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Fantasia is one of those old-school arcade games that feels deceptively simple at first — you’re just carving out shapes to reveal a photo underneath. But give it five minutes and you’ll realize it’s actually kind of intense. The goal sounds easy: uncover 80% of the girl’s image before time runs out. But the game throws all sorts of stuff at you — enemies zipping around the screen, a timer breathing down your neck, and this weird little bar at the top that starts messing with your progress.

That bar? Yeah, it’s evil. The more of the silhouette you expose, the more that pointer creeps toward the "monster" side. If it tips too far, the photo turns into some freaky monster image. And here’s the kicker — if you finish the level with the monster on screen, you don’t pass. You have to redo the whole thing. So you end up trying to time your moves just right, grabbing bits of the background that don’t trigger the monster bar, or revealing just enough to pull it back to the girl’s side.

There’s definitely a risqué vibe to Fantasia, since all the pictures are of real models, both western and Japanese. It’s not subtle, but it’s also not just about the images — the actual puzzle gameplay can get really tricky. You can’t just rush in and slash big chunks of the screen; you have to be smart, fast, and a little bit sneaky to make it through. Fantasia ends up being this weird mix of pressure, risk, and reward that sticks with you longer than you'd expect from a game like this.