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'''''Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom''''' is an early arcade game developed by [[Sega]] which uses the ''Buck Rogers'' comic book/television license. It was one of Sega's first licensed video games, along with ''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'', debuting in 1982. The game shares the same hardware used in ''[[Turbo]]'' and is a pseudo-3D rail shoot-'em-up - revolutionary at the time of release. It was also one of the first games to fit this genre that did not make use of vector graphics. Like ''Turbo'', many sections of the HUD such as score were kept on external LED displays, meaning extra precautions must be taken when the game is emulated in programs such as [[MAME]].
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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'' was originally titled '''''Zoom 909''''' (ズーム909), and a few early machines still use this title. ''Zoom 909'' has a different title screen, but other than this it is identical.
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''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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''Planet of Zoom'' saw a much wider release than ''Turbo'' as it was brought to more home consoles and computers. It was ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1985, each suffering slightly due to weaker hardware. Strangely ''Zoom 909'' was ported to the [[SG-1000]] and MSX computers as a slightly different game, meaning the MSX had two different ports of this game.
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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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Under the ''Buck Rogers'' license the game was never ported to a Sega console, and has not been re-released as Sega no longer own the license to produce ''Buck Rogers'' games.
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Revision as of 13:32, 17 October 2012

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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
System(s): VCO Object, SG-1000, 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 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.

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. 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.

Gallery

  • Sit-down cabinet (Buck Rogers)

  • Upright cabinet (Buck Rogers)

Physical Scans

Arcade Version

SG-1000 Version

SG-1000, JP
Zoom909 SG1000 JP cover.jpg
Cover

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 (Buck Rogers)
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Cover
MSX, JP (Zoom 909)

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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