Fantasy Zone

Fantasy Zone is a surreal arcade game created by Sega in 1986. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the Sega Master System and the Sega Game Gear. more...

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The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-opa who fights nonsensical enemies in settings atypical of the traditional scrolling shooter, thus it is considered a cute 'em up.

In the game, the player's ship is placed in a level with a number of bases to destroy. When all the bases are gone, the stage boss appears; when the boss is defeated, the player moves on to the next level. There are two buttons: shoot and bomb; the normal shot is generally useful though weak, while bombs are powerful though of narrow use. One major difference between this and many other shooters is that the player can turn around and fly the other way; the screen will scroll along with the player. There is also a shop that occasionally can be accessed. The player can buy items and weapons from it using coins from defeated enemies.

The game Space Harrier, also by Sega and released the previous year, supposedly takes place in \"the Fantasy Zone\" as well (Space Harrier begins the phrase \"Welcome to the 'Fantasy Zone'! Get Ready!\"). It includes the same bright pastel color scheme, although the game scrolls into the screen as opposed to horizontally. However, this may be just a coincidence. A game called Space Fantasy Zone was supposed to launch to the dead PC Engine CD console, but it was cancelled before completion. It combines the world of Fantasy Zone with the back camera and controls from Space Harrier. Although it's not in its final stage, a ROM can be found lurking the net and run in a PCE emulator.

Trivia

One of the Gear in Sonic Riders is named the Opa-Opa, a reference to this game.

An Opa-Opa figurine is available in the capsule machines in the Dreamcast game Shenmue.

In the Sega Master System game Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, the goal of the second stage is to find Opa-Opa.

In the Sound test screen for the Sega Master System adaptation of Quartet (arcade_game), Opa-opa can be seen flying horizontally across the top of the screen.

In Phantasy Star Online for Sega Dreamcast (2000) Opa Opa was a secret Mag. Mags followed you around and when fully charged could cast status effects on your character, bring you back to life, and launch powerful attacks.

Several of the enemies from Fantasy Zone II appear as attack waves for the final boss in the cult Dreamcast game Segagaga

In the Muppet Babies episode, It's Just a Pretendo, Baby Gonzo, Baby Animal, and Baby Miss Piggy were playing Fantasy Zone. During there imagination in Fantasy Zone, Gonzo and Piggy both fought over the controls to the Opa-Opa, while Animal spotted an enemy approaching and destroying the Opa-Opa.

In Arnold Palmer's Tournament Golf for Sega Genesis, the Opa-Opa is seen by some scrolling texts, and also acts as the selector icon for music and sound options. A demo version of Fantasy Zone is also hidden in this game.

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