Ys
In this game, the player takes the role of Adol Christin, a red-haired adventurer and expert swordsman. One day he encounters a fortune teller who sends him on a quest to find information about the six books…
Ys is an adventure developed by Advance Communication Company, released 26 August 1988 on Family Computer.
What Ys is
Ys is an adventure game developed by Advance Communication Company and released in 1988. It was published by Victor Musical Industries. It is available on Family Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this game, the player takes the role of Adol Christin, a red-haired adventurer and expert swordsman. One day he encounters a fortune teller who sends him on a quest to find information about the six books of Ys. It appears that there was once an ancient land called Ys, whose secret was sealed in those six books. Before long Adol learns that the six books were all stolen by the evil wizard Dark Fact (Dulk Dekt in the Sega Master System version, Malificus in the English-language computer versions). It is Adol's task to defeat the villain and discover the secret of Ys!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Ys is the fifth of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys: The Vanished Omens in 1988.
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