Fantasy Zone

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48K plays 1989 #Shooter

Fantasy Zone is a 1986 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Sega for arcades. It is the first game in the Fantasy Zone series, and was later ported to several home consoles, including Sega's Master System. The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-Opa who fights an enemy invasion in the titular group of planets. The game contains a number of features atypical of the traditional scrolling shooter. The main character, Opa-Opa, is sometimes referred to as Sega's first mascot character.

The game's design and main character have similarities to Konami's TwinBee, and both games are credited with establishing the cute 'em up subgenre. Fantasy Zone also popularized the concept of a boss rush, a stage where the player faces multiple previous bosses again in succession. The game was followed by several sequels, beginning with Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa in 1987.

From Wikipedia's article Fantasy Zone, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Players 74 · 117 votes

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  1. Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
  2. Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
  3. Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
  4. Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback

Overall fallback: Players 74 · 117 votes. The same 74/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.

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  1. 1.0Wake me up when it's over0+ out of 100
  2. 1.5Wake me up when it's over+ thumbs-up40+ out of 100
  3. 2.0Could be better50+ out of 100
  4. 2.5Could be better+ thumbs-up60+ out of 100
  5. 3.0Good job68+ out of 100
  6. 3.5Good job+ thumbs-up75+ out of 100
  7. 4.0Great job!80+ out of 100
  8. 4.5Great job!+ thumbs-up85+ out of 100
  9. 5.0Outstanding!90+ out of 100

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