Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (System 16)

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Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (System 16)
System(s): Sega System 16
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
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Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa Opa is a special Fantasy Zone game first seen in the Sega Ages 2500 series, Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection. It is a remake of Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa running on emulated Sega System 16 arcade hardware.

As of MAME version 0.146u2 the game is currently available to play in this emulator. Fantasy Zone II DX was re-released with additional features in 2014 in Japan and 2015 worldwide as 3D Fantasy Zone II Double.

History

Developers M2 adhered to the restrictions of the System 16B board when creating Fantasy Zone II DX, meaning the game was able to be officially released in Japanese arcades. According to the manual, the developers claim it to be running on "System 16C" hardware, as it uses a RAM upgrade with the System 16B specs.

The game exists presumably due to fan complaints regarding the quality of Fantasy Zone II. The original Fantasy Zone II release was developed with the Sega Master System in mind, with later ports to the MSX and Nintendo Famicom, unlike the original Fantasy Zone which was built for superior System 16 arcade hardware. This means there is a tremendous drop in "quality" between the "best" version of Fantasy Zone and the "best" version of Fantasy Zone II, even though the two games are very similar in design.

Fantasy Zone II DX borrows many of the features seen in Fantasy Zone II, though is not a straight port of the game. It re-introduces the radar missing from the home ports of Fantasy Zone II and adds/tweaks various features to make the game more similar to the original arcade Fantasy Zone. Many of the backgrounds were re-invented, music and bosses altered and there are only two sections to each level - a "light" and "dark" variation. Depending where the levels are finished, the game will result in one of three different endings.



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)