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* ThemeTune: Jonathan Coulton's "I Feel Fantastic" is somewhat of an unofficial theme for the game, and can be heard playing in and around the Fantastic Orb's chamber

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* ThemeTune: Jonathan Coulton's Music/JonathanCoulton's "I Feel Fantastic" is somewhat of an unofficial theme for the game, and can be heard playing in and around the Fantastic Orb's chamber
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The Fantastic Game can be found here, at Fantasticaneer's Tumblr, http://fantastic-game.tumblr.com/

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The Fantastic Game can be found here, at Fantasticaneer's Tumblr, http://fantastic-game.[[http://fantastic-game.tumblr.com/
com/ here]], at Fantasticaneer's Website/{{Tumblr}}.



* BrokenRecord: The aptly named 'Smash Mouth Eggs' repeat the line "So much to do, so much to see!" from the song 'All Star'. Constantly.

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* BrokenRecord: The aptly named 'Smash Mouth 'Music/SmashMouth Eggs' repeat the line "So much to do, so much to see!" from the song 'All Star'. Constantly.
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** A ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'' arcade cabinet.

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** A ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'' ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'' arcade cabinet.

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* ReferenceOverdosed: The references are numerous, and surprisingly varied, such as:

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* ReferenceOverdosed: ScavengerHunt: The point of the game is to find Dollaz and open doors. To open doors, you need Dollaz, and behind doors are usually more Dollaz.
* ShapedLikeItself: In both parts of the world, you'll find a set of cubes, with the word 'CUBE' repeated against a colored background as the texture on all six sides.
* ShoutOut:
The references are numerous, and surprisingly varied, such as:



* ScavengerHunt: The point of the game is to find Dollaz and open doors. To open doors, you need Dollaz, and behind doors are usually more Dollaz.
* ShapedLikeItself: In both parts of the world, you'll find a set of cubes, with the word 'CUBE' repeated against a colored background as the texture on all six sides.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successor]]/[[DuelingGames Dueling Games]]: ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame.'' Even at its earlier version, it left the Fantasticaneer in awe.

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* ScavengerHunt: The point ** A giant group of eggs can be found in one of the game is to find Dollaz and open doors. To open doors, you need Dollaz, and behind doors are usually more Dollaz.
* ShapedLikeItself: In both parts
corners of the world, you'll find a set of cubes, with map, blaring an excerpt from "All Star" by Music/SmashMouth. In addition to the word 'CUBE' repeated against a colored background as song snippet, the texture on all six sides.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successor]]/[[DuelingGames Dueling Games]]: ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame.'' Even at its earlier version, it left
eggs themselves reference [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/6wnmbr/i-made-the-smash-mouth-guy-eat-a-shit-ton-of-eggs a charity event]] from 2011 where the Fantasticaneer lead singer of Smash Mouth ate 24 eggs in awe.one sitting after persistent heckling to do so by users on Twitter and Something Awful.
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* PuzzlePlatformer

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* StylisticSuck

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* WideOpenSandbox: Sort of.

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* %%* WideOpenSandbox: Sort of.
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''The Fantastic Game'' is a [[{{Mindscrew}} fantastic]] game in which you explore a strange, exotic land, filled with many traps and treasures, monoliths and monsters, eggs and edifices.

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''The Fantastic Game'' is a [[{{Mindscrew}} [[MindScrew fantastic]] game in which you explore a strange, exotic land, filled with many traps and treasures, monoliths and monsters, eggs and edifices.



*** The 'Who are you running from?' error picture from the Game Boy Camera.

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*** The 'Who are you running from?' error picture from the Game Boy Camera.VideoGame/GameBoyCamera.
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-->--'''The Fantasticaneer'''

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-->--'''The -->-- '''The Fantasticaneer'''



* LeapOfFaith: Two, one to get from the corner of the main platform to one far away, and another is a ShoutOut to the scene from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade, complete with sound clips.

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* LeapOfFaith: Two, one to get from the corner of the main platform to one far away, and another is a ShoutOut to the scene from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade, ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', complete with sound clips.

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''The Fantastic Game'' is a [[{{mindscrew}} fantastic]] game in which you explore a strange, exotic land, filled with many traps and treasures, monoliths and monsters, eggs and edifices.

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''The Fantastic Game'' is a [[{{mindscrew}} [[{{Mindscrew}} fantastic]] game in which you explore a strange, exotic land, filled with many traps and treasures, monoliths and monsters, eggs and edifices.



