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From Sega Retro:
- Sega Sound Treasurebox unlock: hold R, press Start at title
From GameFAQs:
- Fantasy Zone Neo Classic unlock: hold R w/ MACHINE highlighted in Fantasy Zone menu
- Fantasy Zone Time Attack unlock: hold R w/ OPTIONS highlighted in Fantasy Zone (System 16) menu
- Fantasy Zone 240 lives cheat: hold R w/ PLAYERS highlighted in Fantasy Zone (System 16) menu
Don't really click with the other games, even with M2's overclocking etc options, but I have a ton of fun with their new/remix/remake System 16 Fantasy Zone II! ^ _^ What a lovely little shmup. : D |
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| | | You can extract ROMs from this:
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/issues/110#issuecomment-2249246409
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First, copy the BIN.PAK file off of your disc.
Next, use QuickBMS with this script on the BIN.PAK file.
Use this tool in the extracted BIN.PAK folder to get a bunch of epr-7***.** ROMs. Zip these together as "fantzone1.zip" as they are your Fantasy Zone romset.
For a mostly finished prototype port of Fantasy Zone to the System 16B zip these ROMs as fantznps2:
fz1_s16b.p00
fz1_s16b.scr
fz1_s16b.snd
fz1_s16b_ta.obj
For Fantasy Zone 2 DX (the main reason anyone got this collection) zip these ROMs together as "fantzn2xps2.zip":
fz2_s16c.p00
fz2_s16c.p01
fz2_s16c.scr
fz2_s16c.snd
fz2_s16c.spr
For Fantasy Zone Time Attack zip these ROMs as "fantznta.zip":
fz1_s16b.scr
fz1_s16b.snd
fz1_s16b_ta.p00
fz1_s16b_ta.obj
There are also a bunch of miscellaneous console ROMs loose in here and most of them are left over from other Sega Ages 2500 compilations:
sms.bin (Japanese SMS 2.1 bootrom, but offset 0x77 needs to be patched from 00 00 00 to CD 00 C7)
ff.gg
mw2.gg
phantasystaradventure.gg
phantasystargaiden.gg
spaceharrier.gg
wboy.gg
monsterlair.md
flashp.sgd
galaxyforceii.sgd
monsterworld3.sgd
phantasystar2.sgd
phantasystar2_ue.sgd
phantasystar3.sgd
phantasystar3_usa.sgd
ps2tamia.sgd
ps2tanne.sgd
ps2thuye.sgd
ps2tkind.sgd
ps2trudg.sgd
ps2tshil.sgd
ps2tyush.sgd
spaceharrierii.sgd
superfantasyzone.sgd
tetris.sgd
wboy.sgt
fantasyzone1_jue_02.sms
fantasyzone2_j.sms
g_force.sms
galacticprotector_jue.sms
mw1.sms
mw3.sms
opaopa_j.sms
opaopa_ue.sms
phantasystar1_j_01_hira.sms
quartetj.sms
sdi_b.sms
spaceharrier_e.sms
spaceharrier3d_jue.sms
wboy.sms
wboy3.sms
There are a couple of clones for Fantasy Zone on the System 16A, but I don't know how to extract those as romsets yet.
There are also a couple System E games, but it seems like they can't be played as their PRG ROMs are decrypted, and to my knowledge, incompatible with every emulator.
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fantzone1 runs in current MAME (0.267). The three other zipped ROMs ("time attack" is just a Fantasy Zone 1 mode or something) run in Final Burn Neo. So yep that's Fantasy Zone II (System 16) by M2 extracted and runnable in Final Burn Neo. |
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| | | QuickBMS: http://aluigi.altervista.org/quickbms.htm
-- and can download the sega ages 2500 script in the all scripts download there
That ROM tool: https://github.com/user-attachments/files/16369504/hsp_fantzone1_tool.zip |
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| | | The console ROMs I got were
fantasyzone1_jue_02.sms
fantasyzone2_j.sms
flashp.sgd
fz.gg
galacticprojector_jue.sms
galaxyforceii.sgd
g_force.sms
monsterlair.md
monsterworld3.sgd
mw1.sms
mw2.gg
mw3.sms
opaopa_j.sms
opaopa_ue.sms
phantasystar1_j_01_hira.sms
phantasystar2.sgd
phantasystar2_ue_sgd
phantasystar3.sgd
phantasystar3_usa.sgd
ps2tamia.sgd
ps2thuye.sgd
ps2tkind.sgd
ps2trudg.sgd
ps2tshil.sgd
ps2tyush.sgd
quartetj.sms
sdi_b.sms
sms.bin
spaceharrier.gg
spaceharrier3d_jue.sms
spaceharrierii.sgd
spaceharrier_e.sms
superfantasyzone.sgd
tetris.sgd
wboy.gg
wboy.sgt
wboy.sms
wboy3.sms |
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| | | Can run 'em in Mednafen.
.sgd is MD/Genesis.
flashp is Flash Point, a more puzzley Tetris clone: at least in the first few stages, there are formations of pre-existing blocks, and you're trying to clear a line with a flashing block in it; that clears the stage.
g_force is Galaxy Force, an into-the-screen sci-fi shooter.
The "ps2" things are Phantasy Star II spin-off adventures, in Japanese. Oops, I skipped
ps2tanne.sgd
MD Tetris flashes a line when you complete it. 'p' And feels stiff (so does Flash Point).
Not sure what wboy.sgt is. Tried renaming to sgd but that didn't work.
So, lots of Phantasy Star, Monster World, Space Harrier, and Fantasy Zone stuff, with some Galaxy Force and Tetris, mostly. SDI and Quartet are related to that Sega Ages 2500 volume thing I guess. Extraction notes somewhere said "sms.bin" is a Master System BIOS or something but needed some editing? The SMS games don't seem to need it though. |
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Fantasy Zone II System 16 aka "Fantasy Zone II DX"
The game is cute at the start and the controls are really responsive, but my enjoyment went downhill after the first few stages.
The respawning guard enemies around the motherships become more relentless than fun, enemies gradually get a shot type that is really fast AND really hard to see--that's just not great design--and the last few bosses aren't too cool, either. = P
Took me a while how to use the big "3" bombs, like it seemed like it was implying there was a third button for using those but nope, finally figured out you just hold the button down for a while and watch the meter charge up in the upper right corner. Those aren't really that useful, but the whole weapon system, mostly taken from the original Fantasy Zone, with the powered-up shots costing permanent $ but wearing off in seconds, is not great. Heck there was apparently some kind of permanent shot upgrade in the Master System version, according to the FAQ for that, but I didn't find anything like that here. AND if you let yourself die--instead of save-scumming relentlessly like I did, since there are no continues anyway--with your next life you start in a shop, but later things like the Triple Bomb aren't available, so you're kind of hosed. |
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