Fantasy (video game)
{{short description|1981 Video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Fantasy
|image= FantasyVGScreen.png
|caption= Title screen
|developer= SNK
|publisher= {{vgrelease|JP|SNK|EU|SNK{{cite web|title=Fantasy (Germany)|website=The Arcade Flyer Archive|url=http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6111|accessdate=2015-01-13}}}} {{vgrelease|NA|Rock-Ola}}
|designer=
|series=
|engine=
|released= {{vgrelease|JP|October 1981|EU|1981|NA|February 1982}}
|genre= Action
|modes= Single-player
|platforms= Arcade
|arcade system= SNK 6502 / SNK Rockola
|width=
}}
Fantasy is an action game developed by SNK and released for arcades in October 1981. It was licensed to Rock-Ola{{cite web|title=Fantasy (USA)|website=The Arcade Flyer Archive|url=http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=1|accessdate=2015-01-13}} for North American release in February 1982. The game is controlled with a single joystick.{{cite web|url=http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1486&image=2|title=Fantasy:Rock-ola|publisher=ArcadeFlyers.com|date=2008-10-30}} One level plays the melody from the song "Funkytown".{{cite web |url=http://filmbaycom.forumarena.com/archive/o_t/t_425/keywords_part_2_08.html |title=Keywords |publisher=FilmBayCom |date=2008-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131055126/http://filmbaycom.forumarena.com/archive/o_t/t_425/keywords_part_2_08.html |archive-date=2009-01-31 }} 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.Compton, Shanna. Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels p. 117-118
The game runs on the SNK 6502 arcade system board,{{cite web|url=https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/snk6502.c|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150117221139/https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/snk6502.c|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-17|title=SNK 6502 Hardware|website=MAME|accessdate=2015-01-13}} also known as the SNK Rockola hardware.{{cite web|url=http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=887&gid=18592|title=SNK Rockola Hardware|website=System 16|accessdate=2008-10-30}} Other games that run on the same hardware are Sasuke vs. Commander (1980), Zarzon (1981) and Vanguard (1981).