Fantasia

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Fantasia
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Infogrames
Supporting companies: Sega of America (production)
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: The Walt Disney Company
Sound driver: Sega Music Development System
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-11-22 ¥4,8004,800 G-4061 US 1991-08 $49.9549.95 1021 EU 1991-08 1021 BX 199x DE 199x FR 199x PT 1991 MDJ1021 UK 1991-Q3 £29.9929.99 1021 SE (Rental) 199x AU 199x CA 199x BR 1991

Fantasia, called Fantasia: Mickey Mouse Magic (ファンタジア ミッキーマウス・マジック) in Japan, is a 1991 game by Infogrames for the Sega Mega Drive made as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Disney's 1940 film of the same name.

Story

While Mickey Mouse, the Sorcerer's Apprentice, is asleep and deep in a dream, the wind carries the notes of his master's music away. Mickey must search for the notes that have been scattered by the wind across the world of Fantasia.

Gameplay

The Sorcerer's Workshop

Orchestra

The game is a side-scrolling platformer played as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mickey. He can be moved with or or duck with . He jumps with and can do a bounce attack by pressing while in the air. This allows him to defeat or bounce off enemies. Some enemies take multiple hits to defeat. Mickey also attacks by performing spells, which are projectile attacks that cost magic points. casts a little spell that costs one magic point, and casts a big spell that costs three magic points. Collecting Flying Spell Books recovers magic. In underwater sections, Mickey swims by holding and pressing the D-pad in the desired direction. Mickey can cast spells while jumping or swimming.

Mickey begins in the Sorcerer's Workshop, where he can acquire health, magic, and points (though it is also filled with enemies that can harm him). In the Workshop, Mickey can find a door to the first world. The game's four worlds are based on amalgamations of the segments of Fantasia, each one themed around the elements. The goal of each world is to find the Notes or an equivalent amount of points. Mickey can find a Fantasy Fairy that sends him to another level within each world, which can help him find more Notes or accrue more points. The number of Notes or points required to advance to the next stage varies depending on the difficulty level:

World	Easy	Normal	Hard
Water World	60,000 points (3 Notes)	100,000 points (5 Notes)	160,000 points (8 Notes)
Earth World	100,000 points (5 Notes)	140,000 points (7 Notes)	200,000 points (10 Notes)
Air World	140,000 points (7 Notes)	180,000 points (9 Notes)	240,000 points (12 Notes)
Fire World	180,000 points (9 Notes)	220,000 points (11 Notes)	280,000 points (14 Notes)

After the first world, Mickey returns to the Workshop. He must find a door to the Orchestra, where the Notes he found are added to the piece (a segment of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas). If Mickey did not acquire enough Notes, the next door he finds returns him to the first world; otherwise, it progresses him to the next. In subsequent worlds, he visits the Orchestra upon completing the world rather than returning to the Workshop and either repeats the world or moves on to the next depending on his results.

Hidden platforms or items in the worlds are sometimes revealed by defeating an enemy or collecting an item. Both the Workshop and the worlds contain bonus rooms behind wooden doors with power-up items. Mickey exits these bonus rooms if he touches an enemy or collects all the items.

Mickey loses a hit point each time he takes damage from an enemy or an environmental hazard (including falling in water). Enemies likewise take damage if Mickey runs into them. Mickey can recover hit points by collecting Stars. If Mickey runs out of strength, he loses a life (called a "dream" in this game). If Mickey loses all of his lives, the game ends, but it can be continued as long as there are continues remaining.

Items

Mickey can collect items by touching them, including bouncing off them. He can also attack them with his magic spells, but he does not receive the benefit of the item in this case.

	Note
	Mickey must find Notes or an equivalent amount of points in each world to progress to the next one. On Easy, finding a Note is worth 20,000 points; on Normal, it is worth 40,000; and on Hard, it is worth 60,000 points. Collecting a Note also gives Mickey hit points and an extra life and grants him temporary invulnerability.
	Star
	Gives Mickey hit points, up to 9 maximum. On Easy, it worth 1,500 points; on Normal, it is worth 3,000; and on Hard, it is worth 4,500 points.
	Flying Spell Book
	Gives Mickey magic points. On Easy, it is worth 600 points; on Normal, it is worth 1,200; and on Hard, it is worth 1,800 points.
	Crystal Ball
	Awards the player with bonus points. On Easy, it is worth 1,500 points; on Normal, it is worth 3,000; and on Hard, it is worth 4,500 points.
	Dinosaur Egg
	Awards the player with bonus points. On Easy, it is worth 200 points; on Normal, it is worth 400; and on Hard, it is worth 600 points. Found only in Earth World.
	Potion
	Awards the player with bonus points. On Easy, it is worth 400 points; on Normal, it is worth 800; and on Hard, it is worth 1,200 points. Found only in Fire World.
	Fantasy Fairy
	Takes Mickey to another level in the current world or exits the current level or world.

