Showing posts with label Ys Wanderers from Ys III for Super NES print ad (1992). Show all posts
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Friday, November 25, 2016

Ys Wanderers from Ys III for Super NES (1992)

Original ad published in the April 1992 edition of Electronic Gaming Monthly (no. 31)
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An average game from the printed page to the CRT screen


The third installment of Ys series arrived on the SNES with lots of bang, displaying full-page backcover ads on various magazines during 1992. Sadly, the game is possibly the weakest in the beloved series.

American gamers will remember that Ys was first released on the TurboGrafx-CD and offered an astounding orchestral CD-quality soundtrack (a first for any game). Ys III also delivered a very good soundtrack, but was marred with repetitive gameplay and a very unenven difficulty setting. This is an action side-scrolling RPG, a la The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda's original sequel.

Colorful, but little detail in graphics.