The Faery Tale Adventure
The Faery Tale Adventure — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is The Faery Tale Adventure on?
- The Faery Tale Adventure was released on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga.
- When did The Faery Tale Adventure release?
- The Faery Tale Adventure was first released on December 31, 1987.
About The Faery Tale Adventure
You take on the role of three brothers wandering through the magical land of Holm. Real-time interaction reminiscent of Ultima 7. An extremely large world, touted at the time as the largest game world ever created, about 17,000 computer screens worth of terrain. The game was first developed for Amiga and after achieving a huge success, the game was ported to more platforms including PC.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Developer
- MicroIllusions
- Publisher
- MicroIllusions
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1991 | $11 | $34 | — | 49% | Low |
Also released on: Commodore C64/128/MAX · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · DOS · Amiga. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| European (PAL) release | $12 | $70 | — |
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about 2 times a month
- Sealed: about once a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $2.99 in Oct 2007, $10.00 five years ago, and $11.06 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2008 | $2.70 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $0.99 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $3.75 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $2.95 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $3.66 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $6.03 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $7.00 | $14.94 |
| Jan 2015 | $9.18 | $13.99 |
| Jan 2016 | $7.74 | $12.63 |
| Jan 2017 | $9.95 | $14.99 |
| Jan 2018 | $8.74 | $16.88 |
| Jan 2019 | $10.25 | $18.49 |
| Jan 2020 | $10.47 | $22 |
| Jan 2021 | $11.11 | $20 |
| Jan 2022 | $9.99 | $32 |
| Jan 2023 | $9.99 | $28 |
| Jan 2024 | $12.85 | $29 |
| Jan 2025 | $12.54 | $27 |
| Jan 2026 | $13.95 | $29 |
| Oct 2026 | $11.06 | $34 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| North America | July 1991 | 014633070569 |
| Europe / PAL | July 1991 | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1991
- Authenticity
- Low
A sprawling, rough-edged action role-playing game that was a computer hit first and costs little on the Genesis.
This is the Genesis version of The Faery Tale Adventure, an action role-playing game that David Joiner designed for the Amiga in 1987. New World Computing, which had acquired MicroIllusions, ported it to the Genesis and Electronic Arts published it, in July 1991 in both North America and Europe.
Video Games & Computer Entertainment, reviewing it in August 1991, counted among its weaknesses a save system that needs a password of 36 characters, and guessed that a battery backup would have raised the retail price.
What the press said at the time
| Mean Machines Sega Issue 3 | December 1992 | 49% |
“A dull role-playing game which lacks action and … atmosphere. There are plenty of better games of this type,”
“A dull role-playing game which lacks action and atmosphere. There are plenty of better games of this type, so look elsewhere.”
“One of EA’s lesser moments, an RPG that starts off dull and well - carries on being dull for far longer than is strictly necessary. … If RPGs are your bag, then check out the Shining’ twins.”
How the Sega Genesis version differs
Computer Gaming World said the Genesis version subtly improved on the Amiga original, for example with a better teleportation system, while keeping its excellent graphics.
Video Games & Computer Entertainment noted that a battery backup would probably have raised the cartridge's retail price, and complained about the very long character string the game uses instead.
Also on other platforms
Amiga · Commodore 64 · MS-DOS
| Amiga | MicroIllusions (publisher) |
- Amiga. The original Amiga 1000 version featured the largest game world to that date and ran with two screens, a lowres 320 and a hires 640 pixels wide, allowing 64 + 16 colors.
- Commodore 64. The Commodore 64 and MS-DOS ports had graphics of substantially lower quality than the Amiga original because of hardware limitations.
Before you buy
Among US carts it sits below the middle. The European loose cart usually costs about the same as the US one, while a complete European copy usually costs much more. A complete US copy means the case, cartridge and manual.
The Faery Tale Adventure screenshots
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