Re: Desperately searching for 1989 IIgs game "Ancient Land of Ys"

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Willie Yeo <w.yeo@qut.edu.au> writes...

>Nick Des Barres wrote:
> 
>> Hi, can anyone aid me in finding a 1989 IIgs game called "Ancient Land
>> of Ys?" This game was put out by Broderbund/Kyodai. It's tiny by
>> today's standards, so if it's possible, if someone could email it to me
>> I'd be forever grateful.
> 
>    Ahh yes |8) That's a really cool game too. I played until my original
>disks died and the shop could not replace it and I exchanged it for
>WindWalker.

    It was one of the few nice RPG's made for the Apple IIgs (it 
is a lot like the scrollable town/map Zelda or Final Fantasy type 
of game) though it has long since been out of publication and sale. 
I suppose, like 99% of all other Apple IIgs entertainment titles,
you'd have to search comp.sys.apple2.marketplace, thrift shops
and garage sales in order to find a used copy.

    I have a patched hardrive installable version (works fine but
you have to load saved games from floppy disks). Even though I
finished the game, I still boot it up from time to time to hear
the music (or even better, the orchestrated version of the game 
music, performed by a live professional symphony orchestra). :)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca