Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen

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Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: RPG

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
JP
¥5,8005,800 G-1370
Sega Master System
US
$59.9959.99[2] 7501
Sega Master System
EU
MK-7501-03
Sega Master System
BR

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 2s and anything based on that hardware (including the Sega Mega Drive); consequently the game will look incorrectly on these systems.

It was later included on Falcom Classics for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

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Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
78 №20, p44[1]
92 №26, p144[8]
89 №1, p77[9]
88 №4, p112[10]
88 №1, p63[11]
92 №89, p92/93[12]
75 №1, p45[13]
90 №18, p36/37[14]
88 №1, p137[15]
89 №2, p6/7
85 №7, p13[16]
80 №23, p61
85 №6, p31[17]
Sega Master System
86
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[18]
ACE (UK)
78
[1]
ACE (UK) PAL
92
[8]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
68
[19]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
89
[20]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
88
[10]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL
88
[11]
Computer Action (DK)
75
[21]
Console XS (UK) PAL
84
[22]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
92
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
67
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[23]
The Games Machine (UK) PAL
90
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
88
[15]
Power Play (DE) PAL
71
[24]
S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[16]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[25]
Sega Pro (UK)
85
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
84
[26]
Software Gids (NL)
84
[27]
Sega Master System
81
Based on
20 reviews

Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen

Master System, US
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Cover
Ys sms us manual.pdf
Manual
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Poster
Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, EU
® variant
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Cover
Master System, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, BR
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:ACE UK 20.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 20.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:VG&CE US 08.pdf, page 34
  3. File:Supergame BR 05.pdf, page 39
  4. Computer & Video Games, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-11), page 84
  5. ACE, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-06), page 68
  6. Computer & Video Games, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-16), page 89
  7. ACE, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-04), page 76
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:ACE UK 26.pdf, page 144 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 26.pdf_p144" defined multiple times with different content
  9. File:CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf, page 77
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  11. 11.0 11.1 File:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf, page 63 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf_p63" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:CVG UK 089.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 089.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:EGM US 001.pdf, page 45 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 001.pdf_p45" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 14.0 14.1 File:TGM UK 18.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:TGM UK 18.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
  15. 15.0 15.1 File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf, page 137 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p137" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:StheSegaMagazine UK 07.pdf, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:StheSegaMagazine UK 07.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content
  17. 17.0 17.1 File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content
  18. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 272
  19. Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1989" (DE; 1989-02-24), page 64
  20. Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 77
  21. Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 35
  22. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 147
  23. Famitsu, "1988-11-11" (JP; 1988-1x-xx), page 12
  24. Power Play, "5/89" (DE; 1989-04-10), page 56
  25. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 61
  26. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72
  27. Software Gids, "Mei/Juni 1990" (NL; 1990-05-xx), page 33



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