Syd of Valis

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Syd of Valis

Publisher: Laser Soft (JP), Renovation (US)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-02-14	¥6,8006,800	T-49103
US	1992-04^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	49126

SD Valis (ＳＤヴァリス) is a remake of Telenet Japan's 1989 MSX/TurboGrafx-16 game Valis II with new "super deformed" graphics released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan; porting was done by Laser Soft, a subsidiary. Renovation brought it to the US as Syd of Valis; while the box and manual call Yuko, the game changes her name to Syd for whatever reason.

This would be the last Valis release on a Sega system; Telenet Japan ceased all Sega development in 1993 and released Valis IV as a PC Engine/SNES exclusive.

Story

Megas the Emperor of darkness [sic] demands Yuko/Syd come to Vecanti. Syd, realizing Vecanti is in trouble, refuses and turns the ice cream she holds in her hand into the Valis sword to attack, following him to Vecanti anyway... only to find Reiko, who tells Yuko that Megas's forces have rebelled and e

Gameplay

Attacking is somewhat different from other Valis games, as this time, Valis can be aimed with the D-pad while hitting to swing (including swinging straight down in mid-air). You can hold to repeatedly swing, shooting magic bullets in the process. jumps; if not swinging the sword, hitting again double-jumps. crouches. shoots bombs.

Of note in this game is the weapon/armor system. Hitting START opens a menu where you can select weapons and armor acquired from some boss fights. The weapons:

(normal weapon)
Wide-beam: shoots an arrow-shaped blade

As in Valis III, dialogue occurs throughout the game. speeds up text and moves to the next line.

Promotional material

US print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[4]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

36

^[6]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

45

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[2]

Games-X (UK)

40

^[9]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

63

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

56

^[12]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[13]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

47

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

65

^[3]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

47

^[15]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[16]

Video Games (DE)

79

^[17]

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Based on 16 reviews

Syd of Valis

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

512kB

1992

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

512kB

1992

Cartridge (JP)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Valis II

↑ File:SegaVisions US 08.pdf, page 58
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 037.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 037.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 233
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 37
↑ Games-X, "27th February-4th March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 26
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 83
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 78
↑ Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 120
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115
↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 24
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 46

[:File:SegaVisions_US_08.pdf_p58-1] File:SegaVisions US 08.pdf, page 58

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[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 233

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p37-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_008.pdf_p80-6] Consoles +, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p133-7] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0168.pdf_p37-8] Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 37

[:File:GamesX_UK_44.pdf_p26-9] Games-X, "27th February-4th March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 26

[10] Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 83

[:File:Joypad_FR_007.pdf_p78-11] Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 78

[:File:Joystick_FR_026.pdf_p120-12] Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-05.pdf_p115-13] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115

[:File:MegaTech_UK_04.pdf_p24-14] MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 24

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-15] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-06.pdf_p46-17] Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 46

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Syd of Valis

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References