A good competitor to Konami's TwinBee (both released in 1986 with same 16-bit graphics, but different hardware), cute em' up is tiny and also served as SEGA's mascot engaged with Alex Kidd until replaced by Sonic as 'permanent mascot for all of the people'. Nearly-perfect port of Fantasy Zone is PCE, X68K, Mega Drive (served as Super Fantasy Zone, i think SFZ was should be ported on SNES), SEGA Saturn and SEGA Ages remastered for PS2 alongside with 3DS released and Switch port as well. Demake port of Fantasy Zone is Mark III, FAMICOM (for that time, SEGA allowed other publishers (such as Sunsoft) licence to port SEGA-owned video games for Nintendo-made platforms, but forbidden for outside of FAMICOM in the overseas users because Nintendo's restriction, however Tengen circumvented it despite 'no Licensed by Nintendo'), Game Gear and MSX.
i hate to say this, but there is also a "mini" version of this game as an easter egg on "Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf" for the Sega Genesis. Anyway, great video as always!
This rocks! I feel like it's not as complete as it coulda been without the M2 3DS and Switch ports, the Neo Classic PS2 release based on Sunsoft's port and the PCE Mini's Near Arcade port
Interesting the Game Gear version had the pink mini-boss ships look like Watermelons and the Genesis had them look like flowers (though the Genesis version also had new planets for “Super Fantasy Zone”).
Sunsoft's port seems to have better graphics and sound while Tengen's version seems to show more of the game world on screen at a time and have a slightly tidier parts shop menu. Both look very playable. To be more precise, Tengen was the home console brand of Atari _Games_ after Atari got split into two companies and sold off by Warner Communications. Rather ironically, Warner Brothers owns the assets of Atari Games once again after having bought Midway.
The NES sounds good and looks to play well! The Sharp looks and sounds 1:1 perfect. The Saturn seems to have a slightly different resolution but basically is also basically 1:1. The Game Gear looks good but looks way too zoomed in. The Master System I like except the sound is a little weak. The Genesis and PlayStation are the only two that tried to enhance it in some way. Only a few versions look sub-par. I'm giving the Sharp the gold here though considering the time frame, it nailed the conversion.
The Sharp X68000 was a remarkable system that had some pretty great arcade ports. It was like the Commodore Amiga, only way better in a lot of ways, and faster too.
@@jasonlee7816 It had better graphics related hardware, most significant is perhaps more hardware sprites (32 per scanline on X68000 vs 8 on the Amiga)
Buut: How expen$ive is the Sharp X68000 and how hard was it to find a Sharp X68000 compared to the much easier to find NES, SMS, Genesis, TurboGraf16, etc.?
@@coganaj The Sharp X68000 was around $3,000 on release with an operating system made by Hudson Soft, and it was exclusively sold in Japan. There were between 700 and 800 games that were commercially published for it in addition to just as many homebrew games that were available. Finding games (especially arcade-perfect translations) was not a problem for the X68000. I had both the X68000 and the Amiga 1000 (and later the Amiga 500) and I found that it was actually much easier to find games for the X68000 than it was for the Amiga when I still lived in Japan.
Sorry to say, but the Sega Master system version has so much more charm and personality. It's also the most unique; it has different characters. At 3:15 in this video you see the three-eyed worms that I've only seen in this version of the game. The planes that appear in the other versions were in stage 2 in Master System. Maybe if I was an expert gamer I'd find master system too easy, but for an amateur like me it's just about right ;-)
I'm not sure why Tengen felt the need to make a second NES port of Fantasy Zone, considering the earlier Sunsoft port is better in just about every way.
Sunsoft released a NES Fantasy Zone game in Japan 🇯🇵 while Tengen decided it wasn’t fair they had released their own NES Fantasy Zone in America 🇺🇸 USA
Tengen made a mistake not using Sunsoft's Famicom port for their NES one. I actually like the FC one more than the SMS. My favorite here is PS2. The remade graphics are done well, and it has a few extra levels. Honorable mention to Saturn and X68000 for being arcade perfect.
I like that Tengen version is their own, it doesn't look bad the music is better than the Famicom version the graphics are pretty good although they are glitchy.
@@jasonlee7816 The PC-Engine was a very popular system in Japan and also there is a Near Arcade version on the PCE Mini that looks and sounds better than the original port.
I've only played Master System version. And I thought it was alright until I saw other versions. I wonder why they bothered with MSX and Game Gear versions? And NES had quiet nice version from Sunsoft, why Tengen made another version of the same game? Overall arcade version looks the best for me.
