Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (PC-88)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (PC-88).

A demo of Ys, found in many stores playing on display units. This was distributed some time before the June 21 release of the game.

Unused Text#

Though technically almost all of the text is 'unused' since the demo only engages 4 text events (or 8 text opportunities if you include picking up the Ruby, engaging the Inventory & Status screens, and finally reaching the Game Over screen), there is text in place for everything that exists in the final version of Disk A.

Item Names#

The item table for the demo contains 28 pointers and 26 names (the retail version has 28 pointers and 33 names). Most of the item names used match what the final retail version uses, except for the following 3:

Text	Translation
あかいかぎ	Red Key
きいろいかぎ	Yellow Key
あおいかぎ	Blue Key

The final/retail version of the game instead has only two keys in this section: ぞうげのかぎ (Ivory Key) and だいりせきのかぎ (Marble Key).

Dialogue#

Most of this text matches whats in the retail version, however there are several bits that differ. One very notable difference is that one of the Minean children mention the name of Roda's brother!

Speaker	Dialogue	Translation
Minea NPC 11	`のはらには ”バッジュ” と ”ロダ” というふたごのきがあってね、ぼくたちはいつもそこであそんでるんだ。`	We always play in the field by the twin trees "Bajju" and "Roda".

Another interesting difference is that Donis was previously a redhead

Location	Dialogue	Translation
Minea NPC 1	`まっかなかみのけのおとこをみなかったか？なまえをドニスというんだが・・・あいつしごとをさぼってどっかへいきやがった。`	Have you seen a guy with bright red hair? His name is Donis... He slacked off on the job and took off somewhere.
Orman's Bar 1	`オ―マンのさかばみせをでるバ―テンきんにくしつのおとこあかげのおとこだれにはなしかけようか？`	Oman's Bar Leave Bartender Muscular man Red-Headed man Who should I speak to?
Orman's Bar 3	`あかげのおとこにいちゃん！おれのなやみをきいてくれないか？はいいいえ`	The Red-Headed Man Hey, big brother! Won't you listen to my troubles? Yes No
Orman's Bar 4	`あかげのおとこおれのなまえはドニス。[wait] か―ちゃんにあげるためにへそくりをはたいてかったサファイアのゆびわをなくしちまった。[wait] おれはもういえへかえれねえ・・・[wait][wait] これもきっととうぞくのしわざなんだろうなぁ`	The Red-Headed Man My name is Donis. I spent a small fortune to buy a sapphire ring for my mother... but I lost it. Now I can't go home... This must be the work of some thief, I bet.
Orman's Bar 5	`あかげのドニスゆびわがとりひきじょでうられてたって？[wait] それをかいもどしてくれたのか。[wait] どうもありがとう。[wait][wait] これはすこしばかりのおれいだ。[wait] この 1500 GOLD をうけとってほしい。`	Donis the Redhed So, the ring was being sold at the trading post? [wait] And you bought it back for me? Thank you so much! This is just a small token of my gratitude. Please accept this 1,500 gold.
Orman's Bar 6	`あかげのドニスおや？きみは・・[wait][wait] さっきはありがとう。`	Donis the Redhed Oh? You are...[wait][wait] Thanks for earlier.
Orman's Bar 7	`あかげのしょくにんつめたいひとだね・・・`	Red-Headed Artisan: You're a cold person...

Graphical Differences#

The sprite for the Zepik women is slightly different - in the demo version their heads are covered while the retail version has them dawning a full head of long, blonde hair, a slightly less-red dress and a blue shawl.

Demo	Retail

Map Differences#

The temple does not have a narthex yet, and the entrance puts Adol near the Ruby (with no door in sight)!