Zoom 909

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VCO Object SG-1000 MSX
Zoom 909
System(s): VCO Object, SG-1000, MSX
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Pony
Developer: Sega R&D 2 Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Licensor: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1982-12 ¥? ? JP 1985-07 ¥4,8004,800 C-47 TW 198x JP 1985-11 ¥4,9004,900 R49X5804

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Zoom 909 (ズーム909) is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. for VCO Object arcade hardware. It was released worldwide in 1982, however after obtaining a license for Buck Rogers, western versions of the game became known as Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. Both Zoom 909 and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom are largely the same game minus some minor graphical differences.

Though most home ports of the game are based on Planet of Zoom, Zoom 909 was brought to the Japanese MSX in 1983 and SG-1000 in 1985. These versions take more liberties with the formula, introducing a top-down stage as level 3.

Gameplay

Stages (SG-1000/MSX version)

	Valley of Planets (惑星の谷)
	A 3D stage with walls on either side. In addition to enemies, energy barriers can pop up which must be avoided.
	Planet Wilderness (惑星原野)
	A 3D stage set in the wilds of space.
	Zero Gravity Space (無重力空間)
	A top-down stage which doesn't appear in the arcade version, allowing for rotation in 8 directions but no vertical movement. It contains an invincibility power-up.
	Enemy Command Ship Agora Appears (敵司令艦アゴラ出現)
	A 3D boss fight against Agora. To defeat Agora, the players must fire at its center 5 times. This is easier if its 4 engines are destroyed, rendering it immobile. Agora will leave if not defeated soon enough, in which case the player will not get the bonus 3000 points for defeating it.

Production credits

Sega Enterprises R&D Department

• Progrm by: Hideki Ishikawa
• Seculity by: Masatoshi Mizunaga

Source:

Internal ROM text

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• Toshiyuki Kaji

Source:

Uncredited

SG-1000 version

• Kotaro Hayashida
• Sound: Katsuhiro Hayashi

Source:

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: Zoom 909/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

VCO Object JP flyer

VCO Object JP flyer (alt)

Arcade print advert in Amusement Life (JP) #1: "No.1" (1983-01-08)

Arcade print advert in Amusement Life (JP) #2: "No.2" (1983-02-10)

Artwork

Physical scans

VCO Object version

VCO Object, JP

SG-1000 version

SG-1000, JP
Cover
Card Manual

SG-1000, TW

MSX version

MSX, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 093830d8 MD5 4e457a6c5b4b613f2aac3472f6827a89 SHA-1 09552aaa7140f9fc780b5f7d541478b534320075	32kB		Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 9943fc2b MD5 d99925f7b3fa1961906f169b61f1a492 SHA-1 7a998a0da19471f7e3e5bd82a9fbaf82a966ee40	32kB		Cartridge (TW)