The MSX didn't have the proper hardware for scrolling. Some games pulled it off but it was not done without using a lot of trickery. So porting incompetence is right.
Man, the GameGear version really kills the SMS version. I remember seeing the screenshots in the master system catalog and wanting it so bad, the graphics really grab you from a screenshot
@@wishusknight3009 I don’t know if Guru Larry or Slopes Game Room would then include this game for the “Game that got released for the system twice” video. If Sunsoft and Tengen both made a NES port.
There is one more that you missed: _Endless Zone_ on Steam. Not as cutesy as the original, but every bit as hard (it's also been delisted, but it can still be accessed if you know the address.)
@@coganaj It was a temporary release for Sega's 50th anniversary celebration (which also included a cancelled Golden Axe prototype and a Streets of Rage styled Yakuza game.) Once the celebration was over, the games were delisted.
The NES looks better than the Master System? That is very impressive. 2 way scrolling and bright colorful sprites in 1986. Simply fantastic. It looks as good as the TG16, except the TG16 doesn't need to blank the screen for the boss fight.
@@jasonlee7816 I guess it is subjective. But the SMS doesn't have as many animated sprites or colorful backgrounds, things don't move about much at all really. And only static scrolling one direction. it is an inferior port on a technical level imo. But I think this game was originally for the predecessor to the SMS so it doesn't take advantage of its extra hardware maybe. Though I am comparing the 86 release and not the inferior tengen release.
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Master system has music of heart:)
The Game Gear and Genesis versions aren't ports, they're different games entirely!
A good competitor to Konami's TwinBee (both released in 1986 with same 16-bit graphics, but different hardware), cute em' up is tiny and also served as SEGA's mascot engaged with Alex Kidd until replaced by Sonic as 'permanent mascot for all of the people'.
Nearly-perfect port of Fantasy Zone is PCE, X68K, Mega Drive (served as Super Fantasy Zone, i think SFZ was should be ported on SNES), SEGA Saturn and SEGA Ages remastered for PS2 alongside with 3DS released and Switch port as well.
Demake port of Fantasy Zone is Mark III, FAMICOM (for that time, SEGA allowed other publishers (such as Sunsoft) licence to port SEGA-owned video games for Nintendo-made platforms, but forbidden for outside of FAMICOM in the overseas users because Nintendo's restriction, however Tengen circumvented it despite 'no Licensed by Nintendo'), Game Gear and MSX.
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i hate to say this, but there is also a "mini" version of this game as an easter egg on
"Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf" for the Sega Genesis. Anyway, great video as always!
In Yakuza 0 too appears part of a arcade game ingame
@@Fortuna1 that's an emulated version of the arcade game. It wouldn't count here.
This rocks! I feel like it's not as complete as it coulda been without the M2 3DS and Switch ports, the Neo Classic PS2 release based on Sunsoft's port and the PCE Mini's Near Arcade port
Interesting the Game Gear version had the pink mini-boss ships look like Watermelons and the Genesis had them look like flowers (though the Genesis version also had new planets for “Super Fantasy Zone”).
Always loved this game. Fun, addictive, very colorful, unique graphic look.
Cool you covered both NES versions. Which version was considered best out of these two. any idea??
6:04 Sunsoft.
9:55 Tengen (aka Atari).
Sunsoft's port seems to have better graphics and sound while Tengen's version seems to show more of the game world on screen at a time and have a slightly tidier parts shop menu. Both look very playable.
To be more precise, Tengen was the home console brand of Atari _Games_ after Atari got split into two companies and sold off by Warner Communications. Rather ironically, Warner Brothers owns the assets of Atari Games once again after having bought Midway.
Sunsoft version. It's a BILLION times better
There is a Near Arcade version found on the PC Engine Mini/TurboGrafx 16 Mini.
ネオクラシックバージョンも抜けているな……触れることが可能かどうかはともかく。
（PS2版「ファンタジーゾーン コンプリートコレクション」収録。FC版 6:03 をベースに演出面を強化したもの）
@@KtheShooterwhat is that?
master system is a more true version, simple but fun to play im 68, playing f/z 2 next
Saturn versión features 2 player and is very close to the arcade. That's a win for me :)
The NES sounds good and looks to play well! The Sharp looks and sounds 1:1 perfect. The Saturn seems to have a slightly different resolution but basically is also basically 1:1. The Game Gear looks good but looks way too zoomed in. The Master System I like except the sound is a little weak. The Genesis and PlayStation are the only two that tried to enhance it in some way. Only a few versions look sub-par. I'm giving the Sharp the gold here though considering the time frame, it nailed the conversion.
