Fantasy Zone II DX Arcade cabinet

Fantasy Zone and Fantasy Zone II DX, side by side being played on Sega's Blast City cabinets.

As you can probably tell, Big Wings is building up to a Fantasy Zone II DX mega post, but in the interim I'll be posting tidbits of information related to what has to be one of the more interesting ports/remakes from Sega. 

My Fantasy Zone set up

I booted up Fantasy Zone DX on the PS2 last week and had a few sessions using one of my arcade sticks. While Fantasy Zone II W on 3DS is the best version of the game (and probably the best game in the series), nothing really comes close to playing any FZ game with a high quality arcade stick in your hands. As mentioned previously, I'll detail my 'Arcade' set up in a future post.

First page added!

I've added my first content page to the blog and it probably comes as no surprise that it's the Fantasy Zone arcade page! This type of thing has been covered in other wikis or faqs, but I've put my own spin on things so I hope it makes for some interesting reading. I've included some of my gameplay videos that may help those of you new to the game and I'll be adding pages for other titles in the series in the coming weeks. For now, check out the Fantasy Zone (Arcade) tab at the top of the page and let me know what you think.

Welcome to the Fantasy Zone!

Predictable title, but there's no better way to welcome fans of the series to what, I hope, will become a great place to cover all things Fantasy Zone related!

So feel free to drop a comment and talk about your favourite game from this great, but often overlooked shmup/STG series.