Fantasia

aka: Fantasia: Mickey Mouse Magic
Moby ID: 26537
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Description

Fantasia takes place in the dream world of Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Mickey must find the missing musical notes scattered about in four imaginary worlds. The Water World, Earth World, Air World and Fire World are filled with magical creatures such as marching brooms, skipping mushrooms, jumping cactus, flying horses, dancing hippos and many more.

The music in the worlds is straight from the movie, including pieces by Bach, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Dukas and Ponchielli.

Mickey must collect special items to keep up his strength and earn bonus points. Spell books, stars, crystal balls, potions and dinosaur eggs help him along the way. Enemies are dispatched by bouncing on them or casting small or large spells. If Mickey finds a wooden door he is led to a bonus area where he can collect many magical items.

At the end of each level, Mickey takes the notes he's found back to the orchestra's conductor who will send him back into the world to keep searching if he hasn't found enough of them or gained enough points.

Spellings

  • ファンタジア ミッキーマウス・マジック - Japanese spelling

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Critics

Average score: 63% (based on 25 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.0 out of 5 (based on 14 ratings with 1 reviews)

Not Quite As Magical

The Good
"Fantasia" (1991) features nice graphics, music and sound effects all taken from the classic animated film of the same name. Mickey Mouse has to survive several, platformer based levels in order to restore the lost music of Fantasia. He can defeat most enemies by jumping on them or by shooting water based projectiles.

The Bad
Most of the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and CD games based on Disney characters are great, if not excellent titles. However, once you get past this game's impressive audio and visual appeal, you are left with several faults. Mickey moves slowly, in levels with fast paced enemies, and seems to suffer from an odd delay whenever you push the jump button. It is difficult to use the jump attack without hurting Mickey and trying to collect enough musical notes in each level can quickly become tedious. Their are no bosses to battle in the game, which makes it unclear as to how the music got misplaced. After beating what is a pretty tough game, the short ending is a letdown.

The Bottom Line
"Fantasia" (1991) does a good job capturing the sights and sounds of the animated musical. Had it not also suffered from poor game control, poor hit detection and a weak storyline, it might have been another classic Sega Genesis title.

Genesis · by ETJB (428) · 2010

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Awards

  • EGM
    • 1992 Buyer's Guide - Worst Use of a Good License

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Game added by Eric Smith.

Additional contributors: Alaka, j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】.

Game added February 15, 2007. Last modified January 26, 2024.