The Fairyland Story is a classical arcade platform video game released by Taito in 1985 in its arcade form. The game has only one known conversion, to the MSX computer family. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Arcade can mean several things: Arcade (architecture) - A passage or walkway, often including retailers. ... MSX is the name of a standard for home computers in the 1980s (see also The Home Computer Era in the History of computing hardware). ...

The game itself wasn't a great success, compared to most famous Taito games such as Bubble Bobble or Rainbow Islands but can be considered as one of their anchestors, in the Bubble Bobble legacy. In facts, many Bubble Bobble's gameplay elements and even some graphics and bonuses first appeared in Fairyland Story. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Notes First appearance of the popular video game characters Bub and Bob Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986. ... Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game from Taito. ... Notes First appearance of the popular video game characters Bub and Bob Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986. ...

In the game, the player guides the little witch Ptolemy through a series of levels, the goal being to eliminate all enemies and proceeding to the next level. This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; c. ... In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, map or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ...

Ptolemy's main weapon is her magic attack, which can turn enemies into cakes for a short while. While in a "caked" form, the enemies can be either be destroyed by further magic attacks or by being dropped off a platform, possibly squashing other enemies below. Doing so awards more points and, sometimes, some extra bonuses. Look up Magic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Magic is any unexplained process (contrast this with technology). ... A cake is a form of food, usually sweet, often baked . ...

'Ptolemy' can sometimes collect some utility bonuses which increase her speed or the power and range of her magic for a short while, or offensive bonuses that, most usually, result in the cake-ification and destruction of all on-screen enemies.

Some of these bonuses are:

• Sunshine Ring: A bright sun appears and destroys all on-screen enemies. This bonus also appears in most [[[Bubble Bobble]] games, with a very similar effect.
• Star Ring: Causes a rain of falling stars, which turn all hit enemies into cakes first, and then destroy them. This bonus also appears in most [[[Bubble Bobble]] games, with a very similar effect.
• Freezing scroll: Causes all enemies to freeze into ice blocks for a short while.
• Holy Cross: Unknown effect, but similar appearance to Bubble Bobble's.
• Holy Book: Unknown effect, but similar appearance to Bubble Bobble's.

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External links

Anthony Greulich's Fairyland Story page, with extensive info.