Fantasy (Video Game)

Fantasy
Fantasy
	Title screen
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	JP: SNK; EU: SNK; NA: Rock-Ola;
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	JP: October 1981; EU: 1981; 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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Fantasy (Germany)". http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6111. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
↑ "Fantasy (USA)". http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=1. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
↑ "Fantasy:Rock-ola". ArcadeFlyers.com. 2008-10-30. http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=2.
↑ "Keywords". FilmBayCom. 2008-10-30. http://filmbaycom.forumarena.com/archive/o_t/t_425/keywords_part_2_08.html.
↑ Compton, Shanna. Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels p. 117-118
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "SNK 6502 Hardware". https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/snk6502.c. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "SNK Rockola Hardware". http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=887&gid=18592. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

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[eu-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Fantasy (Germany)". http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6111. Retrieved 2015-01-13.

[2] "Fantasy (USA)". http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=1. Retrieved 2015-01-13.

[Fantasy_Controls-3] "Fantasy:Rock-ola". ArcadeFlyers.com. 2008-10-30. http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=2.

[funky_town-4] "Keywords". FilmBayCom. 2008-10-30. http://filmbaycom.forumarena.com/archive/o_t/t_425/keywords_part_2_08.html.

[compton-5] Compton, Shanna. Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels p. 117-118

[mame-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "SNK 6502 Hardware". https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/snk6502.c. Retrieved 2015-01-13.

[system16-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "SNK Rockola Hardware". http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=887&gid=18592. Retrieved 2008-10-30.