Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
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| System(s): VCO Object, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
VCO Object US flyer
Home versions US print advert
- SegaArcadeGames DE PrintAdvert.jpg
Home versions DE print advert
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #39: "January 1985" (1984-12-16)[3]
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #41: "March 1985" (1985-02-16)[4]
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #42: "April 1985" (1985-03-16)[5]
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #43: "May 1985" (1985-04-16)[6]
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #45: "July 1985" (1985-06-16)[7]
Physical scans
VCO Object version
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Apple II version
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Atari 2600 version
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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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72 |
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Commodore 64 version
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45 |
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 Cassette  Manual |
MSX version
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93 |
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PC Booter version
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TI-99/4A version
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90 |
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VIC-20 version
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ZX Spectrum version
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 044.pdf, page 118 Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; name ":File:CVG UK 036.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1985" (UK; 1984-12-16), page 48
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1985" (UK; 1985-02-16), page 44
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1985" (UK; 1985-03-16), page 56
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1985" (UK; 1985-04-16), page 87
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1985" (UK; 1985-06-16), page 34
- ↑ File:CVG UK 031.pdf, page 44
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 50
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:Zzap64 UK 001.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid
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