Zero Wing
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Zero Wing | |||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||
Publisher: Toaplan | |||||
Developer: Toaplan | |||||
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||
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Zero Wing (ゼロウイング) is a 1989 arcade shoot-'em-up video game developed by Toaplan, and ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 for Japan and Europe release. It is one of the few Mega Drive ports developed by Toaplan themselves.
While there are no gameplay differences between the arcade version and its ports, the Mega Drive port added an in-game storyline with cutscenes. This is all well and good, but the English translator chosen was the kind of guy who "thought" he knew English. Long story short, the English introduction is ridiculous to the point where "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US." has become a meme that is far more popular than the game itself ever will be.
Aside from that, Zero Wing has a very different-sounding arrange of the original arcade soundtrack, focused around the popular Cube sound driver.
Gameplay
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fires a suction beam that will trap enemies, allowing the ship to grab certain enemies. Letting go of
launches the enemy at high speeds, allowing you to destroy other enemies with it. Some heavy ships will pull the player ship down.
Enemies drop powerups when destroyed; the first powerup per life will always be subships that shoot with you but do not have the suction beam. The collectable items are:
- red: spreadshot
- blue: laser
- green: homing shot
- orb: strong bomb that can be releases by pushing
- speedup
The game has an autofire option, but a much higher firing rate can be acchieved by rappidly tapping the buttons or using an autofire controller. Like a lot of other Toaplan games, this game also strangely defaults to the easy difficulty instead of normal
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- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 139
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 27
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 137
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 118
- ↑ Famitsu, "1991-xx-xx" (JP; 1991-06-14), page 19
- ↑ Games-X, "21st-26th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-21), page 36
- ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 42
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-05-1x), page 158
- ↑ Joystick, "Juillet/Août 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 182
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "August 1991" (JP; 1991-07-08), page 123
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
- ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-05), page 76
- ↑ MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 32
- ↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 93
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 70
- ↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 94
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 34
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 236
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Super Gaming, "Fall 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ Supersonic, "Mai/Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 6
- ↑ Tilt, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-xx), page 53
- ↑ Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 46
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