Worlds

	The Water World
	The music is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas and "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli. The world incorporates elements of the "Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Dance of the Reed Flutes," and "Arabian Dance" segments from the film.
	The Earth World
	The music is "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky. The world incorporates elements of the "Rite of Spring" segment from the film.
	The Air World
	The music is "The Pastorale, Symphony No. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven, "Russian Dance" by Peter Tchaikovsky, and "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli. The world incorporates elements of the "Russian Dance," "Pastoral Symphony," and "Dance of the Hours" segments from the film.
	The Fire World
	The music is "A Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky and "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach. The world incorporates elements of the "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" segments from the film.

History

Development

The game began its development on January 1990 and the team was composed of 6 people who lacked experience in developing console games at that time.

Fantasia was rushed for release and poorly received at launch. Former Head of Product Development at Sega of America, Ken Balthaser has said on record that he regrets releasing it in its current "unplayable" state.

“	The graphics were wonderful, and they really caught the mood. They did some really cool things with parallax scrolling in there, but again...hindsight's 20/20. I wish now that I would've just said no and sent it back for another two months or so, to tweak the gameplay. I think it could have been a really fantastic game if we had done that.	„
— Ken Balthaser

Release

Reportedly Roy Disney was unaware that Disney's licensing department had given Sega the rights to produce a Fantasia game. Roy had promised his late uncle, Walt Disney, not to give out licenses for Fantasia, and having learnt of the news, requested that Sega of America pull all copies of the game from sale and destroy them. Sega were assured that this was the fault of Disney, and as well as being compensated for lost profits, were granted further licenses for Disney properties. In the end, all but 5000 copies of Fantasia were recalled by Sega of America and destroyed.

The game was on sale for roughly 100 days before being pulled.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Fantasia	Fantasia
English (US)	Fantasia	Fantasia
Japanese	ファンタジア ミッキーマウス・マジック	Fantasia: Mickey Mouse Magic

Production credits

• SEGA Producer: Scott Berfield
• Walt Disney Producer: Stephan L. Butler
• Programming: Richard Bottet, Thibault LePoutre
• Design and Coding: Didier Chanfray, Jean-Jacques Poncet, Philippe Agripnidis
• Art Direction: Didier Chanfray
• Artists: Jerome Guerry, Jean-Marc Torella
• Music and Sound: Frederic Metzen
• Project Management: Philippe Agripnidis
• Game Concept: Bruno Bonnell
• SEGA Test: Scott Rohde, Adam Sevillia, Jerry Markota, Bryan Beckstrand
• Product Management: Madeline Canepa, Rebecca Grey
• Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw, Eric Smith

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Fantasia/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #118: "September 1991" (1991-08-15)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 50 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 50 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 63 Consoles + (FR) 71 Console XS (UK) PAL 81 Cool Gamer (RU) 40 Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 53 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 58 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 50 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU) 50 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 61 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 FX (UK) 55 Game Power (IT) 85 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 92 Games-X (UK) 60 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 60 Hobby Consolas (ES) 94 Joypad (FR) PAL 76 Joystick (FR) PAL 85 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 46 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 69 Mega (UK) NTSC-U 11 Mega Action (UK) 80 Mega Force (FR) PAL 90 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 45 MegaTech (UK) 49 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) 82 Mean Machines (UK) PAL 61 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 49 Player One (FR) 79 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 50 Sega Power (UK) PAL 69 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 81 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 42 Tilt (FR) 75 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 65 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U 90 Video Games (DE) 62

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Fantasia

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Technical information

Main article: Fantasia/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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✔	CRC32 d351b242 MD5 69c60599bcff0eb53a49dbaf09dbfc02 SHA-1 ce0f0813878700e78b3819ff0db49bd297add09e	512kB	1991-04	Cartridge (EU)