PC Engine Gaming: Space Fantasy Zone

[Obakedake]

Oh how I wish this would have came out...

[Sheepy007]

@Obakedake at least it got leaked. use google

[xHEDGEHOGMAN1x]

Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get Ready!

[shinjukugewalt]

Urrggghhhh.... GET READY...!

[cthugha2183]

So this game was gonna be the bridge that united Space Harrier and the elusive Fantasy Zone together huh? I kind of understand the space harrier feelin on it, wonder how would the stoy go on this one...btw...how does space harrier cope with all the none-senseness in fantasy zone...really...anyways awesome find.

[Deokishisu]

This song is godly!

[aryinc]

looking good,only if nintendo wasnt so lazy withb their 1 game per week on vc,and here in eurpope we still don't have musha aleste europe sucks and nintendo is lazy.

[RickRudesMustache]

oops, mean't to rate this 5 stars not 4. wonderful game, shame you don't see to man unreleased pc-engine/cd games out there.

[Faddman]

The true story is that some occidental "Sega fans" bought the only beta Sega had. As they didn't want to release it, they selt it thinking that the buyers will only keep it as a "goodie". But they scrapped it and put it on the Internet :)

[maz12004]

Bring it to Virtual Console plz.

[soledge21]

So much win! I must find this game ;_; I LOVED the original FZ.

[nikemoto2511]

the disappearance of SEGA- it will take people ages to understand how and why.

OK look at NINTENDOGS and this.

they are both called "television games".

OK it is not true,, it is "handheld".

it is just different feeling.

let people have NINTENDOGS- but where is the SEGA? it disappeared!

[MarkLudford]

Theres a version of this on the Fantasy Zone export for PS2.

[sonicfan966]

Good God. Somebody needs to make a fangame version of this.

[Grooveraider]

OPA-OPA !!!!!!!

[lightning89]

Holy shi-

[segasonicfan]

lol, obviously someone hasnt heard of/played space harrier, after burner, or panorama cotton. This game looks fantastic.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Actually, I did hear of Space Harrier and After Burner, but not really Panorama Cotton. I have a bit more of an extensive knowledge on the two now, and both After Burner and Space Harrier look like fine games to play. I wouldn't say this was a great game because it was never released. Who really knows if they would have scrapped the idea and made it worse, or even better. I can only say it is good at the most from what is shown.

[masterofoutrun]

It was scrapped because it was made by NEC without Sega's permission.

Sega flat out told them to fuck off just before the game's release date.

[OceanBlueKirby]

There were also other SEGA titles released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, such as Dragon's Curse/Adventure Island (based on and confused as Wonder Boy III) and Space Harrier with SEGA allowing so, but for those that appeared on the NES/Famicom, it's unknown if they permitted their titles to be on it. It was good of you to share this information here.

[malducci]

OBK, he's full of it ;) Sega didn't tell NEC to f-off and NEC sure as hell didn't develop a game and then decide last minute to ask for permission to use the license.

Whatever the reason it was never released, it wasn't what masterofoutrun stated.

[OceanBlueKirby]

OK. I suppose that can be correct, as SEGA did allow their games to be on the PC Engine. How would it be suspected that NEC would ask for permission at the last minute, anyway? Well, it may never be known how it would turn out either way.

[griddamus]

Actually It happened almost exactly as Masterof Outrun said. NEC made the game without permission, as they had a good relationship at the time with them. Of course SEGA told them to sod off, Opa Opa was their mascot before sonic ;)

[malducci]

Do you know how much time/cost/resource it takes to make a game!? To think NEC would just naively go about and create an entire game..we're talking a complete f-ing game here. Then decide to ask Sega for permission afterwards? You clearly have *no* idea how the game development industry works. That's clearly childish (or just plain retarded) thinking. Opa Opa wasn't Sega's mascot. The game *appeared* on other consoles (like Nintendo). Also, this version was finished *after* Sonic had come out.

[griddamus]

Considering that I work for Blue Box Studios in Guildford, I have a good idea how long it takes to make a game. 8Bit games could be complete in months with a good dev.

In regard to NEC making the game without permission, look it up. Thats exactly what happened. It will say in most places that there were trademark and copyright problems with SEGA. Why start making a game if you don't know if you can use the IP?

Opa-Opa was indeed SEGAs mascot prior to Sonic. Look that up too.

[griddamus]

Other company's mascots still appear on other machines now.

Now next time get your facts right before you throw your toys out of the pram malducci.

[MrRiffbear]

@griddamus So the available copies for sale online are just copies??

There are o originals at all eh?

thanks for your time.

[griddamus]

@MrRiffbear

At what point did "I" say it never made it to market? I didn't, did I.

Heres a cloth for you to wipe that egg of your face, now go troll somewhere else.

[MrRiffbear]

@griddamus Geeez calm down dude.

It was purely a question.

No wonder the world can be an awful place.

Esp with rude obnoxious ppl like yourself.

[griddamus]

@MrRiffbear

It doesn't read as a question, it reads like you mean it sarcastically.

However, if what you say is true and that wasn't your intent, I apologise.

[MrRiffbear]

@griddamus Of course what i ask is true.. I am completely newly interested in the pc engine. And my favorite retro game is Fantasy zone.

[OceanBlueKirby]

When I saw a screenshot of this game of one of SuperPCEngineGrafx's logos on his site, I didn't have any idea of what it was. Although this was done before in The 3D Battles of World Runner, this type of behind-the-back parallax scrolling was revolutionary at the time. What's interesting is that the speedways in Spyro: Season of Ice used a very similar concept. I wouldn't say this game is great, either.