The first game in the Ys series. The player controls Adol Christin who is on a quest to retrieve the six books of Ys which he will use to destroy the evil forces.
First released
Jun 21, 1987
Aliases
Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished, Ys 1, Ancient Land of Ys
Developed by
Nihon Falcom Corp., Advance Communication Company, Sega, Unlimited Software, Inc., Dempa Micomsoft
Published by
Kyodai Software Marketing, Inc., Nihon Falcom Corp., Brøderbund Software, Inc., Sega, Victor Entertainment, Interchannel, Ltd., Dempa Micomsoft, Project EGG, D4 Enterprise, Inc.
Platforms
Sega Master System, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Apple IIgs, PC, Sharp X68000, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X1, FM-7, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Action, Role-Playing
Releases
- A2GS - Ancient Land of Ys United States
- DS - Ys DS Japan
- FM7 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Japan
- MSX - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Japan
- NES - Ys Japan
- NSW - EGGCONSOLE Ys PC-8801mkIISR United States
- PC - Ancient Land of Ys (MS-DOS) United States
- PC88 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Japan
- PC98 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Japan
- SMS - Ys: The Vanished Omens United States
- SMS - Ys Japan
- X1 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Japan
- X68K - Ys Japan