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   ***//Fantasy Zone//** (also on: Arcade, GG, MSX, NES, PC, PS2, Saturn, TG16, X68, Wii VC)
-    * field balm: In my mind, this game is perhaps the birth of the Sega Aesthetic. I wish [[character:Opa-Opa]] (a sentient spaceship with wings) had taken off as the face of Sega. The graphics are adorable.\\ The game is a [[genre:horizontal_shooter|hori shoot ‘em up]], but not a traditional one. Levels can scroll left or right, and you can change direction at any time. The levels are finite in size, and loop seamlessly at the edges. Once you destroy all the enemies on a stage, you have to defeat the boss before you go to the next one. There’s an awesome bosh rush at the end too!
+    * field balm: In my mind, this game is perhaps the birth of the Sega Aesthetic. I wish [[character:Opa-Opa]] (a sentient spaceship with wings) had taken off as the face of Sega. The graphics are adorable.\\ The game is a [[genre:shooters#Horizontal Shooter|hori shoot ‘em up]], but not a traditional one. Levels can scroll left or right, and you can change direction at any time. The levels are finite in size, and loop seamlessly at the edges. Once you destroy all the enemies on a stage, you have to defeat the boss before you go to the next one. There’s an awesome bosh rush at the end too!
     * shnozlak: //Fantasy Zone// is confusing pure joy. [[character:Opa opa]] literally being the ship and the hero sort of blew a friend's mind when we played it. I enjoyed a version of this on [[hardware:playstation_2|PS2]] before owning it here so as a game its no major revelation. However I love playing it on actual hardware with the [[hardware:genesis#arcade_power_stick|genesis arcade power stick]]. The pastel pink and teal glowing gorgeousness rolls by with organic rubber bandy acceleration like its on a hand cranked paper scroll. The sunny music will make your head bob.
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   ***//Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap / Turma da Mônica em o Resgate (Bra)//** (also on: GG, PCE, Wii VC) - [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=31937|forum thread]]
     *Loki Laufeyson: Commonly said to be the best Master System game of all, a title it lives up to. It's a great 8-bit semi-[[genre:metroidvania|metrovania]]. Being a //[[game:wonderboy_series|Wonderboy]]// game, it probably has at least three other names it's known by.
     *haze: Whenever people fondly remember //[[game:zelda_ii_the_adventure_of_link|Zelda II]]// or //[[game:castlevania_ii_simons_quest|Castlevania II]]//, I recommend to them to play //Wonder Boy III//. It feels like a more polished version of what those games were attempting to do, while also shorter and more concise. None of the excess weight.
+    *username: I picked up the Sega Ages Wonderboy collection on a whim a few years ago and while I wasn't in love with the earlier games, //Monster's Trap// was pretty excellent. Very odd series progression where you go from a standard platformer to a basic adventure game to a weird scrolling shooter to a very charming [[genre:metroidvania|Metrovania]] but hey, it worked.\\ As odd as it sounds, I ended up playing through the included [[hardware:game_gear|Game Gear]] version over the [[hardware:master_system|SMS]] version as for whatever reason it felt just a bit tighter and a bit more intimate due to the reduced viewing area (the town is a few blocks shorter because of this and I think it helps).
   ***//Zillion//**