Category: Falcom

  • English Fan Translation of Ys V Remake Hits Public Beta

    Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (PS2)

    You can follow Kaisaan’s projects via Twitter, the web, Ko-Fi, or Discord.

    Xynosaur is a fan of retrogaming who is also a creator in demo/chip music. You can follow Xyno’s work via YouTube, Bandcamp, or Soundcloud.

    This is a follow-up to what was previously reported by Time Extension here:

    In particular, project lead and prolific Ys modder Kaisaan now comes at us with the following timely news for the holiday season:

    Here is a mod showcase stream courtesy of Xynosaur.

    The beta patch for the Ys V remake on the PS2 was released like 2-3 days ago !

    Let’s experience this together !

    So, what do you think? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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    Ys V (PS2) – Translation Showcase Livestream

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  • Ys V: Sands of Time Released

    You can follow clymax’s projects via FFVC or YouTube.
    For the Wanderlust family of mods, click here.

    The Ys V: Sands of Time mod has been released courtesy of clymax.

    This mod is unofficial and is unaffiliated with Nihon Falcom.

    Like all of clymax’s rando mods, it’s a self-randomizer, so just simply reset the game to play a new randomization.

    A release build for Romhack Plaza is being considered, or you can get early access to the dev build on Game Jolt.

    Development Build: Features

    Chest items are now randomized. Items are filtered.

    Seeding not yet supported. Duplicates can be rolled.

    Added re-looting mechanic to support Pure Chaos runs.

    Gained physical and magical experience each boosted to 32x.

    Gained charge points boosted to 4x.

    Charge points no longer decay when unused.

    Charge points no longer nullified when switching spells.

    Gained gold from selling gems boosted to 32x.

    MP efficiency boosted to 16x.

    Switching spells now has a CP cost of one instead of zero. Casting spells now has a fixed CP cost of one.

    So, what do you think? Where do you think Ys V ranks in the series? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Wanderlust Speedrun by clymax

    For the Wanderlust family of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here.

    Wanderlust is the flagship hack of the eponymous family of mods of the Ys series. The hack is available on both SNES and Famicom.

    The Speedrun.com submission is here, or see the video embed below.

    Wanderlust (FC) Any% in 25:35

    Date: September 21, 2025

    Seed: clymax

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  • Ys III: Wanderlust (FC) – Mod Showcase Livestream

    Rando Scheme: Chest Pool, No Dupes

    For the Wanderlust series of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube.

    Xynosaur is a fan of retrogaming who is also a creator in demo/chip music. You can follow Xyno’s work via YouTube, Bandcamp, or Soundcloud.

    Writes Xyno:

    I pass a whole week testing things and not shutting up to my friends about how I will drastically re-route the whole run…I finally have a moment to put this into action !
    Let’s get some WR today ! 🙂

    Update

    The Speedrun.com submission is here, or see the video embed below.

    For the event leaderboard, click here.

    You can check the current event standings here.

    Ys III: Wanderlust (FC) Any% Dupeless in 12:10

    Date: September 21, 2025

    For the full stream VOD, see below.

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