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Zaxxon
System(s): Zaxxon Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Intellivision, MSX, Sega Master System, Sega SG-1000, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Virtual Console, ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega
Developer:

Zaxxon is an arcade shoot 'em up game released in 1982 by Sega. It was the first video game to use axonometric projection, which is where the "AXXON" name comes from. The player controls a starship shooting enemies in a fortress.

Zaxxon was quite successful for Sega, and hence it was ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Intellivision, MSX, Sega Master System, Sega SG-1000, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, and ZX Spectrum. More recently, the Arcade version of the game has been made available through the Wii's Virtual Console service. There has also been numerous clones of the game, such as Zaksund and Z-89 for the TRS CoCo. It was also included as part of the Sega Mega Drive Collection and Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection compilations. It should be noted, however, that the Atari 2600 and Intellivision ports of the game use a third person perspective rather than an isometric one, most likely due to console limitations.

Zaxxon was also turned into a board game by Milton Bradley in 1982. Sega, Bandai and Coleco have also released handheld versions of the game.

The game was followed by Super Zaxxon, Zaxxon 3D and Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000, none of which were as successful.

Physical Scans

Arcade Version

  • Zaxxon Arcade FR Flyer1.jpg

    FR flyer (front)

  • Zaxxon Arcade FR Flyer2.jpg

    FR flyer (back)

  • Zaxxon Arcade DE Flyer1.jpg

    DE flyer (front)

  • Zaxxon Arcade DE Flyer2.jpg

    DE flyer (back)

SG-1000 Version

  • JP front cover

  • JP back cover

Atari 2600 Version

  • US Coleco front cover

  • US Coleco back cover

  • US Coleco cart

  • EU CBS cart

  • DE CBS cart

  • UK CBS cart

  • CA Coleco front cover

  • CA Coleco back cover

  • CA Coleco cart 1

  • CA Coleco cart 2

  • BR Tron cart

  • BR Intellivision cart

  • BR Dynacom cart

  • BR Dynacom cart (reverse)

Atari 5200 Version

  • US front cover

  • US back cover

  • US cart

Atari 8-bit Family Version

  • US Datasoft cassette front cover

  • US Datasoft cassette back cover

  • US alternative Datasoft cassette front cover

  • US alternative Datasoft cassette back cover

  • US Datasoft cassette

  • US cart

  • UK Datasoft front cover

  • UK Datasoft back cover

Colecovision Version

  • Zaxxon Colecovision US Cart.jpg

    US cart

  • Zaxxon Colecovision FR Box.jpg

    FR front cover

  • Zaxxon Colecovision FR Box Back.jpg

    FR back cover

  • Zaxxon Colecovision FR CBS Cart.jpg

    FR CBS cart

Commodore 64 Version

  • EU cover

Intellivision Version

  • US cart

  • UK CBS cart

MSX Version

  • JP cover

ZX Spectrum Version

  • EU cover



Games in the Zaxxon Series
Zaxxon (1981) (home computers) | Super Zaxxon (1982) | Zaxxon Super Game (1984) | Zaxxon 3D (1987) | Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 (1995) | Zaxxon Escape (2012)
Others
Zaxxon (LCD) (1982) | FL Zaxxon (1982) | Zaxxon (tabletop) (1982) | Zaxxon (board game) (1982)
Zaxxon related media
Book
 The Official How to Win at Zaxxon (1982)
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