Ys: The Ark of Napishtim (???VI -????????-, ?su Shikkusu -Napishutemu no Hako-?, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim) is a Japanese Action RPG developed and published by the Nihon Falcom Corporation and the sixth installment in the Ys video game series. It was first released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers. Not counting the Eternal/Complete remakes of Ys I & II, it was the first new Ys game released by Falcom in eight years. [source:wikipedia]