OMG Phantis!

[Kabanus]

I cant believe my eyes, this is Phantis from ZX Spectrum!!! Dear devs thank you very much, this is one of my favorites games from ZX. Maybe later you make remakes some other games from ZX, like Exolon, Freddy Hardest, Navy Moves, Rex, etc? I promise to buy all of them!!!

[DarkFalzX]

I am currently working on an original project, but doing a new take on Game Over or Freddy Hardest (or an amalgamation of both, wrapped into the Ultionus universe?) was something I wanted to do.
Love the old Dinamic and Hewson games: )

[tanukitsune]

I'm surprised to see Phantis is so popular, I forgot it was even sold out of Spain since they called it Game Over II out of my country.

Either I was just that terrible at the original game, but I don't remember it having stores... Are those new?

I'm not only happy to see Phantis get a remake, but a great one as well.

[DarkFalzX]

The game was indeed not sold outside of Spain, but Eastern European piracy was pretty equal-opportunity in terms of what games got imported.

Phantis didn't have stores, or any upgrades, really (the only two that were in it was a gun, as you start without it, and a rapid-fire upgrade that made almost no difference). It also didn't have bosses or secrets, or alt endings - but it was still one of my favorite games of my childhood.

[tanukitsune]

Yeah, most games didn't have bosses back then on those systems, just enemies that spawned forever!

[leo03]

Reminded me Game Over from Amstrad.

Edit: woops, look like it's the same game.

[Fdruid]

Wouldn't this be a case of copyright infringement? I'm just asking, clearly this game is a copy of Phantis, an original game from another company, which other people worked to develope from scratch. I'm not aware of legal implications or how to proceed in this case, but I don't think this stuff goes into public domain (well, you could play the game in some cases but probably not sell it as your own).

[DarkFalzX]

Originally posted by Fdruid:

Wouldn't this be a case of copyright infringement? I'm just asking, clearly this game is a copy of Phantis, an original game from another company, which other people worked to develope from scratch. I'm not aware of legal implications or how to proceed in this case, but I don't think this stuff goes into public domain (well, you could play the game in some cases but probably not sell it as your own).

First of all, the game is a copy of Phantis the same way Volgaar is a copy of Rastan Saga and Gunlord is a copy of Turrican: It has some more than passing similarities, but is otherwise an entirely new game.
Secondly, as I mentioned in another post: I have contacted Carlos Abril, the creator of the original Phantis, during the development of Ultionus, and got his blessing for the project.

[Fdruid]

Good to know! Good luck with your game :) I would never have thought that someone would bring back games like these, from when I was a kid!

[DarkFalzX]

All good: )
I loved Phantis and Freddy Hardest when I was growing up, and the reason I made Ultionus was precisely because I really, really wanted to play a new game in that style.
Also, if you enjoyed Dizzy-type arcade adventure games as a kid, check out my other game - Mystik Belle.

[Baldrick]

I would LOVE (and pay good money for, duh) a sequel with ties to other games from the same era/publisher - Freddy Hardest in particular, as I think it had the most interesting 2nd half gameplay of the lot. Great job!

[Ricardo]

Good job. Really nice remake, reboot or whatever you want to call it. Keep up the good work, I am looking forward to playing your next game!

[hexaae]

Phantis!!! I can't believe it...