Fantasy Zone Sega Master System doesn’t sound weak get your hearing checked (tested)
@@jasonlee7816 Whuuuuu!? Get my earing swept? That makes no sense. Speak louder! I can't hear you!
neither Game Gear or NES had good versions
Fun fact: Opa-Opa was the SEGA mascot before Alex Kidd and later before Sonic
The Sharp X68000 was a remarkable system that had some pretty great arcade ports. It was like the Commodore Amiga, only way better in a lot of ways, and faster too.
better in what ways?
@@jasonlee7816 It had better graphics related hardware, most significant is perhaps more hardware sprites (32 per scanline on X68000 vs 8 on the Amiga)
Buut: How expen$ive is the Sharp X68000 and how hard was it to find a Sharp X68000 compared to the much easier to find NES, SMS, Genesis, TurboGraf16, etc.?
@@coganaj The Sharp X68000 was around $3,000 on release with an operating system made by Hudson Soft, and it was exclusively sold in Japan. There were between 700 and 800 games that were commercially published for it in addition to just as many homebrew games that were available. Finding games (especially arcade-perfect translations) was not a problem for the X68000. I had both the X68000 and the Amiga 1000 (and later the Amiga 500) and I found that it was actually much easier to find games for the X68000 than it was for the Amiga when I still lived in Japan.
@@RokkitGrrl As I live in USA and never left North America in real life, it's no wonder I've never seen none of no X68000.
Sorry to say, but the Sega Master system version has so much more charm and personality. It's also the most unique; it has different characters. At 3:15 in this video you see the three-eyed worms that I've only seen in this version of the game. The planes that appear in the other versions were in stage 2 in Master System. Maybe if I was an expert gamer I'd find master system too easy, but for an amateur like me it's just about right ;-)
This game is my childhood! I used to play this all the time on the NES. I still play it on occasion.
It wasn't on the nes
@@markmorris7123 Tell that to the very real cartridge i have
I'm not sure why Tengen felt the need to make a second NES port of Fantasy Zone, considering the earlier Sunsoft port is better in just about every way.
Sunsoft released a NES Fantasy Zone game in Japan 🇯🇵 while Tengen decided
it wasn’t fair they had released their own NES Fantasy Zone in America 🇺🇸 USA
Seeing a SEGA property on a Nintendo console of that time is uncanny enough, but what's the deal with the two different NES games?
Tengen made a mistake not using Sunsoft's Famicom port for their NES one. I actually like the FC one more than the SMS. My favorite here is PS2. The remade graphics are done well, and it has a few extra levels. Honorable mention to Saturn and X68000 for being arcade perfect.
PS2 version is great!
I agree, I think the Famicom version blows away the Master System version.
@@supakusutaFamicom/NES version is crap 💩 it blows itself away
I like that Tengen version is their own, it doesn't look bad the music is better than the Famicom version the graphics are pretty good although they are glitchy.
including Genesis Version My Favorite too
The Genesis version was what I had played a lot as a kid
They should’ve made an MS-DOS version.
I would've loved to see this game on the C64 and Amiga.
@@supakusuta what about ZX Spectrum & Amstrad CPC?
@@MediaRavenEditor2024 You could have pulled it off on the Amstrad, though probably by making it flick-screen.
@@MediaRavenEditor2024 those would've been nice as well
@@TruculentSheep but I’m not a game developer.
Were there only PSG Master System variant or FM Sound variant existed too?
As far as I know only PSG, as it predates the FM Unit and the Japanese Master System. Fantasy Zone 2 had FM sound.
thank you so much man🤩
I've forgotten the name of this game, i have played it a lot when i was a kid..even more than Mario
I love the music😎
The turbographix 16 version was in the season 7 premiere of muppet babies!
Yes my favorite as well
got to say the msx looks cute
A rare Retrosutra episode where all the versions are good!
Nah, the MSX and US NES versions are complete crap.
NES versions 1987 Sunsoft + 1989 Tengen
are (feel) equally as bad or not much better
@@jasonlee7816 imo, I think Sunsoft's Famicom port is very good and blows away the Master System version. The Tengen version isn't very good tho.
I can see alot of potential for a SNES version
Well, Sega was still making consoles at the time...
They should’ve made a SNES version instead of a TurboGrafx version that sounds crappy
@@jasonlee7816 The PC-Engine was a very popular system in Japan and also there is a Near Arcade version on the PCE Mini that looks and sounds better than the original port.
