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Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Platform(s)	TurboGrafx-CD
Release date(s)	1993
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	CD-ROM

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (イースIV -The Dawn of Ys-, Īsu Fō^?) is an action role-playing game developed for the TurboGrafx-CD, and is the fourth game in the Ys video game series. Ys series creators Nihon Falcom Corporation licensed its development to Hudson Soft.

The Dawn of Ys was released in 1993 and was one of two games released under the title of "Ys IV", the other being Tonkin House's Ys IV: Mask of the Sun for the Super Famicom. The two games share the same basic story, but Hudson took more liberties with its presentation in The Dawn of Ys, and two unique games resulted.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Music 4 External links

[edit] Plot

Ys IV takes place two years after the events of Ys II, and before the events of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys.

As the game begins, Adol has returned to the town of Minea, where Ys I began. After hanging around for a while and conversing with old friends, he decides to set sail for the overseas land of Celceta.

[edit] Gameplay

Ys IV returns to the style of play used in Ys I and II. The gameplay area is viewed from a top-down perspective, and the player attacks enemies by running into them to cause damage. Adol gains experience from defeating enemies, and gaining experience serves to raise his strength, as in the previous games. The Magic system introduced in Ys II is also brought back for this game.

[edit] Music

The original music was composed by Falcom's Sound Team JDK; however, there are no track-by-track credits as there had been for previous Ys titles.

As was the case with Hudson's TurboGrafx-CD versions of Ys I & II and Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, The Dawn of Ys's Redbook audio tracks were arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu. Yonemitsu did not arrange the entire soundtrack for the game itself, as many tracks were played through the console's internal sound chip, but he did cover every track for the Perfect Collection Ys IV CD series. (see below)

Soundtrack releases for Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys are as follows:

• Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys J.D.K. Special (1993): Contains a selection of tracks from Ys IV, reproduced using low-quality synthesizers similar to those used for the Ys III J.D.K. Special.
• Perfect Collection Ys IV -The Dawn of Ys- Vol. 1 (1994): Contains Ryo Yonemitsu's arrangements of the first third of Ys IV's soundtrack.
• Perfect Collection Ys IV -The Dawn of Ys- Vol. 2 (1994): Contains Ryo Yonemitsu's arrangements of the middle third of Ys IV's soundtrack.
• Perfect Collection Ys IV -The Dawn of Ys- Vol. 3 (1994): Contains Ryo Yonemitsu's arrangements of the last third of Ys IV's soundtrack.

In addition, Falcom's Falcom Special Box '95 contained the Ys IV J.D.K. Special Vol. 2, a collection of tracks left off the first J.D.K. Special, along with a number of "lost tracks" never used in the game.

[edit] External links

• Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys at GameFAQs
• Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys at MobyGames

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