[AMSTRAD CPC] Xyphoes Fantasy – Longplay & Review

My 199th video special! And well … I thought I would finally do the game behind my name – Xyphoe’s Fantasy on the Amstrad CPC!

This is a French game (apparently there may be a UK and Spanish version but they haven’t been found) so I’ll have to translate a lot of this for you – but it’s a truly spectacular game with stunning graphics and digitised music converted from the Amiga and Atari ST and 780k of data compacted! Plus ‘overscan’ pictures and in game action!! (Overscan is the use of the ‘border’ that is always present around CPC games, which you would see ‘flashing’ when loading from tape).

Game description from back of the box –

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For thousands of years the SKULL barbarians have reigned in terror over the kingdom of Norem. Their forces have captured your

girlfriend in order to sacrifice her to their god. You set off in search of her on the back of your fleet-footed warhorse.
In the couse of your quest you must face many monsters and cruel warriors. You must also be shrewd enough to find the trophies which

once combined will lead to the destruction of the empire of the Skulls.

Xyphoes Fantasy consists of more than 650KB of compacted data and is the first game which has animations and displays in overscan,

digital music and sound effects from the AMIGA and the ATARI ST, and which makes full use of the 128KB on your CPC.
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PLUS the full backstory I translated from the French instruction manual for you – http://gx4000.co.uk/misc/xyphoesfantasy_fullstory.txt

(c) Silmarils 1991

http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1433

Levels, Menu, soundtracker routines, conversion routines soundchip, compaction and protection: Fabien FESSARD alias Fefesse
Fighting in overscan, presentation, Hi-score, and mega format interlevels: Michel Fauquet
Scenario and Graphics: Stephane SAINT-MARTIN
Atari ST soundchip routines, music and sound effects soundchip: Emmanuel LARY
Music Soundtrack presentation and end: Fabrice HAUTECLOQUE