Fantasia is an action platformer game for the Sega Genesis. The game is based on the 1940 Walt Disney film of the same name.

This is a hack of the infamous Fantasia game for Megadrive.

This game is known mainly for 2 reasons :
* a controversy about the rights of the Fantasia movie led to the game being retired from sales
* it's a very flawed game in many aspects, and was a huge deception for those who, like the hacker at that time, thought it'd be another Castle of Illusion

The game is bad for several reasons, among which :
1) the playability is awful. Mickey is too animated, and there are huge input lags because of that. Moreover, you lose momentum when landing from a jump or when you turn. Same for swimming segments
2) Hit detection is broken, with too big hotboxes, when they are not totally misplaced
3) the level design is dull, with hordes of enemies put here and there
4) the musics are atrocious, with horrible renditions of classical tunes

This hack tries to fix the first point. More precisely :
* turnover, jump preparation and reception animations are removed, and Mickey keeps his momentum. It makes the game much more enjoyable
* swimming physics is lighter : when not using button C, you don't sink anymore (you must press "down" for that)
* hitbox have been refined a little : they stay too big when you attack (making attack easy), but are shrunk when you're being attacked (making defense easier). It's far from perfect though, since the hitbox system of the game is quite primitive
* 2 cheat codes have been implemented:

- at title screen, press ABC + Start and you'll be more or less invulnerable during the game (be careful though when falling in a hole, it can lead to a game breaking bug)

- during the game, when paused, press ABC + right to go to next scene in the current stage, or ABC + up to go to the first scene of the next stage

Musics aren't edited because the hacker is not musician, but if you made some covers of the tunes of the game for Genesis, or know someone who did, he'd be interested in trying to replace the original songs.

Database match: Fantasia (World) (Rev A)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: E3BA172D93505F8E0C1763B600F68AF11B68F261
File/ROM CRC32: FC43DF2D

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