The Fairyland Story, Arcade Video game by Taito Corp. (1985)

Arcade Video game published 39 years ago by Taito Corp.

Listed in MAME

The Fairyland Story © 1985 Taito Corp.

A precursor to 1986's "Bubble Bobble", the player controls a spell-casting elf who turns evil wizards, witches and other enemies into cakes and either pushes them from the platform ledges, or shoots then repeatedly to destroy them. If an enemy touches the player character, the elf becomes entrapped in a magic bubble and floats away. Each level takes place inside a variety of castles.

TECHNICAL

Board Number : M4300034B
Prom Stickers : A45

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 5.3665 Mhz), Motorola M68705 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), MSM5232 (@ 2 Mhz), DAC

Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 2

TRIVIA

The Fairyland Story was released in July 1985.

TIPS AND TRICKS

INSTRUCTIONS:
- Insert Coin and select a one or two player game.
- Use Ptolemy's magic to turn monsters into cakes. Keep sprinkling magic on the cakes to destroy them, or drop them onto other monsters for bonus points.
- Destroy all the monsters to clear the level.
- If a monster touches Ptolemy, or a cake falls on her, a life will be lost.
- Enemy wizards can shrink Ptolemy. If they hit Ptolemy while she is already shrunk, a life will be lost.
- Ptolemy can stand on top of monsters.
- Picking up an item will cause various effects, including upgrading Ptolemy's magic.
- When all Ptolemy's lives are lost, the game will end.
- On levels 8 through to 98 there is a continue option.

STAFF

From highscore table : (KBT), (MAD), Onijust (ONJ), (KMJ), Ishida (ISD)

PORTS

CONSOLES:
japan Sony PS2 (jul.28, 2005) "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]"
Sony PlayStation 2 australia (mar.30, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
europe Microsoft XBOX (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
europe Sony PS2 (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
usa Sony PS2 (may.16, 2007) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]"

HANDHELDS:
Sony PSP [AS] (jan.3, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket [Model UCAS-40040]"
japan Sony PSP (jan.5, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket [Model ULJM-05076]"
Sony PSP korea (feb.10, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket"
europe Sony PSP (oct.6, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
australia Sony PSP (nov.9, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
usa Sony PSP (may.17, 2007) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULUS-10208]"

COMPUTERS:
japan MSX (1987)
japan Sharp X68000 (sept.27, 1991)
europe PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
usa PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (jul.10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"

SOURCES

Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.