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Fantasy Zone (1986)

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Fantasy Zone (Japanese: ファンタジーゾーン, Hepburn: Fantajī Zōn) is a 1986 arcade video game by Sega, and the first game in the Fantasy Zone series. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the 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 design and main character have many similarities to the earlier TwinBee, and both are credited with establishing the cute 'em up subgenre. It also popularized the concept of a boss rush, a stage where the player faces multiple previous bosses again in succession. Numerous sequels were made over the years.

Fantasy Zone was ported to the Master System, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, X68000, and PC Engine—all with similar gameplay.

Two different versions were released for the Famicom and NES. The Japanese version was released in 1987, developed and published by Sunsoft. The American version was released in 1989, developed by Pixel and published unlicensed by Tengen. In 1997, Fantasy Zone was released in the Sega Ages series in Japan for the Sega Saturn.

Fantasy Zone was re-released as an enhanced remake for the PlayStation 2, again in the Sega Ages series.

On September 18, the final Sega Ages disc was devoted to the series, Fantasy Zone Complete Collection. Instead of a 3D remake, it compiles all of the games in the series, including spin-offs, all of Sega's own versions, and a remake of Fantasy Zone II for System 16 hardware.

The original arcade version is unlockable in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. A 3D port of the game was released on March 19, 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS titled 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. New features of the 3DS port involve stereoscopic 3D visuals, adjustable difficulty settings, the ability to save the game, the ability to switch to the Japanese versions and US versions of the game, a Stage Select feature, and a new mode which involves the player playing as Upa-Upa, Opa-Opa's brother. The two replacement bosses from the Master System release can be unveiled, each replacing the standard boss.

The arcade version is a minigame in several entries in the Yakuza series, beginning with Yakuza 0. It is identical to the original arcade release, except the addition of a rapid fire button.

Sega Genesis port of the game was developed for the Sega Genesis Mini 2, the successor to the Sega Genesis Mini microconsole, which was released on October 27, 2022. The port added a Super Easy mode.

Fantasy Zone was very successful in Japanese arcades, helping to give rise to the popular System 16 arcade board. In April 1986, it was the second top-grossing table arcade cabinet of the month in Japan. It was the top-grossing arcade game in Japan from July–August 1986.

The Sega Master System version was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon, given 4 out of 5 stars. In 1988, it got four categories of 9/10 each from Computer and Video Games, calling it "a beaut of a game [where] I-want-to-eat-this-cartridge scrolling backdrop and aliens float in from all sides spitting death at you". In 1989, Computer and Video Games rated the PC Engine version 88% and the Master System version 87%, considering the PC Engine version to be better than the Master System version but not as commercially successful. Console XS reviewed the Master System version in 1992, giving it a 91% score.

It was reviewed by Génération 4, Sega Power, Happy Computer, and Tilt in 1987 and 1990.

『ファンタジーゾーン』（FANTASY ZONE）は、1986年に稼動を開始したセガ・エンタープライゼス（現・株式会社セガ）による業務用横スクロールシューティングゲーム。

任意方向へのスクロールと買い物によるパワーアップシステムに加え、やわらかい曲線と色とりどりのパステルカラーで描かれたグラフィックが特徴。

本記事では、この作品を基に制作された派生作品や#他機種版についても解説する。

8方向レバーと2ボタン（ショット、ボム）で自機のオパオパを操作。左右任意方向スクロール（上下方向にも画面1/5程度の幅で任意スクロールする）が特徴で能動的なプレイを可能にしている。

ラウンド（ステージ）内に点在する10個（ファミコン版では8個）の敵前線基地を全て破壊すると出現するボスキャラクターを倒すことでラウンドクリアとなる。ラウンドは環状に閉じており、左右どちらに進行しても良い。基地の配置は固定だが、任意スクロールを採用しているため敵の攻撃が流動的となっている。基地の場所は画面下部のレーダーで確認できる。未破壊の基地を示す光点が横に連なり、画面内のものが枠で囲まれる。

ラウンド8（最終面）には前線基地が存在せず、ラウンド1から7までに登場したボスキャラクター全てと連戦しすべて倒すことで最終ボスキャラクターとの対決となる。最終ボスを撃破すればエンディングとなり、残機数×100万点+所持金額×10点がボーナスとして加算され、自機1機、所持金0の状態で次の周回へと進む。装備は持ち越される。

本作のあらゆるパワーアップアイテム（「パーツ」と呼ばれる）は、敵を倒すと現れるお金（コイン）を貯め、時々現れる「ショップ風船」（赤い風船に"SHOP"と書かれている）に接触して買い物をすることで入手する。残機（プレイヤーストック）の追加も買い物以外に手段は無い。コインの額面は9段階あり、コインの大きさと書かれた数字（1〜9）でわかるようになっている。特に前線基地の出すコインは高額であるが、ラウンド開始から時間の経過で額面が下がっていく。またボスキャラクターを倒すと体がひび割れて崩れ落ちていき、同時に大量のコインをばらまく。これはラウンドクリアのジングルが流れている間のみ回収する事ができる。

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