Zaxxon
| Zaxxon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio | Sega , Ikegami Tsūshinki |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
February 1982 |
| genre | Shoot 'em up |
| Game mode | Single player , 2 players (alternating) |
| control | 8-way joystick ; 1 button |
| casing | Standard and Cocktail |
| Arcade system |
Main processor : Z80 (@ 3.04125 MHz) Sound CPU: - Sound chips: Custom |
| monitor |
Raster resolution: 224 × 256 pixels (3: 4 vertical), color palette: 256 colors |
| information | first isometric game |
Zaxxon is an arcade game released by Sega in 1982 and belongs to the Shoot 'em up genre . The idea of the game in Zaxxon is that the player flies in a spaceship through a kind of fortress and shoots down all enemies on the way. The aim of the game is to penetrate the fortress as far as possible with the spaceship and to eliminate as many opponents as possible.
When Zaxxon came out, it was the first game with an isometric perspective that represented spatial depth, a 3D scroller so to speak. The game idea was a direct copy of the 2D game Scramble , but while with Scramble the flight path of the spaceship could only be changed in height, with Zaxxon it was also possible to steer the spaceship sideways thanks to the perspective representation. The altitude can be recognized by the size of the spaceship and the distance to its shadow.
In the same year a revised version called Super Zaxxon appeared , in which you shot at a dragon at the end (in Zaxxon a robot).
Publications
Zaxxon was a very successful arcade game , so it was released for various platforms between 1982 and 1984 .
These included:
- Atari 2600 (1982)
- ColecoVision (1982)
- Apple II (1983)
- Intellivision (1983)
- Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer and Model 1 (1983)
- Atari 800 (1984)
- Atari 5200 (1984)
- Commodore 64 (1984)
- DOS (1985)
- MSX (1985)
- ZX Spectrum (1985)
- Amstrad CPC as Zaxx (1986)
- Sega Master System
- Wii Virtual Console (2009: Japan, 2010: PAL regions)
In addition, LCD handheld versions from Coleco and Bandai appeared .
successor
- Super Zaxxon (Arcade, 1982)
- Zaxxon 3-D ( Sega Master System , 1987)
- Zaxxon Motherbase 2000 (Sega 32X, 1995)
Clones
- Panther (1987)
- Space Raid (2013)
See also
Web links
- Zaxxon in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Zaxxon at MobyGames (English)
- Online version of Zaxxon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Masumi Akagi: Sore wa "Pong" kara Hajimatta. Arcade TV Game no Naritachi ( そ れ は 『ポ ン』 か ら 始 ま っ た: ア ー ケ ー ド ＴＶ ゲ ー ム の 成 り 立 ち ). Amusement Tsūshinsha, 2005, ISBN 4-9902512-0-2