Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object of the game is to hit as many targets as possible without being shot down or running out of fuel, which can be replenished paradoxically, by blowing up fuel drums.
ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionshoot 'em uprobots2.5dspaceshiphigh scoredigital distributionlaunch titlescga graphicsauto-scrolling levelsnever-endingwii virtual consoleColecoVision, Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, grave and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- ColecoVision, Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 5200, DOS, Apple II, TRS-80, MSX
- Developer
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Publisher
- Cogito Software Company, Tandy, Pony Canyon, Datasoft, Inc., Sega/Gremlin, Sega Enterprises, Inc., Coleco
- Released
- January 1, 1982
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 22 ratings.
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