A playthrough of Renovation's 1991 action-RPG for the Sega Genesis, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. Please note that there are a couple of spots where I edited out grinding for experience. I didn't think those bits made for terribly compelling viewing. Wanderers from Ys is a port of the third game in the long-running Falcom ARPG series that began on Japanese home computers, and it was the one that most western games first became acquainted with the series through. Wanderers from Ys changes up the gameplay significantly from Ys I & II. While the first two are famous (or notorious, based on who you ask) for their top-down mazes and "bump attack" mechanics, the third went with the style of a 2D platformer, making it feel much more like The Adventure of Link or Faxanadu than a traditional role-playing game. There were three English versions of the game made, each handled by different companies: The best was easily the port to the TurboGrafx-CD. Even though background scrolling was choppy, the cutscenes looked great, it was all voice acted, and the Redbook soundtrack is one of the best things I've ever heard in a game. You can see it here:
The worst conversion was the SNES version. The graphics are muddy and dark, the music sounds like someone pooed in a calliope before playing it, and the difficulty level was hiked far too high. You can see that one here:
And finally, we have the Genesis conversion, which is thoroughly excellent. It is the version that mostly closely resembles the original computer games, though it is smoother and more colorful than the PC88 version, the Genesis's FM music is a perfect fit for the music. If it sounds like it was made for this style.... well, it was! It doesn't set your hair on fire the way the incredible guitars in the Turbo version do, but it's great nonetheless. If you're playing this one on a cartridge, there really isn't much choice here - without a pair of nostalgia goggles, it's Genesis or bust. It's an excellent game, and was well worth its $65 asking price in 1991. _ No cheats were used during the recording of this video. NintendoComplete (
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