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I'm doing some research, and I'm trying to ascertain whether the PC88 release dates this guy cites are 100% accurate or not.

Any idea, guys? I mean, how would you check, besides looking through old magazines presumably?

http://homepage2.nifty.com/tkdate/ysmus ... Ys_88.html

http://homepage2.nifty.com/tkdate/ysmus ... II_88.html

http://homepage2.nifty.com/tkdate/ysmus ... II_88.html

He seems pretty confident in his precision, down to the days themselves.

The most accurate source i know is the PC88 Library

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Hi Sketcz,

Those dates are consistent with the Japanese Wikipedia entries. Japanese games usually have an exact, official release date, so they're probably correct.

This excellent site cites its sources for Ys I release dates, and notes any inconsistencies.

My copy of RPG Densetsu - The 1980s (Gameside Books, 2008) lists 1987/06/21 for Ys and 1988/04/22 for Ys II, which is consistent for the original PC-8801 releases.

Fantastic, thanks guys.

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