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Ancient Land of Ys

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Ancient Land of Ys
Ancient Land of Ys cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom Corp.
DOS Unlimited Software Inc.
Publishers
Kyodai Software Marketing, Inc.
Release dates
DOS 1989
Ancient Land of Ys guide at StrategyWiki
Ancient Land of Ys at Wikipedia
Ys
Ancient Land of Ys 1989
Ys II Special 1994
Ys Eternal 1998
Ys II Eternal 2000
Ys I II Complete 2001
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim 2003
Ys: The Oath in Felghana 2005
Ys Origin 2006
Ys Online: The Call of Solum 2009
Ys I & II Chronicles+ 2009
Ys Seven 2012
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA 2018
Ys: Memories of Celceta 2018

This page is for the original DOS release. For the 1998 remake, see Ys Eternal. For the 2001 remake, see Ys I II Complete. For the 2009 remake, see Ys I & II Chronicles+.

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
 Requires the original floppy to start (even when installed).
DOS

Game data[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\*.DAT
In-game settings are not stored between sessions.

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Choice of music or sound effects (not both). On/off only; toggle with S.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed[edit]

"Illegal command: for" error during installation (DOSBox)[edit]

Copy game files manually[1]

Copy all files to a folder manually.

Other information[edit]

Command line arguments[edit]

Video modes for this game are handled as separate executables with the exception of Hercules graphics (YS.EXE can attempt to detect the appropriate video mode to use).
Command Description
herc Hercules graphics (case sensitive). Use by launching the game with YSCGA herc.

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, Tandy, Hercules
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.1
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 384K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA, EGA, CGA, Tandy, Hercules

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on November 4, 2017
    The installer can be fixed by using 4DOS as the command line interpreter in DOSBox, but for this game it merely copies all files to a folder on the hard drive (the same as copying manually).