I've only played Master System version. And I thought it was alright until I saw other versions. I wonder why they bothered with MSX and Game Gear versions? And NES had quiet nice version from Sunsoft, why Tengen made another version of the same game?
Overall arcade version looks the best for me.
The MSX was very popular in Japan, unfortunately the reason is crap is because of incompetence, there are much better games on the MSX.
The MSX didn't have the proper hardware for scrolling. Some games pulled it off but it was not done without using a lot of trickery. So porting incompetence is right.
@@wishusknight3009 yeah, ik. Fantasy Zone II on MSX2 doesn't cover up the glitchy graphics on the left and right sides of the screen.
Man, the GameGear version really kills the SMS version. I remember seeing the screenshots in the master system catalog and wanting it so bad, the graphics really grab you from a screenshot
it seems you contradict yourself Fantasy Zone Game Gear version
killed the SMS version why did you want the SMS version so bad??
@@jasonlee7816 there is no contradiction
did you want the Game Gear version?
Wow, I never heard of Fantasy Zone Gear before
if you never heard of Fantasy Zone you grew up in the wrong decade (era) or you were too fussy about the games you played
@@jasonlee7816 I said "Gear"
A Game Gear version of Fantasy Zone
@@jewelmen10mugen87did you play any Fantasy Zone game (version)?
@@jasonlee7816 yes
@@jewelmen10mugen87 what version was it?
Get ready to add Sega Genesis Mini 2 to the list!
Good video, as usual. Only to make a point ... MSX2 has a version too. Regards
That was Fantasy Zone II
@@supakusuta You are right... My excuses 😅
Interesting the Game Gear version had the boss in fantasy zone gear look like tree and the Genesis had them look like Pumpkin
Dude this first mascot of sega later alex kidd
My favorite version is Arcade and PS2.
Did Tengen already know Sunsoft did a NES port of Fantasy Zone?
The reseller rights probably got sold to tengen and they relaunched it 2 years later.
@@wishusknight3009 I don’t know if Guru Larry or Slopes Game Room would then include this game for the “Game that got released for the system twice” video. If Sunsoft and Tengen both made a NES port.
There is one more that you missed: _Endless Zone_ on Steam. Not as cutesy as the original, but every bit as hard (it's also been delisted, but it can still be accessed if you know the address.)
I think that would qualify as a sequel
¿Why was Endless Zone delisted?
@@coganaj It was a temporary release for Sega's 50th anniversary celebration (which also included a cancelled Golden Axe prototype and a Streets of Rage styled Yakuza game.) Once the celebration was over, the games were delisted.
I LIKE -> ALL VERSIONS COMPARISON !
I like opa opa
I don't remember there being two NES versions....
That's because one was released in Japan only. And the Tengen one released elsewhere.
@@GangstaSpanksta The Tengen one was only released in America.
Faltou a versão de MSX2
Falta la version de 3ds y en el arcade en el juego Yakuza 0
Um, which GG Game Is Rev 0 Or Rev 1
Show me your moves, so Rev 1
Could the X68000 handle a conversion of Super Fantasy Zone?
Master system win.
No, Game Gear is
The Game Gear port is much better than it's counterpart SMS.Also the NES port not the TENGEN licensed port.
Game Gear port is awful, crap, dreadful, garbage, horrible
My favorite Fantasy Zone vision was Turbografx-16, Master System, X68000, NES Tengen, PS2 and Saturn. And worst vision was MSX
MSX版は2面のボスたまがとにかく見にくい まぁ色数が少ないのが原因なんだけどね
Recuerdo haber jugado una versión de Sega Genesis con otro personaje. Lo voy a buscar..
amorgus
The NES looks better than the Master System? That is very impressive. 2 way scrolling and bright colorful sprites in 1986. Simply fantastic. It looks as good as the TG16, except the TG16 doesn't need to blank the screen for the boss fight.
for me Master System looks more impressive than the NES
@@jasonlee7816 I guess it is subjective. But the SMS doesn't have as many animated sprites or colorful backgrounds, things don't move about much at all really. And only static scrolling one direction. it is an inferior port on a technical level imo. But I think this game was originally for the predecessor to the SMS so it doesn't take advantage of its extra hardware maybe. Though I am comparing the 86 release and not the inferior tengen release.
@@wishusknight3009 Fantasy Zone Master System kills the NES version in the audio, music, sound
@@jasonlee7816 the master system version sounds like garbage
@@pobleDo you dislike (hate) either the audio, music, sound?
サン電子に比べ、TENGEN、やる気無いレベルの仕上がり。