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Post by zellsf on Sept 10, 2008 17:54:53 GMT -5
Using the right button on the version menu for Fantasy Zone unlocks time attack mode. Sort of nice. Right button on system menu for Fantasy Zone gives you Neo Classic.
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Post by zellsf on Sept 11, 2008 15:08:00 GMT -5
Yai, I got to the boss rush. Still say it's easier than the other Fantasy Zone games though the later stages were scary, enemies and bullets everywhere It's nice how buying a weapon gives you a shield, you get hit you only lose the weapon. Encourages item use a whole lot more. Oh and unlike the other Fantasy Zone games I've yet to play a boss battle where I felt I was losing because I didn't have a specific item. God I hated Super Fantasy Zone for that.
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Post by zellsf on Sept 11, 2008 16:26:58 GMT -5
Woah, bomb weapons are (seemingly, I haven't tried much) permament weapons you just need to charge them first. Edit: Gah, I was SO close to finishing it last game, got to the last part of the last boss fight Fire bomb alone got me through almost the entire boss rush
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 11, 2008 17:16:31 GMT -5
I got the emulator to run at the correct res but it runs even slower. You wouldn't be willing to screencap Fantasy Zone II DX would you (and maybe a few of Neo Classic), preferably in uncompressed form? It would help me (and the internet) out immensely. If you could get some of those wacky prologue texts, that'd rock too. They scroll by too damn quickly.
I caved in and burnt a copy of it to play (though I ordered it today so I am mostly absolved of moral sliminess) and I can't describe how amazing II DX is. The fact that they let you buy speed enhancements before fighting a boss helps solve one of the major issues with the original. I even discovered a hidden shop once! But it only sold bombs...
Also, what exactly is the point of the Dark world? I know it's tougher, but is there any other benefit?
I love how all of the bosses are basically older siblings of the dudes from the first game. It's been a few years since I played FZ II, and I neglected to grab any screens of them for the article, they're mostly all new, right?
Also, I read somewhere that Neo Classic is basically the Famicom version of the game, but remade by Sega to include improved graphics and music. I wonder what kind of hardware it's running on?
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Post by zellsf on Sept 11, 2008 17:23:27 GMT -5
The dark world gives you WAY more coins, especially later on, yeah I'll do some screenshots tomorrow, I'm currently trying to make a replay of me finishing the game Bosses seems to be a combination of entirely new bosses and similiar to the old ones. Also, yes, the game is totally amazing. From what I gather, "hidden" shops are meant to help you buy things even if you're in the dark side where shops don't appear. I don't think there's much interesting in them, but I'm ususally too afraid to go to the dark side.
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Post by zellsf on Sept 12, 2008 14:39:49 GMT -5
s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo103/ZellSF/Screenshots, in completely random order for some reason. One of the prologue texts is sort of missing and so is the end and some other stuff (and mostly all of the dark side), I'll try to get more screenshots later. Also it's odd that the Opa-Opa gets less colourful as the game goes on, but that doesn't sound like it would be an emulator bug. Not sure if the aspect ratio is correct either. Edit: Ugh, I guess it goes by file order, would explain the random order. Edit2: I could do Neo Classic screenshots, but I don't know what to take screenshots of, it's not very interesting.. Oh and PCSX2 screws up the graphics at top: Edit3: and duh, I missed the intro too, you want screenshots of it? Edit4: If a rip of the soundtrack finds it way to the internet please tell me? (It's not against the rules to ask for that, is it?)
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 12, 2008 16:57:08 GMT -5
Just that one Neo Classic shot is fine. It's mostly just to use in the comparison pics.
Thanks again, I grabbed a whole ton and will probably grab more! If I get the time, I'll see about recording the soundtrack....it's probably released on the CD that came with the special edition, but those are hard to find even in MP3 form.
My real copy came in too, hooray!
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Post by zellsf on Sept 12, 2008 17:04:39 GMT -5
I haven't gotten my real copy yet. Not that I actually have any use for it. I guess it's nice to look at?
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Post by zellsf on Sept 13, 2008 15:29:19 GMT -5
Ok, if I have to buy drop tears to get the good ending *and* still find a way to kill the last part of the last boss, then I retract my comment about this being easier. That part always kills me even when I DON'T try to waste weapon3 on drop tears. Here is someone getting the bad ending. Edit: also am I the only one who thinks autofire at those rates is cheating?
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 13, 2008 20:36:00 GMT -5
I really like the autofire. It's not quite as powerful as the laser, which IS practically cheating, but I think it balances out the difficulty quite a bit.
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Post by zellsf on Oct 2, 2008 14:36:02 GMT -5
www.goear.com/listen.php?v=c21bbf8Arranged medley from the soundtrack (also, I found a place to download the soundtrack), it even has vocals in the YA-DA-YO part Apparently OPA-OPA was used as an in-game cheer song for Virtua Striker 4.
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Post by Discoalucard on Oct 5, 2008 12:14:04 GMT -5
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Post by zellsf on Oct 5, 2008 13:22:34 GMT -5
"Fantasy Zone III (the oddly tragic subtitle, "The Tears of Opa Opa""
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Post by ReyVGM on Aug 1, 2009 17:45:55 GMT -5
There's this Famicom SHMUP called Fuzzical Fighter that rips off Fantasy Zone in some ways. When you start the game you might think it's an RPG and in some ways it is. Each level has a town where you can buy weapons, armor, magic, items and increase your HP and MP. Once you buy what you need, you enter the shmup stage. Notice how the weapons shop (top store) has an icon that looks exactly like Opa Opa. No biggie since the actual Fuzzy ship (yeah, that's how it's called) looks a lot like Opa Opa too. But it becomes really obvious when you reach the boss of stage 7. He behaves exactly like the last boss in Fantasy Zone, he draws lines on the screen much like the FZ last boss lays impenetrable wall/lines on the screen.
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Post by Rambo M on Aug 1, 2009 20:51:05 GMT -5
Sorta relevant, Fantasy Zone looks like it has the distinction of being the last series to get the Sega Ages treatment. Sega's latest damning (as always) financial report projects no support whatsoever for the PS2 for the next business year, so unless they decide to keep the line going later on PSP or something, that's (officially) it.
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