Fantasy Zone Gear

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Fantasy Zone Gear
System(s): Game Gear
Publisher: Sims
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















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Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bouken (ファンタジーゾーンGear オパオパJr.の冒険), released outside of Japan as just Fantasy Zone is a Game Gear shoot 'em up game that is part of the Fantasy Zone series. Despite having the same name as the Master System game in western regions, Fantasy Zone Gear is in fact a completely different game which makes use of the Game Gear's extended color palette.

Fantasy Zone Gear offers very little to the table, other than new stages and music (though many of the jingles are identical to that of the original Fantasy Zone). Due to size restraints, it is unable to show any kind of HUD in game, however Opa-Opa's equipment can be changed at any time by hitting the  START  button.

As with all Fantasy Zone games, Fantasy Zone Gear was re-released in 2008 as part of the Japanese PlayStation 2 compilation, Fantasy Zone Complete Collection.

Config Mode

Pressing UpRightDownLeft1212 START  at the title screen will open "Config Mode", allowing you to adjust lives, money, access the sound test and select a level.

Levels

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FantasyZoneGear Woods Boss.png		 Woods

Unlike previous games, levels in Fantasy Zone Gear were given generic names by Sega of America. They are all very similar, the only major difference each time being the choice of enemies.

Wood's boss is a large, tree-like creature with a spring. It simply extends its nose to try and defeat Opa-Opa (the nose also doubling up as the weak point). After it attacks, it will spring up into the air and try and land on top of the player.

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FantasyZoneGear Fire Boss.png		 Fire

Fire's boss is an odd creature which moves in a circular motion, stopping every now and then to fire a missile in one of four directions. These missiles then explode into eight chunks which spread across the screen. Everything is a weak point. Thanks to the Game Gear's small resolution it's very easy to accidentally collide with this boss, so it's a good idea to upgrade in advance.

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FantasyZoneGear Ice Boss.png		 Ice

Ice's boss is simple in comparison to the previous boss battle. Parts of a face will slowly track Opa-Opa's position and you simply need to destroy the eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth. Then you'll be able to attack the head itself in a similar manner, provided, again, you've upgraded your speed.

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FantasyZoneGear Water Boss.png		 Water

The only static boss in the whole game, Water's boss simply fires four green orbs in your general direction, which will slowly hunt you down until you destroy them. Alternatively it water will fall from the top of the screen which will need avoiding, though if you can keep at least one orb on screen this will never occur. Aim for the head.

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FantasyZoneGear Cloud Boss.png		 Cloud

The extremely large boss of Cloud is a blimp-like creature which follows Opa-Opa around the room. It occasionally stops to fire forwards and launch several floating bombs which litter the screen. Like many bosses in this game, the difficulty comes from the cramped conditions you're forced to fight in. Unlike previous bosses, this one seems to take a lot longer to kill.

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FantasyZoneGear Desert Boss.png		 Desert

Desert's boss is a large totem-pole creature, in which sections of the boss fly hoizontally across the screen to try and hit Opa-Opa.

FantasyZoneGear Final Boss.png Phantoms

The final level, like all Fantasy Zone games, simply puts Opa-Opa against all of the bosses he's encountered so far, before having him face the end boss. As Fantasy Zone Gear drops the backgrounds when bosses are encountered, this level has no identity of its own. You never "see" where Opa-Opa actually is, only that he's got bosses to fight.

Production Credits

Main Planner: Masakazu Sato
Planner: May, Yama
Programmer: Dirty, Teiou
Main Graphic: Yama
Graphic: Masakazu Sato, Nao, Nobuo Matsushima
Sound: Yoko (Nasu) Wada
Special Thanks to: Sega

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №17
66
90
66
Sega Game Gear
 76
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
94
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[2]
Consoles + (FR)
65
[3]
Console XS (UK) PAL
84
[4]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
80
[5]
FX (UK)
89
[6]
Game Mania (UK)
82
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[8]
Games-X (UK) NTSC-J
80
[9]
Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J
49
[10]
Game Zone (UK) PAL
78
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[12]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
88
[13]
Joypad (FR)
66
[14]
Joystick (FR)
68
[15]
Mega Force (FR)
60
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[17]
Player One (FR)
90
[18]
Play Time (DE)
65
[19]
Power Play (DE)
68
[20]
Score (CZ)
69
[21]
Sega Power (UK)
56
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
65
[23]
Sega Pro (UK)
65
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[26]
Sega Force (UK)
66
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
72
[28]
Super Juegos (ES)
65
[29]
Supersonic (FR)
81
[30]
Sega Game Gear
 73
Based on
30 reviews

Fantasy Zone Gear

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, JP
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Game Gear, JP (Meisaku Collection)
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Game Gear, BR



Opa-Opa Fantasy Zone series of games
Arcade
 Fantasy Zone (1986) | Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (1988) | Fantasy Zone (1998) | Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa (2008) | Medal de Fantasy Zone (2012)
Sega Master System
 Fantasy Zone (1986) | Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (1987) | Fantasy Zone: The Maze (1987) | Galactic Protector (1988)
PC Engine
TurboGrafx-16
 Fantasy Zone (1988) | Space Fantasy Zone (Unreleased)
Sega Game Gear
 Fantasy Zone Gear (1991)
Sega Mega Drive
 Super Fantasy Zone (1992) | Fantasy Zone (2022)
Sega Saturn
 Sega Ages Fantasy Zone (1997)
Mobile phone
 Fantasy Zone: Boss no Gyakushuu (2001) | Fantasy Zone P1 (2002) | Fantasy Zone (2003)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 3: Fantasy Zone (2003) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa | Fantasy Zone Neo Classic) (2008)
LCD handheld game
 Fantasy Zone (2009)
Nintendo 3DS
 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (2014) | 3D Fantasy Zone II W (2014)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Fantasy Zone (2019)
Fantasy Zone related media
Music
 Fantasy Zone Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album (2008) | Fantasy Zone (2022)
Book
 Fantasy Zone Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (1987) | Fantasy Zone Ura Manual (1987) | Family Computer Game Hisshou Hou Series 43: Fantasy Zone (1987) | Fantasy Zone Hisshou Kanpeki Hon (1987) | Fantasy Zone: Isekai kara no Shinryakusha (1987) | Fantasy Zone II Kanpeki Hon (1989) | Fantasy Zone 2: Isei eno Tabidachi (1989) | Love! Fantasy Zone 2019 (2019)
Film
 Fantasy Zone (1987)
  1. ↑ Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 42
  2. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 32
  3. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-04), page 124
  4. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
  5. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 166
  6. ↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
  7. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 70
  8. ↑ GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 76
  9. ↑ Games-X, "15th-21st August 1991" (UK; 1991-08-15), page 40
  10. ↑ Game Zone, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-22), page 57
  11. ↑ Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 74
  12. ↑ Hippon Super, "August 1991" (JP; 1991-07-04), page 89
  13. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 60
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 70
  15. ↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 157
  16. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-05), page 73
  17. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
  18. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 110
  19. ↑ Play Time, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-06), page 88
  20. ↑ Power Play, "11/91" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 169
  21. ↑ Score, "Únor 1994" (CZ; 1994-02-01), page 48
  22. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-07), page 36
  23. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 66
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 57
  25. ↑ Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 32
  26. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  27. ↑ Sega Force, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 61
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  29. ↑ Super Juegos, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 21
  30. ↑ Supersonic, "Mai/Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 24
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