Super Fantasy Zone

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Super Fantasy Zone

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Sunsoft

Developer: Sunsoft

Sound driver: Sunsoft sound driver

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-01-14	¥6,800	T-15023
UK	1993	£39.99^[1]	1142
FR	1993	?F	1142
DE	1993	DM ?	1142
ES	1993	?Ptas	1142


JP ▼	2008-05-07^[5]	600pts
US ▼	2008-06-21^[2]	900pts
EU ▼	2008-06-27^[3]^[4]	800pts
AU ▼	2008-06	800pts

PEGI

USK

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Super Fantasy Zone (スーパーファンタジーゾーン) is an entry in the Fantasy Zone series of games, and was initially released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. Unlike previous outings, Super Fantasy Zone was handled entirely by Sunsoft (under license from Sega), who had previously brought Fantasy Zone and Fantasy Zone II to the Nintendo Famicom.

For unknown reasons the game was not released in cartridge form in North America, but is currently unconfirmed as being a Sega Channel title. It eventually saw a more widespread release as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service and was included on the Mega Drive Mini.

Gameplay

Like others in the series, Super Fantasy Zone is a multi-directional side scrolling shooter. Players control Opa-Opa and are tasked with shooting and destroying "bases" littered across levels, before fighting a boss. For the most part, gameplay is identical to the original Fantasy Zone, ignoring features such as the warps from Fantasy Zone II.

shoots. drops a bomb (with unlimited stock). uses the special weapon, which can be bought from a shop, found throughout each level as balloons which must be collided into to enter.

Levels

	Stage 1: Picknica
	A bright forest with a mountain lake background.
	Stage 2: Kazarne
	This level is a fiery volcanic land.
	Stage 3: Niagaro
	Large waterfalls fall from the sky in this level with large clouds floating around the air.
	Stage 4: Risscave
	A very dark cavern, it's very hard to see in here. The Super Lights will enhance your visibility here.
	Stage 5: Grandiuss
	This level consists of a desert landscape, with canyons in the background.
	Stage 6: Le-Picker
	The floor glows bright with electric in this stage, and Opa-Opa will need the Rubber Boots to safely stand on it.
	Stage 7: Aflorious
	Big bubbles make up the floor, with a bright rainbow in the background.
	Stage 8: Menone

Shop

These are the starting prices for the items in the shop. The prices for these items increase as you purchase more of them.
(Hurricane is misspelled as "Harricane" in this game)

	Speed Upgrades
	Big Wings 200 Gold. Jet Engine 5,000 Gold. Turbo Engine 20,000 Gold. Rocket Engine 100,000 Gold.
	Weapon Upgrades
	Wide Beam 1,000 Gold. Laser Beam 4,000 Gold. 7-Way Shots 10,000 Gold. Cross-Rang 20,000 Gold.
	Bomb Upgrades
	Twin Bombs 200 Gold. Quartet Missiles 1,000 Gold.
	Special Weapons
	Ultra Bomb 2,000 Gold. Heavy Bomb 2,000 Gold. Thunder Volt 2,000 Gold. Harricane 2,000 Gold. Smart Bomb 2,000 Gold. Back Fire 2,000 Gold. Shower Bombs 2,000 Gold.
	Other Items
	Extra Ship 5,000 Gold. Shield 40,000 Gold. Rubber Boots 5,000 Gold. Super Lights 4,000 Gold.

Production credits

Program: Kawa-Chan, Keroyon
Graphics: Akira, Masanori Hirose, Kazuhito Hosoe
Sound: Kodaka, About.SS, N.Hara
Special Thanks: Hirokun, K.Kozawa, M.Kawai
Presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Super Fantasy Zone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-11: "November 1991" (1991-10-08)

PDF

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-02: "February 1992" (1992-01-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	85	^[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	85	^[9]
Consoles + (FR)	91	^[10]
Game Power (IT)	90
Hippon Super (JP)	60	№1992-02, p96
Joypad (FR)	60	^[11]
Joystick (FR)	60	^[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	88	№1, p86
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	86	№5, p94
MegaTech (UK)	70	^[13]
Player One (FR)	90	№26, p92/93
Power Play (DE)	70
Sega Pro (UK)	80	^[14]
Sega Pro (UK)	71	№18, p68
Sega Force (UK)	90	^[15]

	78
Based on 15 reviews

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

File:Super Fantasy Zone MD FR Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	927975be
MD5	bd52a3c0097986a473f42dd58279408e
SHA-1	ed4f8a98eed7838d29fa31a6f34d11f6d8887c7f

1MB

1992-07

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	767780d7
MD5	f5683f3b2c24cdd7bc6771ea87efeacf
SHA-1	14dc8568205f3b1b89ce14b9412541ce4ae47f91

1MB

1992-01

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

↑ Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 89
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/GRNFWY2mPxicCad67jpTgrsXby5sHBc8 (archived: 2010-11-23 00:51)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/super_fantasy_zone (archived: 2017-07-04 12:24)
↑ https://archive.is/ze1fO
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/07.html (archived: 2018-03-05 23:01)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_sfz/ (archived: 2008-05-10 10:38)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19779&pageID=4 (archived: 2012-04-03 02:25)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 33 (35)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 52/53 (52)
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 100/101 (100)
↑ Joystick, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 140
↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 48/49 (48)
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 56
↑ Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 88/89 (88)