Difference between revisions of "Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom"

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'''''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom''''' is an early arcade game developed by [[Sega]] for [[VCO Object]] hardware. It uses the ''Buck Rogers'' comic book/television license, and stands as one of Sega's first licensed video games, along with ''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'', both debuting in 1982. The game was titled '''''Zoom 909''''' (ズーム909) before the ''Buck Rogers'' license was obtained, with both earlier versions of the game and Japanese releases using this name.
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'''''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom''''' is an early arcade game developed by [[Sega]] for [[VCO Object]] hardware. It uses the ''Buck Rogers'' comic book/television license, and stands as one of Sega's first licensed video games, along with ''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'', both debuting in 1982. The game is adapted from the earlier ''[[Zoom 909]]'', a largely identical game seen predominantly in Japan.
  
 
''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' is one of the earliest examples of a "rail" shoot-'em-up game. Gameplay is played in a pseudo-3D third-person perspective, with enemies and obstacles moving towards the camera. 2D sprites are scaled in real-time to give an illusion of depth - technology which would serve as a basis for a plethora of arcade games produced by Sega in the 1980s.
 
''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' is one of the earliest examples of a "rail" shoot-'em-up game. Gameplay is played in a pseudo-3D third-person perspective, with enemies and obstacles moving towards the camera. 2D sprites are scaled in real-time to give an illusion of depth - technology which would serve as a basis for a plethora of arcade games produced by Sega in the 1980s.
  
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''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' was brought to a wide variety of home consoles and computers between 1982 and 1985, including the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC (as a PC booter), TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum, each suffering slightly due to weaker hardware. The game was ported to the [[SG-1000]] under the ''Zoom 909'' name. Due to odd circumstances, the MSX received two ports of the game by different developers and publishers, one under the ''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' name, and another as ''Zoom 909''.
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''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' was brought to a wide variety of home consoles and computers between 1982 and 1985, including the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC (as a PC booter), TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum, each suffering slightly due to weaker hardware. Due to odd circumstances, the MSX received two ports of the game by different developers and publishers, one under the ''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'' name, and another as ''Zoom 909''.
  
 
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File:BuckRogers Arcade Cabinet Upright.jpg|Upright cabinet
 
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==Physical Scans==
 
==Physical Scans==
 
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Revision as of 07:05, 29 March 2013

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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
System(s): VCO Object, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Shooting

















Release Date RRP Code
ColecoVision
US		 1983 $? ?

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is an early arcade game developed by Sega for VCO Object hardware. It uses the Buck Rogers comic book/television license, and stands as one of Sega's first licensed video games, along with Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator, both debuting in 1982. The game is adapted from the earlier Zoom 909, a largely identical game seen predominantly in Japan.

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is one of the earliest examples of a "rail" shoot-'em-up game. Gameplay is played in a pseudo-3D third-person perspective, with enemies and obstacles moving towards the camera. 2D sprites are scaled in real-time to give an illusion of depth - technology which would serve as a basis for a plethora of arcade games produced by Sega in the 1980s.

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom was brought to a wide variety of home consoles and computers between 1982 and 1985, including the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC (as a PC booter), TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum, each suffering slightly due to weaker hardware. Due to odd circumstances, the MSX received two ports of the game by different developers and publishers, one under the Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom name, and another as Zoom 909.

Gallery

  • Sit-down cabinet

  • Upright cabinet

Physical Scans

Arcade Version

Apple II Version

Apple II, US
BuckRogers AppleII US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngBuckRogers AppleII US Box Front.jpg
Cover

Atari 2600 Version

Atari 2600, US
Buckrogers Atari2600 US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngBuckrogers Atari2600 US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Buckrogers Atari2600 US Cart.jpg
Cart
Atari 2600, EU

Buckrogers Atari2600 EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Atari 2600, BR
Buckrogers Atari2600 BR Intellivision Box.jpg
Cover
Buckrogers Atari2600 BR Intellivision Cassette.jpg
Cassette

Atari 5200 Version

Atari 5200, US
Buckrogers Atari5200 US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngBuckrogers Atari5200 US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Buckrogers Atari5200 US Cart.jpg
Cart

Atari 8-bit Family Version

Atari 8-bit family, US
Buckrogers Atari8bit US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngBuckrogers Atari8bit US Box Front.jpg
Cover
BuckRogers Atari8bit US Cart.jpg
Cart

Colecovision Version

Colecovision, US

Colecovision, EU

Commodore 64 Version Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
38 №1
Commodore 64
 38
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Zzap!64 (UK)
45
[1]
Commodore 64
 45
Based on
1 review

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

Commodore 64, US
BuckRogers C64 US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngBuckRogers C64 US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Commodore 64, EU
BuckRogers C64 EU Box.jpg
Cover

MSX Version

MSX, JP
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Cover

PC Booter Version

DOS, US

TI-99/4A Version

TI-99/4A, US
BuckRogers TI994A US Box Front.jpg
Cover

VIC-20 Version

VIC-20, US
BuckRogers VIC20 US Box Front.jpg
Cover

ZX Spectrum Version

ZX Spectrum, EU
Buckrogers Spectrum EU Box.jpg
Cover
  1. ↑ Zzap!64, "May 1985" (UK; 1985-xx-xx), page 58
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