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In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 23 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 19.48 out of 30, as shown below.
Computer and Video Games scored it 88% in 1990.
Console XS scored it 90% score in 1992.
M2 CEO Naoki Horii has stated that the remake was inspired by his disappointment that Fantasy Zone never got a true arcade sequel: "I played the SMS game a lot, but in my heart of hearts, I really wanted to see it on arcade hardware.
This remake was beyond the scope of features requested by Sega and the available budget, so Horii funded development out-of-pocket for an amount he described as "about the cost of a new car".
The bootleg bears a 2006 copyright date but actually appears to be derived from the 2008 PlayStation 2 release due to it containing the same "2008-07-15VER" string embedded in the ROM data.
It has been described as a "What If" remake, and strictly adheres to the technical limitations of the time in which Fantasy Zone II was originally released.
M2 released a free demo of their version of Fantasy Zone II on their website that lets the user download and play the first and second levels on a Windows computer.
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