Fantasy (video game)

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Fantasy
FantasyVGScreen.png
Title screen
Developer(s) SNK
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Arcade
Release
  • JP: October 1981
  • EU: 1981 [1]
  • NA: February 1982
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player
Arcade system SNK 6502 / SNK Rockola

Fantasy is an action game developed by SNK and released for arcades in October 1981. It was licensed to Rock-Ola [2] for North American release in February 1982. The game is controlled with a single joystick. [3] One level plays the melody from the song "Funkytown". [4] According to the book Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels, this is the first arcade video game to have a continue feature. [5]

The game runs on the SNK 6502 arcade system board, [6] also known as the SNK Rockola hardware. [7] Other games that run on the same hardware are Sasuke vs. Commander (1980), Zarzon (1981) and Vanguard (1981). [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fantasy (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Fantasy (USA)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Fantasy:Rock-ola". ArcadeFlyers.com. 2008-10-30.
  4. ↑ "Keywords". FilmBayCom. 2008-10-30. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
  5. ↑ Compton, Shanna. Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels p. 117-118
  6. 1 2 "SNK 6502 Hardware". MAME . Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  7. 1 2 "SNK Rockola Hardware". System 16. Retrieved 2008-10-30.


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