Ys is a series of role-playing video games developed by Nihon Falcom. The first game in the series, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished, was released on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987. Ys games have also appeared on the Sharp X1, MSX2, FM-7, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X68000, Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Famicom, NES, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, TurboGrafx-CD, Apple IIGS, mobile phones, Super NES, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. As of 2017, the series had sold over 4.8 million copies worldwide.
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is an action role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom, and the sixth installment in the Ys video game series. It was first released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows. Not counting the remakes of Ys I & II, it was the first new Ys game released by Falcom in eight years. The name Napishtim is a reference to the character Utnapishtim from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Nihon Falcom Corporation is a Japanese video game company who primarily develop role-playing video games, most notably in the Ys and The Legend of Heroes series. The company was founded in 1981, making them one of the oldest role-playing game developers still in existence today. They are credited with pioneering the action role-playing game genre, the Japanese role-playing game industry, and the development of the personal computer software industry in Japan as a whole.
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly; the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily developed by Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. The name of the series references the term used in the US for motor vehicle theft.
Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on 29 April 2008, and for Microsoft Windows on 2 December 2008. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Set within the fictional Liberty City, the single-player story follows a war veteran, Niko Bellic, and his attempts to escape his past while under pressure from loan sharks and mob bosses. The open world design lets players freely roam Liberty City, consisting of three main islands.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom. It is a enhanced remake of the third game in the Ys series, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. It was first released for Microsoft Windows in Japan in July 2005, with an English localization by Xseed Games in March 2012. A PlayStation Portable version was also released in Japan in April 2010, and later in North America and Europe.
Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished is the first installment of Ys, an action role-playing video game series developed by Nihon Falcom in 1987. The name is commonly misspelled Y's due to an error on the packaging of an English-language release.
Summon Night is a series of role-playing video games, mixed with elements of a visual novel based dating sim. The series is primarily developed by Flight-Plan, published by Banpresto, and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The character designs are by Izuka Takeshi. The series has had six main line entries, and seven spin-off entries, spanning the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS video game consoles.
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun is a 1993 action role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom, and Tonkin House for the Super Famicom. It is the fourth game in the Ys video game series.
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand is an action role-playing video game for the Super Famicom developed by Nihon Falcom. It is the fifth game in the Ys series of video games.
Ys Origin is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Nihon Falcom for Microsoft Windows in 2006. In 2012, Xseed Games published an English-language localization of the game, via the Steam service and later through other download stores.
Ys I & II is an action role-playing video game compilation for the TurboGrafx-CD released in 1989 by Hudson Soft/NEC. It consist of enhanced remakes of the first two Ys games developed and published by Nihon Falcom for the PC-8801 home computer in Japan. It was released as Ys Book I & II for the TurboGrafx-CD in North America in 1990, and was a pack-in title for the TurboDuo in 1992. Ys I & II was released on the Virtual Console in Japan on October 2007, and worldwide the following year.
Ys Seven (イース7) is an action role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom and the seventh installment in the Ys video game series. It was released in Japan during 2009 for the Sony PlayStation Portable and was released by XSEED Games in North America on August 17, 2010, in Europe on November 3, 2010 and in Australia on February 20, 2013. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in China on June 20, 2012, and worldwide on Steam in August 2017.
Ys: Memories of Celceta is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game was originally released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan in September 2012, and later in North America by Xseed Games in November 2013, and in PAL regions by NIS America in February 2014. A Microsoft Windows version was released in China in 2015, and worldwide in July 2018. A PlayStation 4 version was announced by Falcom in February 2019, slated for release in Japan in May 2019.
Nayuta no Kiseki is an action role-playing game developed and published by Nihon Falcom, which released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable on July 26, 2012.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom and published in North America and Europe by NIS America. A part of the Ys series, it first released in Japan by Falcom for the PlayStation Vita in July 2016, with worldwide releases for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch following later. It had sold over 500,000 copies worldwide by the end of 2018.
Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is a crossover fighting game developed and published by Nihon Falcom. Similar to the concept of Super Smash Bros. and Final Fantasy Dissidia, the game involved players choosing a character and participating in two to four player fights against other characters sourced from Falcom's Ys and Trails in the Sky series of video games. It was released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable on July 29, 2010.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is a role-playing video game by developer Nihon Falcom. It is the thirteenth separate entry in the The Legend of Heroes, and a direct sequel to the prior two entries, Trails of Cold Steel and Trails of Cold Steel II. The game was released on the PlayStation 4 video game console in Japan in September 2017, and will be released worldwide in late 2019. A sequel, Trails of Cold Steel IV: The End of Saga, was released in 2018.
