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 NEC and MSX families of computers. 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 Valia, a being from a fantasy world that exists in another dimension, but is bound to the dimension Earth is in ("the real world") by the internal "Yin"/"Yang" 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 is a platformer played as the Japanese schoolgirl Yuko Asou. Yuko moves with 
and 
and crouches with 
. She jumps with 
, jumps higher with 
+, and jumps off ledges with +. She can slide along the ground with 
, which can be used to evade enemies or to move over gaps in the terrain. Yuko attacks using the sword Valis with 
. She can swing the sword while crouching. Yuko can acquire attack powers that cause the sword to shoot projectiles whenever it is swung, and these attack powers can be upgraded up to three levels by acquiring the same attack power multiple times.
Whenever Yuko defeats a boss, she obtains a new magic power from the collected pieces of the Phantasm Jewel. The magic power can be selected from the pause menu with START . She can cast the magic with +. Magic abilities cost magic points, which can be restored by finding items.
Yuko has a hit point gauge that indicates her health. She loses hit points when she takes damage from enemies, but she can restore her health by finding items. She loses a life when she loses all of her hit points and must restart the stage. The game ends if the player runs out of lives.
Magic
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Earthquake
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| Causes an earthquake that attacks enemies on the ceiling and the ground. Costs 6 MP. Acquired by defeating Gyeda, the Lord of the Earth.
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Ice Feather
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| Shoots two ice balls in each direction, which break into ice feathers for area damage. Costs 8 MP. Acquired by defeating Geeva, the Lord of Water.
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Flame Ring
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| Balls of fire orbit Yuko, which damage nearby enemies and guard her against projectiles. Costs 10 MP. Acquired by defeating Venon, the Lord of Fire.
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Tornado
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| Conjures two tornados, one on each side of Yuko, which damage enemies in their path. Costs 12 MP. Acquired by defeating Izard, the Lord of Wind.
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Giga Thunder
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| Shoots four lightning bolts from the sky, damaging all enemies on the screen and destroying all enemy projectiles. Costs 14 MP. Acquired by defeating Voldes, the Lord of Thunder and Lightning.
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Death Flash
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| Flashes the screen and destroys all enemies (except bosses). Costs 18 MP. Acquired by defeating Reiko.
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Items
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Item Box
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| Attack to reveal an item.
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S Magic
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| Restores the MP gauge by 6 points.
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B Magic
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| Restores the MP gauge by 12 points.
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Healing
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| Restores the HP gauge by 6 points.
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Recover
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| Restores the HP gauge by 12 points.
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1 Up
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| Gives the player an extra life.
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Bullets
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| Equips the Bullets attack or upgrades it if already equipped, up to three levels. Bullets shoot rapidly but are not as powerful as other attacks. When fully upgraded, bullets shoot into a conical spread.
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Lasers
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| Equips the Lasers attack or upgrades it if already equipped, up to three levels. Lasers are strong and pierce through targets but cannot be fired continuously. When fully upgraded, lasers are also fired from behind.
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Arrows
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| Equips the Arrows attack or upgrades it if already equipped, up to three levels. Arrows seek out targets automatically but do not pierce. When fully upgraded, arrows are fired in five directions at a time.
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Cutters
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| Equips the Cutters attack or upgrades it if already equipped, up to three levels. Cutters are strong and can travel the full length of the screen but do not pierce. When fully upgraded, they are also fired directly upwards.
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Grenades
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| Equips the Grenades attack or upgrades it if already equipped, up to three levels. Grenades are powerful and fast-firing. They fire part of the length of the screen and then explode. When fully upgraded, they fire faster.
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Stages
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Act 1
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Act 2
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Act 3
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Act 4
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Act 5
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Act 6
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Act 7
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Versions
Localised names
Also known as
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Localised Name
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English Translation
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| English (US)
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
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| Japanese
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夢幻戦士ヴァリス
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Mugen Senshi Valis
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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[5]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Division by zero.
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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| CRC32
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13bc5b72
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| MD5
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| SHA-1
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fed29e779aa0d75645a59608f9f3a13f39d43888
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1MB
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1991-12
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Cartridge (US)
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| CRC32
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24431625
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| MD5
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1MB
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1991-12
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Cartridge (JP)
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| CRC32
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74a133a8
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| MD5
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4e5e7d119af77d000f02e7013afffe4fb31939c7
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1MB
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1991-10-25
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CD-R disc
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Page
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References
- ↑ File:Valis MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 33
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GamePro, "June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ File:Valis MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 255
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 122
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 81
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 74
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 216
- ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-27" (JP; 1991-12-13), page 42
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 91
- ↑ Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 126
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
- ↑ Mega Play, "June 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 63
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 215
- ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 33
and 
and crouches with 
. She jumps with 
, jumps higher with 
+
, which can be used to evade enemies or to move over gaps in the terrain. Yuko attacks using the sword Valis with 
. She can swing the sword while crouching. Yuko can acquire attack powers that cause the sword to shoot projectiles whenever it is swung, and these attack powers can be upgraded up to three levels by acquiring the same attack power multiple times.
