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Revision as of 14:10, 7 January 2011
| Zaxxon |
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| System(s): Arcade (Zaxxon Hardware, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Intellivision, MSX, SG-1000, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Virtual Console, ZX Spectrum |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Sega |
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. Zaxxon stands as one of Sega's earliest video game successes, and its isometric graphics set itself apart from the competition.
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Gameplay
The player controls a starship which continuously moves towards the top right of the screen, meaning it is half-way between a side-scrolling shooter and a vertical shooter. The basic idea is to shoot at and destroy enemies within a space fortress to rank up points, while avoiding obstacles and enemy fire.
Zaxxon allows the player to adjust the ship's height, something that needs to be used to negotiate the scenery in the fortress. This can make gameplay somewhat awkward as it is often difficult to determine the height of obstacles. There is, however, a meter on the left hand side of the screen showing the ship's height, though it still presents a challenge. 1984's Future Spy', which is also a shoot-'em-up running on Zaxxon arcade hardware drops this feature.
Sequels and Re-releases
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 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 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.
The arcade version of Zaxxon was also included as part of the Sega Mega Drive Collection and Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection compilations.
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
JP cart
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 | |
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The Official How to Win at Zaxxon (1982) |
- Pages with broken file links
- No players field
- Old content rating field
- All games
- Zaxxon (franchise)
- Zaxxon Hardware Games
- SG-1000 Games
- SG-1000 Shoot-'em-Up Games
- 1985 SG-1000 Games
- Virtual Console Games
- Apple II Games
- Atari 2600 Games
- Atari 5200 Games
- Atari 8-bit Family Games
- Colecovision Games
- Commodore 64 Games
- DOS Games
- Intellivision Games
- MSX Games
- TRS-80 Games
- TRS-80 CoCo Games
- ZX Spectrum Games