Fantasy (video game)

Fantasy is an action game developed by SNK and released for arcades in October 1981. It was licensed to Rock-Ola^[2] for North American release in February 1982. The game is controlled with a single joystick.^[3] One level plays the melody from the song "Funkytown".^[4] 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.^[5]

Fantasy
Title screen
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	JP: SNK EU: SNK[1] NA: Rock-Ola
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	JP: October 1981 EU: 1981[1] NA: February 1982
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player
Arcade system	SNK 6502 / SNK Rockola

The game runs on the SNK 6502 arcade system board,^[6] also known as the SNK Rockola hardware.^[7] Other games that run on the same hardware are Sasuke vs. Commander (1980), Zarzon (1981) and Vanguard (1981).^[6][7]