* TheCameo: A picture of Creator/JeffGoldblum can be found in the purple maze, with a small sign next to it that says 'J. GOLDBLUM'.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: There are some objects with "CUBE" plastered all over them. Guess what they are!



* InTheStyleOf: The floating platform in version 1.0 has a portion of Pendulum's 'Propane Nightmares' playing there, while version 1.fun has a midi version of the song due to copyright reasons. Ostensibly, it's a cover done on an instrument called the "plungophone".

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* InTheStyleOf: The floating platform in version 1.0 has a portion of Pendulum's 'Propane Nightmares' playing there, while version 1.fun has a midi MIDI version of the song due to copyright reasons. Ostensibly, it's a cover done on an instrument called the "plungophone".



* NonStandardGameOver: There's a pit near the starting area that [[ShmuckBait tells you not to jump down it.]] Jumping down it sends you to a black room with the "GAME OVER" screen from ''Marcos Lopez: Part II'' plastered on every wall, and turns the field of view up incredibly high while playing a loop from the Evolution Control Committee's "I Want A Cookie." [[InterfaceScrew Neither of these things stop, even if you respawn.]]

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* NonStandardGameOver: There's a pit near the starting area that [[ShmuckBait tells you not to jump down it.]] it]]. Jumping down it sends you to a black room with the "GAME OVER" screen from ''Marcos Lopez: Part II'' plastered on every wall, and turns the field of view up incredibly high while playing a loop from the Evolution Control Committee's "I Want A Cookie." [[InterfaceScrew Neither of these things stop, stops, even if you respawn.]]



** Jumping into the painting for [[SuperMario64 Bob-Omb Battlefield]] to reach another area, complete with the proper sounds.

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** Jumping into the painting for [[SuperMario64 [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Bob-Omb Battlefield]] to reach another area, complete with the proper sounds.



** The aformentioned 'leap of faith' from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade.
** One wall has the logo for The IncredibleCrisis on it, and falling from the ledge next to it will play Taneo's scream from that game.
** A wall in the purple maze has a picture from one of [[{{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} Vinny's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W545DP8CmWQ streams.]]
** The 'No Yoshi' sign from VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.

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** The aformentioned 'leap of faith' from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade.
''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.
** One wall has the logo for The IncredibleCrisis ''VideoGame/IncredibleCrisis'' on it, and falling from the ledge next to it will play Taneo's scream from that game.
** A wall in the purple maze has a picture from one of [[{{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W545DP8CmWQ streams.]]
streams]].
** The 'No Yoshi' sign from VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.DummiedOut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''[='=]s code.



** Pictures in the art gallery, including
*** The Happytown train from ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''
*** The mysterious cave from LEGOIsland
*** The 'who are you running from?' error picture from the Game Boy Camera.
** The art gallery itself borrows a music track from VideoGame/{{Osada}}.

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** Pictures in the art gallery, including
including:
*** The Happytown train from ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''
''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.
*** The mysterious cave from LEGOIsland
''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''.
*** The 'who 'Who are you running from?' error picture from the Game Boy Camera.
** The art gallery itself borrows a music track from VideoGame/{{Osada}}.''VideoGame/{{Osada}}''.



* TheCameo: A picture of JeffGoldblum can be found in the purple maze, with a small sign next to it that says 'J. GOLDBLUM'.
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* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successor]]/[[DuelingGames Dueling Games]]: ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame'' is another entry into the "egglike" genre. Even at its earlier version, it left the Fantasticaneer in awe.

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* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successor]]/[[DuelingGames Dueling Games]]: ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame'' is another entry into the "egglike" genre. ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame.'' Even at its earlier version, it left the Fantasticaneer in awe.
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** The art gallery itself borrows a music track from {{Osada}}.

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** The art gallery itself borrows a music track from {{Osada}}.VideoGame/{{Osada}}.
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** A {{Polybius}} arcade cabinet.

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** A {{Polybius}} ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'' arcade cabinet.
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->''"FANTASTIC GAME OR THE FANTASTIC GAME OR FANTASTIC OR GAME WITH EGG IS MY GAME THE GAME FANTASTIC, BY ME, FANTASTICANEER. I MAKE THE GAME FANTASTIC FOR THE FRIENDLY CONSUMER, MISTER INDIE!! GAME PLAYS PEOPLE OF ALL KINDS, SO PLAY GAME. FANTASTIC GAME!!"''
-->--'''The Fantasticaneer'''

''The Fantastic Game'' is a [[{{mindscrew}} fantastic]] game in which you explore a strange, exotic land, filled with many traps and treasures, monoliths and monsters, eggs and edifices.

