Ys (イース Īsu, [iːsu̥]) (English: /ˈiːs/) is a Japanese role-playing video game series, and Nihon Falcom corporation's flagship franchise.[1] The series started on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987. The games take place in a fictional world with some geographical resemblance to Earth, and chronicle the adventures of Adol Christin, a red-haired swordsman, and his companions. Ys titles have appeared on the MSX2, FM-7, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, TurbGrafx/PC-Engine CD-ROM, cellular phone, and on the Wii's Virtual Console service from Nintendo. Two separate OVA anime series of Ys have been released, as well as many soundtracks based on the games' music.
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Release years by system: 1987—PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, X1, and MSX2 1988—Famicom, Master System 1989—DOS, IIGS 1991—X68000 1998—Microsoft Windows (Ys Eternal) 2008—Nintendo DS (Ys Eternal) |
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Release years by system: 1988—PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, X1, and MSX2 1989—Famicom, Master System 1989—DOS, IIGS 1998—Microsoft Windows (Ys Eternal) 2008—Nintendo DS (Ys Eternal) |
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Release years by system: 1989—PC-8801, PC-9801, Sharp X68000, and MSX2 1991—Famicom, TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis, SNES 2005—PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 1993—Super Famicom 2005—PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 1994—PC Engine |
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Release years by system: 1995—Super Famicom 2006—PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 2003—Microsoft Windows 2005—PlayStation 2 2006—PSP |
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Release years by system: 2005—Microsoft Windows 2010—PSP |
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Release years by system: 2006—Microsoft Windows |
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Release years by system: 2006—Nintendo DS |
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Ys Online: The Call of Solum
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Release years by system: 2007, 2009—Windows |
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Online MMORPG developed by Falcom and released by CJ Internet in 2007 in Korea and currently in open-beta in Japan; takes place a couple centuries after Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim. An English version was available in Europe in January 2009 for beta-testing, before being shutdown in November the same year. |
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Release years by system: September 17, 2009—PSP |
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Next numerical installment in the series, taking place shortly after the events of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim. |
Several mobile games in the series were released in Japan.
Ys I and Ys II have been released together several times, both as compilations and remakes.
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Release years by system: 1989—PC Engine CD-ROM (Japan) 1990—TurboGrafx-CD (North America) 1992—TurboDuo 2008—Wii Virtual Console (emulated TurboGrafx-CD version) |
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Release years by system: 2001—PC |
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Release years by system: 2009—Nintendo DS |
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Release years by system: 2009—PSP |
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Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga
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Release years by system: July 29, 2010—PSP |
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1989-1991 – OVA |
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1992-1993 – OVA |
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Music can also be found on:
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