Zero Tolerance

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Zero Tolerance

Publisher: Accolade

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Shoot-'em-up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-11^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	T-119146
EU	1994-09^[3]		T-119146-50
PT	1994		MD119146
AU	1994-10^[4]	$129.95129.95^[4]
BR	1994

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Zero Tolerance is a first person shooter developed by Technopop and Accolade and published by Accolade for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994. It is notable for being one of the few first person shooters available for the system, a demanding genre seen by many to be outside the capabilities of the Mega Drive's hardware.

Gameplay

Gameplay in Zero Tolerance is similar to other first person shooters of the era, with the player controlling one of several characters navigating map from a third-person perspective, shooting enemies while trying to find an exit. In terms of technology, Zero Tolerance lies somewhere between 1992's Wolfenstein 3D and 1993's Doom - rooms two dimensional as the height never changes (although the player's height can change slightly), and maps are "boxy", with walls are rendered as textured, flat surfaces positioned at 90 (or, unlike Wolfenstein 3D, 45 degree) angles.

Floors and ceilings are not textured, but primitive skyboxes are introduced and if the player shoots a wall, the texture will change to a "damaged" variant, in effect creating primitive interactive scenery. Enemies are rendered as sprites, and, also impressive for Mega Drive standards, are scaled in real-time. Shooting enemies will also create "gibs" similar to more modern shooters.

The consequence of all this is that the 3D view is constrained to a small portion of the screen, with the rest being taken by the game's HUD. The frame rate and draw distances are also lower than in both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.

History

Legacy

Zero Tolerance and its unfinished sequel, Beyond Zero Tolerance, were released by the developers as freeware.

Production credits

Technopop, Inc.

Producer: Randel Reiss
Assistant Producer: Desmond Crisis
Design: Thomas Gjørup
Art Direction: Scott Haile
Programming: Justin Wolf, Thomas Gjørup
Lead Artwork: Sheryl Knowles
Level Designs: Tony Ramos
Music: Dezso Molnar
SFX: Dezso Molnar
Voice Over: Maya Daniels
Conceptual Art: Curtis E. A. Karnow
Additional Support: Lasse Faabeng, Satoe Ishii, Jo Ellen Reiss, Patrick McEnvoy, Paul Puey
Special Thanks: Steven Ackrich, Nick Laveroff, David Bamberger, Kelly Flock

Accolade

Producers: James Kucera, Troy Sheets
Lead Tester: James A. Vitales
Testers: Richard Gangwish, Alex V. Cabal, Ty Johnson, Randall Hauser, Seth Friedman, Daniel P. Dunn
Marketing: Karen Safran, Megan Humpal, Larry Wiesler
Executives: Alan Miller, John A. S. Skeel, Brenden Maloof, Jim Barnett, Peter Harris
Art Director: Bob Busick
Artists: Patricia Pearson, Craig Marshall, Dale Mauk, John Xu, Shawn Monroe, Scott Burroughs, Ken Capelli, Chris Peterson, Tom Denmark

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Zero Tolerance/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[5]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[7]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

80

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

80

^[12]

Cool Gamer (RU)

80

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

85

^[3]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

81

^[14]

Digitiser (UK)

90

^[15]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[17]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

80

^[18]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)

90

^[19]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[2]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[20]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

67

^[21]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

82

^[8]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

85

^[24]

LeveL (CZ)

60

^[25]

Mega (UK)

PAL

88

^[26]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

89

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

82

^[28]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[29]

Megazin (SI)

79

^[30]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

86

^[9]

Player One (FR)

77

^[31]

Play Time (DE)

85

^[32]

Power Up! (UK)

83

^[33]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

83

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

84

^[36]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[37]

Sega Megazone (AU)

83

^[38]

Todo Sega (ES)

88

^[39]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[40]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

70

^[41]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[10]

	80
Based on 36 reviews

Zero Tolerance

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, SE (rental)

References

↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12
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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 155.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:Gamestar AU 05.pdf, page 58
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 38
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:GamesMaster UK 021.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamesMaster UK 021.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 128 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p128" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 273
↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 244
↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 114
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-12-01)
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 369
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 300
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 36
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 16
↑ Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 24
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 116
↑ LeveL, "Únor 1995" (CZ; 1995-02-24), page 41
↑ Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 44
↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 56
↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 65
↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
↑ Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 2, Februar 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 31
↑ Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104
↑ Play Time, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-05), page 106
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 29, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 1
↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 82
↑ Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 40
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 54
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 181
↑ Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 22
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 28
↑ Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 99

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p12-1] File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12

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[:File:Gamestar_AU_05.pdf_p58-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:Gamestar AU 05.pdf, page 58

[:File:SegaVisions_US_23.pdf_p68-5] Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p38-6] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 38

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p74-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_021.pdf_p36-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:GamesMaster UK 021.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamesMaster UK 021.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content

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[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 273

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_036.pdf_p110-12] Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110

[13] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 244

[:File:CVG_IT_43.pdf_p114-14] Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 114

[digitiser1994-12-01-15] Digitiser (UK) (1994-12-01)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_25.pdf_p88-16] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p32-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[18] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 369

[19] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 300

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p94-20] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p36-21] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 36

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_05.pdf_p16-22] Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 16

[:File:GameInformer_US_019.pdf_p24-23] Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 24

[:File:Joypad_FR_035.pdf_p116-24] Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 116

[25] LeveL, "Únor 1995" (CZ; 1995-02-24), page 41

[:File:Mega_UK_25.pdf_p44-26] Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 44

[:File:MegaForce_FR_34.pdf_p56-27] Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 56

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-11.pdf_p65-28] Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 65

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0504.pdf_p63-29] Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:Megazin_SI_0302.pdf_p31-30] Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 2, Februar 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_051.pdf_p104-31] Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-11.pdf_p106-32] Play Time, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-05), page 106

[33] Power Up!, "Saturday, October 29, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p82-34] Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 82

[:File:SegaPower_UK_58.pdf_p40-35] Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 40

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p54-36] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 54

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p181-37] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 181

[:File:Megazone_AU_43.pdf_p22-38] Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 22

[:File:TodoSega_ES_19.pdf_p64-39] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64

[40] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 28

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-10.pdf_p99-41] Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 99

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Zero Tolerance

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References