Fantasy (video game) explained

Fantasy
Developer:	SNK
Genre:	Action
Modes:	Single-player
Platforms:	Arcade
Arcade System:	SNK 6502 / SNK Rockola

Fantasy is an action game developed by SNK and released for arcades in October 1981. It was licensed to Rock-Ola^[1] for North American release in February 1982. The game is controlled with a single joystick.^[2] One level plays the melody from the song "Funkytown".^[3] According to the book Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels, this is the first arcade video game to have a continue feature.^[4]

The game runs on the SNK 6502 arcade system board,^[5] also known as the SNK Rockola hardware.^[6] Other games that run on the same hardware are Sasuke vs. Commander (1980), Zarzon (1981) and Vanguard (1981).^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fantasy (USA). The Arcade Flyer Archive. 2015-01-13.
2. Web site: Fantasy:Rock-ola. ArcadeFlyers.com. 2008-10-30.
3. Web site: Keywords . FilmBayCom . 2008-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131055126/http://filmbaycom.forumarena.com/archive/o_t/t_425/keywords_part_2_08.html . 2009-01-31 .
4. Compton, Shanna. Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels p. 117-118
5. Web site: SNK 6502 Hardware. https://archive.today/20150117221139/https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/snk6502.c. dead. 2015-01-17. MAME. 2015-01-13.
6. Web site: SNK Rockola Hardware. System 16. 2008-10-30.