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{{stub}}The tabletop version of '''''Zaxxon''''', for lack of better words to describe it, is an electronic game manufactured by [[Coleco]] under license by [[Sega]]. It is based on the 1982 arcade game, ''[[Zaxxon]]'' and was released in 1983. It relies on a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) to project an image, meaning it is a vastly reduced interpretation of the original video game.
 
{{stub}}The tabletop version of '''''Zaxxon''''', for lack of better words to describe it, is an electronic game manufactured by [[Coleco]] under license by [[Sega]]. It is based on the 1982 arcade game, ''[[Zaxxon]]'' and was released in 1983. It relies on a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) to project an image, meaning it is a vastly reduced interpretation of the original video game.
  
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Revision as of 07:14, 4 January 2013

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Zaxxon Tabletop Coleco.jpg

Zaxxon
System(s): VFD
Publisher: Coleco
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD)
US
1982 $? ?

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The tabletop version of Zaxxon, for lack of better words to describe it, is an electronic game manufactured by Coleco under license by Sega. It is based on the 1982 arcade game, Zaxxon and was released in 1983. It relies on a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) to project an image, meaning it is a vastly reduced interpretation of the original video game.

This version of Zaxxon does not appear to have seen widespread release outside of North America, though FL Zaxxon, a similar VFD Zaxxon game, saw a release in Japan. Coleco released several tabletop games of this nature during the early 1980s, though Zaxxon is the only Sega game in the series.

Coleco's Zaxxon relies on two VFD screens and a mirror to create its image, and is closer in aesthetics to the Zaxxon arcade machine than FL Zaxxon.

Physical Scans

VFD, US
Zaxxon Tabletop Coleco US Box Front.jpg
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)