You play in a first person perspective, wandering through the world in search of the elusive 'Dollaz', the world's currency, and the means to access new locations. They can be hidden in a variety of locations, though some are just sitting in plain sight.

The Fantastic Game can be found here, at Fantasticaneer's Tumblr, http://fantastic-game.tumblr.com/

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!!This game provides examples of:
* BizarrePuzzleGame: Find Dollaz in a strangely constructed landscape in the sky, with no ultimate goal. That's it.
* BottomlessPit: The area under most of the platforms is one, although it's non-lethal, and you'll just fall forever if you don't respawn manually. Certain areas will teleport you back to another platform if you fall, and to get a Dolla, you need to jump off the ledge behind the game's starting point, and fall down to a platform with pictures of [[StealthPun pictures of a rooster, spotted dick, Dick Biondi, and Richard Nixon]] all around a Dolla.
* BrokenRecord: The aptly named 'Smash Mouth Eggs' repeat the line "So much to do, so much to see!" from the song 'All Star'. Constantly.
* DoorToBefore: [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} After passing through the frog head door and the art museum]], a door will pop up that lets you move from there to the grassy area at the start of the game without having to walk all the way back.
* EndlessCorridor: Quite a few of them.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: You'll come across a couple chairs with eyes. Non-functioning eyes, but they're eerie nonetheless.
* FacelessEye: A huge, floating eye can be found in an abyss, 'guarding' a Dolla. It doesn't pose any threat directly, but it can be startling.
* GhostTown: There isn't any other living being in the entire game.
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: Some of the messages found in the game are presented like this, as well as most of the things Fantasticaneer says.
* InterfaceScrew: Jumping down a certain pit (see NonStandardGameOver below) will crank the field of view so high you won't be able to tell where you're going.
* InTheStyleOf: The floating platform in version 1.0 has a portion of Pendulum's 'Propane Nightmares' playing there, while version 1.fun has a midi version of the song due to copyright reasons. Ostensibly, it's a cover done on an instrument called the "plungophone".
* LeapOfFaith: Two, one to get from the corner of the main platform to one far away, and another is a ShoutOut to the scene from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade, complete with sound clips.
* TheMaze: Made all the more difficult by the fact that the texture on the walls can be disorienting.
* NonStandardGameOver: There's a pit near the starting area that [[ShmuckBait tells you not to jump down it.]] Jumping down it sends you to a black room with the "GAME OVER" screen from ''Marcos Lopez: Part II'' plastered on every wall, and turns the field of view up incredibly high while playing a loop from the Evolution Control Committee's "I Want A Cookie." [[InterfaceScrew Neither of these things stop, even if you respawn.]]
* NoPlotNoProblem: Who needs a story when everything is so fantastic?
* PuzzlePlatformer
* ReferenceOverdosed: The references are numerous, and surprisingly varied, such as:
** Jumping into the painting for [[SuperMario64 Bob-Omb Battlefield]] to reach another area, complete with the proper sounds.
** A {{Polybius}} arcade cabinet.
** The aformentioned 'leap of faith' from IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade.
** One wall has the logo for The IncredibleCrisis on it, and falling from the ledge next to it will play Taneo's scream from that game.
** A wall in the purple maze has a picture from one of [[{{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} Vinny's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W545DP8CmWQ streams.]]
** The 'No Yoshi' sign from VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.
** The sound used when collecting a Dolla comes from one of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo motdef's Moonbase Alpha videos.]]
** Pictures in the art gallery, including
*** The Happytown train from ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''
*** The mysterious cave from LEGOIsland
*** The 'who are you running from?' error picture from the Game Boy Camera.
** The art gallery itself borrows a music track from {{Osada}}.
* ScavengerHunt: The point of the game is to find Dollaz and open doors. To open doors, you need Dollaz, and behind doors are usually more Dollaz.
* ShapedLikeItself: In both parts of the world, you'll find a set of cubes, with the word 'CUBE' repeated against a colored background as the texture on all six sides.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successor]]/[[DuelingGames Dueling Games]]: ''VideoGame/LeFantabulousGame'' is another entry into the "egglike" genre. Even at its earlier version, it left the Fantasticaneer in awe.
* StylisticSuck
* TheCameo: A picture of JeffGoldblum can be found in the purple maze, with a small sign next to it that says 'J. GOLDBLUM'.
* ThemeTune: Jonathan Coulton's "I Feel Fantastic" is somewhat of an unofficial theme for the game, and can be heard playing in and around the Fantastic Orb's chamber
* WideOpenSandbox: Sort of.
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