Developer(s) SNK Genre(s) Action/Adventure | Platform(s) Arcade Mode(s) Single-player | |
Publisher(s) JP: SNK
EU: SNK
NA: Rock-Ola Release date(s) JP: October 1981
EU: 1981
NA: February 1982 | ||
Fantasy is an action/adventure arcade game developed by SNK and released in October 1981. It was licensed to Rock-Ola for North American release in February 1982. The game is controlled with a single joystick and no buttons. The music is a rendition of "Funkytown". According to the book Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels, this is the first arcade video game to have a continuation feature.
The game runs on the SNK 6502 arcade system board, also known as the SNK Rockola hardware. Other games that ran on the same hardware include Sasuke vs. Commander (1980), Zarzon (1981) and Vanguard (1981).
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