), page 36
  10. ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 41
  11. ↑ Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 157
  12. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  13. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  14. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 91
  15. ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1991" (US; 1991-04-xx), page 44
  16. ↑ Power Play, "7/91" (DE; 1991-06-12), page 126
  17. ↑ Raze, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-05-30), page 59
  18. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  19. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 62
  21. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  23. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  24. ↑ Tilt, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 76
  25. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 134
  26. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 215
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