Difference between revisions of "Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom"
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Revision as of 07:30, 25 March 2016
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| Genre: Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Gameplay
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.
History
Legacy
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
Promotional material
VCO Object US flyer
Home versions US print advert
- SegaArcadeGames DE PrintAdvert.jpg
Home versions DE print advert
- SegaTheArcadeWinnersVarious C64Spectrum UK PrintAd.jpg
Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum versions UK print advert
Physical scans
VCO Object version
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Apple II version
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Atari 2600 version
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  Cover
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 Cart |
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 Cart |
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 Cover
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 Cassette |
Atari 5200 version
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  Cover
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 Cart  Manual |
Atari 8-bit Family version
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  Cover
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 Cart |
ColecoVision version
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 Cover
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 Cart |
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 Cover
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Commodore 64 Version version
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45 |
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 Cart  Manual |
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 Cover
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 Cassette  Manual |
MSX version
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 Cover
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PC Booter version
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TI-99/4A version
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90 |
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 Cover
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VIC-20 version
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 Cover
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ZX Spectrum version
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 Cover
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 036.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:CVG UK 036.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Zzap!64, "May 1985" (UK; 1985-xx-xx), page 58
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