Vay

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Vay
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Working Designs (US), SIMS (Japan)
Developer: Hertz
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-10-22 ¥7,8007,800 T-44014 US 1994-07 $59.9959.99 T-127025
Non-Sega versions iOS

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

The Armor of Vay

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 under the command of the ruthless and bloodthirsty Danek Empire. 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 and liberate his kingdom. To do so, he must find the five orbs and activate the legendary Armor of Vay.

Gameplay

Overworld and town

Dungeon and battle

Character status

The game is a role-playing game with an overhead perspective. The player controls Prince Sandor, who wanders the world of Vay in search of the five orbs. Other characters join him in his quest. Some events are supplemented by short cutscenes and voice acting.

The game has an overworld containing various towns and dungeons. Towns have stores where the player can spend gold on improved equipment, such as weapons and armor, and other items for the characters. Sandor can talk to non-player characters in towns to unfold the story. Dungeons are filled with monsters to fight, often culminating in a boss encounter and typically containing important items that advance the plot. Characters can also find useful items in treasure chests within the dungeons. Sandor moves through the overworld and dungeons using the D-Pad; he moves faster if the player holds .

Sandor randomly encounter enemy monsters while moving through the overworld and dungeons (but not in towns). Battles and turn-based and conducted through a menu system. The party faces as many as four different monsters in a battle. Each character in the party is given a turn, during which the character can choose to attack an enemy, cast a spell, use an item, or defend (improving the character's defense for the turn). The party can attempt to flee from the encounter, though this is not always successful and makes the characters vulnerable to attack. If "ambushed," the enemy monsters attack the player characters first. The player can choose AI to allow the computer to play the battle. The computer will attack enemies and also use healing spells and items automatically when characters are low on health.

After emerging victorious from a battle, characters are rewarded with experience and gold. If a character is slain in battle, the character is dead until revived by an item. The game ends if Sandor falls in battle and must be restarted or continued from a save.

As characters gain experience from combat, they increase their levels, causing them to increase in statistics and learn new spells. Characters have the following statistics:

• HP: The character's hit points. The character is felled in combat upon losing all of his or her hit points.
• MP: The character's magic points. Casting spells costs magic points, and a spell cannot be cast if the character does not have enough magic points.
• ATK: The character's attack power.
• DEF: The character's resistance to enemy attacks.
• STR: Strength, which determines the power of the character's physical attacks.
• AGL: Speed, which determines turn priority.
• LCK: Luck, which determines the character's likelihood to dodge an enemy attack.
• WIS: Wisdom, which determines the power of the character's magical attacks.

The player can invoke a menu with outside of battle to use items, cast spells, equip weapons and armor, check each character's statistics, or save or load the game. The party has a shared item inventory, with each slot able to hold as many as 9 of a single item. The party can recover their hit points and magic points for a small fee by resting at an inn in town.

Characters

Prince Sandor is the leader of the party, which can contain as many as four members. Other characters join and leave according to plot developments.

	Sandor
	The main character. The Danek Empire savagely attacked the kingdom on his wedding day, killing his parents and capturing his bride. He seeks the sage Otto the Wise, who instructs him to find the five orbs and resurrect the Armor of Vay. He is a strong fighter with some basic magical ability. Spell Level Acquired Balm Level 2 Flame Level 3 Blaze Level 6
	Pottle
	Pottle is the eager student of Otto the Wise who accompanies Sandor on his journey to find the orbs. Though meager in hand-to-hand combat, he is an adept magic user. Spell Level Acquired Balm — Flame — Narcosis Level 4 Blaze Level 5 Neuman Level 8 Malybu Level 10 Befuddle Level 12 Vilkyss Level 15 Freezyr Level 17 Alakazam Level 18 Inferno Level 20
	Rachel
	Rachel is a thrill-seeking mercenary who joins the party after Sandor and Pottle help her fight a monster in Droust Cave. She is a seasoned fighter and the only character who can equip claws. Spell Level Acquired Balm —
	P.J.
	Prudence Jurissa, or P.J., is a skillful magician who has a crush on Sandor. The King of Kerzalt sends her with Sandor to help him acquire the second orb. She is the only character who can equip staves. Spell Level Acquired Balm — Flame — Narcosis — Blaze — Shock — Neuman — Malybu — Befuddle — L-Bolt — Vilkyss — Blitz Level 19 Inferno Level 20 Restore Level 23 Thyxaal Level 27 Spellbane Level 36 Megablast Level 40
	Lynx
	Lynx is a carousing bard. Sandor finds him in Vaygress being thrown out of a tavern, and he joins the party when Sandor, needing someone to sing to the monster Maytake, pays his tab. Though he is a poor singer, he is a competent fighter (and the only character who can equip spears) and a talented magician. Spell Level Acquired Balm — Narcosis — Neuman — Vilkyss — Freezyr — Alakazam — Restore Level 23 Thyxaal Level 27 Panacea Level 35
	Kinsey
	Kinsey is a tough pirate who offers Sandor and the party passage in her ship. She joins the party when the Danek sink her ship. She is an adept fighter and the only character who can equip whips, which attack every enemy in a single turn. Spell Level Acquired Shock — Alakazam —

History

Legacy

On July 15, 2008, a version of Vay was released by SoMoGa, Inc. for iOS. This version is a new translation with a different voice cast. Many character and location names are different and 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

(C) 1993 SIMS Co., Ltd

(C) 1994 Working Designs

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Vay/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Vay/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 50 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 58 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 54 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 55 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 76 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 85 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 81 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 20 Mega (UK) NTSC-U 85 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 83 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 75 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U 84 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 75 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U 83 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 65 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

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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-ROM (JP)	T-44014
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	475,541,472		CD-ROM (US)	T-127025

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Mega CD