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The game is a typical platformer where you play as Mickey Mouse the Apprentice Sorcerer as he tries to recover his master's stolen music notes. {{C}} jumps. To successfully stomp on enemy player must hold {{down}} while in air. Mickey also attacks by performing spells. You can cast spells so long as you have enough magic hats — the number of magic hats is shown at the bottom left corner of the screen. {{A}} casts a little spell (costs one magic hat) and {{B}} casts a big spell (costs three). Collecting flying books recovers magic.
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The game is a typical platformer where you play as Mickey Mouse in his Apprentice Sorcerer attire as he tries to recover his master's stolen music notes. {{C}} jumps. To successfully stomp on enemy player must hold {{down}} while in air. Mickey also attacks by performing spells. You can cast spells so long as you have enough magic hats — the number of magic hats is shown at the bottom left corner of the screen. {{A}} casts a little spell (costs one magic hat) and {{B}} casts a big spell (costs three). Collecting flying books recovers magic.
  
 
Game allows to change controls, swapping actions that are performed on {{a}}, {{b}} and {{c}} buttons around.
 
Game allows to change controls, swapping actions that are performed on {{a}}, {{b}} and {{c}} buttons around.

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Fantasia
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: The Walt Disney Company
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥4,8004,800 G-4061
Sega Mega Drive
US 		1021
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1021
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ1021
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
CA
Sega Mega Drive
BR

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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.

Gameplay

The game is a typical platformer where you play as Mickey Mouse in his Apprentice Sorcerer attire as he tries to recover his master's stolen music notes. C jumps. To successfully stomp on enemy player must hold Down while in air. Mickey also attacks by performing spells. You can cast spells so long as you have enough magic hats — the number of magic hats is shown at the bottom left corner of the screen. A casts a little spell (costs one magic hat) and B casts a big spell (costs three). Collecting flying books recovers magic.

Game allows to change controls, swapping actions that are performed on A, B and C buttons around.

History

Development

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[4].

Release

Reportedly Roy Disney was unaware that Disney's licensing department had given Sega the rights to produce a Fantasia game[4]. 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.

Critical reception

The game was panned by most critics due to its terrible, bland and unfair level design. For the delayed controls (Mickey takes too long to jump). And for the awful hit detection.

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

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

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
58 №156
63 [5]
42 [6]
71 [7]
53 [8]
92 [9]
60 №18
60 №1991-12, p88
94 [10]
76 [11]
85 №19, p182
46 №5, p91
11 [12]
80 №1, p65
49 [13]
61 [14]
79 [15]
60 [16]
69 №24, p24/25
81 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 65
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[17]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
50
[18]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[19]
Consoles + (FR)
71
[20]
Console XS (UK) PAL
81
[21]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[22]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
53
[23]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[24]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[25]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU)
50
[26]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
61
[27]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
58
[28]
FX (UK)
55
[29]
Game Power (IT)
85
[30]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
92
[31]
Games-X (UK)
60
[32]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[33]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
94
[34]
Joypad (FR) PAL
76
[35]
Joystick (FR) PAL
85
[36]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
46
[37]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
69
[38]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
11
[12]
Mega Action (UK)
80
[39]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[40]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
45
[41]
MegaTech (UK)
49
[13]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
82
[42]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
61
[43]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
49
[44]
Player One (FR)
79
[45]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
50
[16]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
69
[1]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[46]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
42
[47]
Tilt (FR)
75
[48]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
65
[49]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
90
[50]
Video Games (DE)
62
[51]
Sega Mega Drive
 64
Based on
39 reviews

Fantasia

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Fantasia MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
Fantasia MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Fantasia MD EU Manual.jpg
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
Fantasia MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
Fantasia MD JP CartTop.jpg
Fantasia md jp cart.jpg
Cart
Fantasia md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
Fantasia MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, CA
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Cover
Mega Drive, FR

Fantasia MD FR Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 fc43df2d
MD5 b0ecd4849a231fe70fe87532ff19913f
SHA-1 e3ba172d93505f8e0c1763b600f68af11b68f261
512kB 1991-06 Cartridge (US/JP) v01
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 34e04627
MD5 69f12c5d7b00175c258d56a09144a162
SHA-1 e1d84357eb8dfb972f22e80b8d26a0b66167f69e
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (US) v00
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 d351b242
MD5 69c60599bcff0eb53a49dbaf09dbfc02
SHA-1 ce0f0813878700e78b3819ff0db49bd297add09e
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sega Power, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-04), page 24
  2. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 106
  3. ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Interview: Ken Balthaser (2006-11-24) by Sega-16
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 37 (39)
  6. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)
  7. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-04), page 94/95 (84)
  8. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-15), page 28/29 (28)
  9. ↑ GamePro, "August 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42/43 (60)
  10. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 30/31 (30)
  11. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 31-33 (31)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 65
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
  14. ↑ Mean Machines, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 52-54 (52)
  15. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 38/39 (38)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  17. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 76
  18. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 146
  19. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 39
  20. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-04), page 94
  21. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
  22. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 82
  23. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-15), page 28
  24. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22
  25. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313
  26. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 154
  27. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 44
  28. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-13" (JP; 1991-11-29), page 37
  29. ↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
  30. ↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1992" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  31. ↑ GamePro, "August 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 60
  32. ↑ Games-X, "22nd-28th August 1991" (UK; 1991-08-22), page 38
  33. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 88
  34. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 30
  35. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 31
  36. ↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 182
  37. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
  38. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89
  39. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  40. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 82
  41. ↑ Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 65
  42. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 78
  43. ↑ Mean Machines, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 52
  44. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  45. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
  46. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  47. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  48. ↑ Tilt, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 40
  49. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 70
  50. ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "September 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 38
  51. ↑ Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 92



Mouse Ears sprite Disney games for Sega systems/Published by Sega
Sega Mega Drive
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) | World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) | Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) | The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Mickey Mania (1994) | Donald in Maui Mallard (1995) | The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (unreleased) | Mickey Mania 2 (unreleased) | Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased)
Sega Master System
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
Sega Game Gear
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
Sega Pico
 Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) | Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) | Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) | Donald no TV Show (1995) | Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) | Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) | Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) | Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) | Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) | Fishing Pico: Donald no Adventure Fishing (2000) | Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
Sega Saturn
 Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (1998) | Maui Mallard and the Lost City Of Dread (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
 Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Windows PC
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
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