History VideoGame / FantasyZone

* BulletHell: ''Link Loop Land'' is absolutely ''loaded'' with enemies and their projectiles.

''Fantasy Zone'' is a horizontally-scrolling ShootEmUp made by {{Sega}}. You control a ship called Opa-Opa, and have to bomb a set number of targets in each stage. Once these are destroyed, a boss will appear, which will have to be defeated to move on to the next stage.

The game had a few sequels as well: ''Fantasy Zone II'' for the Master System, ''Fantasy Zone Gear'' (or just ''Fantasy Zone'') for the GameGear, and ''Super Fantasy Zone'' for the SegaGenesis. Additionally, there are two spinoff titles: ''Fantasy Zone: The Maze'' and ''Galactic Protector'' for the Master System. In 2008, a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''Fantasy Zone II'', known [[FanNickname unofficially]] as ''Fantasy Zone II DX'', was issued in Japan as part of a CompilationRerelease, and Opa-Opa is a playable character in ''[[SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]''.

* CuteEmUp

* [[spoiler:BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In ''Fantasy Zone II DX'''s best ending, it is revealed that the ''entire game'' was this invoked by Opapa to give Opa-Opa a chance to rid himself of the Nenon entities trying to coax his SplitPersonality of evil into dominance.]]

* ContinuingIsPainful: When you die, you lose all of your upgrades, even those you had in reserve. On some bosses, you have pretty much no hope of winning if you lose to them once. Time to start over!
** Though in ''Fantasy Zone II DX'', you're sent to a shop that sells only engines if you die to a boss so you can repurchase that extra speed you lost. You're still stuck with the Twin Shot and Single Bomb weapons and no special weapons though.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The only way to reach the [[GoldenEnding Bright Ending]] is to endure your way through all the Dark Side levels and still have enough money saved to be able to buy the highly expensive [[EleventhHourSuperpower Drop]] [[SwissArmyTears Tears]] weapon and land it on the FinalBoss, after which [[spoiler:Opa-Opa finally rids himself of all the evil Nenon emotions that have been building up since the first game]]

* MultipleEndings: ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' has three of them depending on which stage types you clear [[spoiler:and whether or not you use the Drop Tears weapon on the FinalBoss]].

* SpreadShot: Each game has a variant of it. The original had the 7-Way Shot, one of the most useful in the game. Some of the sequels had the 3-way Shot instead.

* AdaptationExpansion: The version of ''Fantasy Zone'' featured on the ''Sega Classics Collection'' (which was originally part of the ''Sega Ages'' lineup) features four new stages and a handful of new upgrades, although they have to be unlocked first.

The game had a few sequels as well: ''Fantasy Zone II'' for the Master System, ''Fantasy Zone Gear'' (or just ''Fantasy Zone'') for the GameGear, and ''Super Fantasy Zone'' for the SegaGenesis. In 2008, a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''Fantasy Zone II'', known [[FanNickname unofficially]] as ''Fantasy Zone II DX'', was issued in Japan as part of a CompilationRerelease, and Opa-Opa is a playable character in ''[[SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]''.

* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]: In one of the MultipleEndings in ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' [[spoiler:Opa-Opa turns evil and casts the Fantasy Zone into chaos, and thus ''Space Harrier'' and his white dragon friend Uriah have to save the day]].

* OneHitPointWonder

* {{Retraux}}: ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' is built on the System16 hardware the original game used, with the only addition being some extra RAM. It's so authentic that many who see it don't realize that it came out in ''2008'' and not alongside the Master System original.

* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]: In one of the MultipleEndings in ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' [[spoiler:Opa-Opa turns evil and casts the Fantasy Zone into chaos, and thus ''Space Harrier''and his white dragon friend Uriah have to save the day]].

* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]: In one of the MultipleEndings in ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' [[spoiler:Opa-Opa turns evil and casts the Fantasy Zone into chaos, and thus ''Space Harrier'' has to save the day]].

''Fantasy Zone'' was originally released in arcades and MasterSystem (both versions were developed simultaneously), but later saw ports appearing on the {{MSX}}, [[{{Famicom}} Family Computer]], NintendoEntertainmentSystem (a different port from the Famicom release), [[SharpX68000 X68000]] and the TurboGrafx16.

* NoExportForYou: ''Super Fantasy Zone'' was ([[VirtualConsole originally]]) not released in North America.
** Still played straight with ''Fantasy Zone II DX'', which was included in the final ''Sega Ages'' collection.

* DirectToVideo: All of the games (except the first) were released directly to consoles.

* PinballScoring: Has reasonable scoring unless you're skilled enough to beat the game. You'll receive a bonus of several million points [[hottip:*:4,000,000 + (10*gold)]] and [[NewGamePlus start back at the beginning]] where if you're really skilled, you can do it again and again. If you're a god of this game, you can get [[{{Cap}} 99,999,990 points]].

->''"Long ago, far away in space, there existed a "Fantasy Zone" where a courageous hero called Opa-Opa (the Player) fought in a valiant cause to rescue the "Fantasy Zone" from its enemies."''

The game had a few sequels as well: ''Fantasy Zone II'' for the Master System, ''Fantasy Zone Gear'' (or just ''Fantasy Zone'') for the GameGear, and ''Super Fantasy Zone'' for the SegaGenesis. In 2008, a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''Fantasy Zone II'', known [[FanNickname unofficially]] as ''Fantasy Zone II DX'', was released in Japan, and Opa-Opa is a playable character in ''[[SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]''.

* {{Vaporware}}: A [[TurboGrafx16 TurboGrafx-CD]] game developed by NEC Avenue called ''Space Fantasy Zone'' which had ''Space Harrier''-style gameplay mixed with the setting from ''Fantasy Zone'', further bridging the gap between both franchises. Legal disputes with SEGA resulted in the game's cancellation. A prototype ISO of the game can be found online.