Archive for November 19th, 2009
Retro Game Review! SMS, Fantasy Zone
November 19th, 2009 | 
Author: Ah, this one brings back some memories.
One of the less well known sideways scrolling shooters, fantasy zone is not only easy enough to finish, but pleasurable enough to make playing the whole game a warm experience, with only the odd moment of rage.
So, what’s the big deal, I hear you ask?
Well. Fact is, Fantasy Zone manages to do what very few shooters of this era ever managed to do – make each successive level and each successive boss more and more interesting.
This is fairly mainstream thinking nowadays, but back then, designers, especially designers of games like this, thought that making the game increasingly difficult was enough.
Read on…but beware, there are a few spoilers, as screenshots from the whole game are included.
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