Difference between revisions of "Zaxxon"
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| − | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Box Front.jpg|US front cover | + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Box Front.jpg|US Coleco front cover |
| − | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Box Back.jpg|US back cover | + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Box Back.jpg|US Coleco back cover |
| − | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Cart.jpg|US cart | + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 US Cart.jpg|US Coleco cart |
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 EU CBS Cart.jpg|EU CBS cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 DE CBS Cart.jpg|DE CBS cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 UK CBS Cart.jpg|UK CBS cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 CA Coleco Box Front.jpg|CA Coleco front cover | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 CA Coleco Box Back.jpg|CA Coleco back cover | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 CA Coleco Cart1.jpg|CA Coleco cart 1 | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 CA Coleco Cart2.jpg|CA Coleco cart 2 | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 BR Tron Cart.jpg|BR Tron cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 BR Intellivision Cart.jpg|BR Intellivision cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 BR Dynacom Cart.jpg|BR Dynacom cart | ||
| + | File:Zaxxon Atari2600 BR Dynacom Cart Back.jpg|BR Dynacom cart (reverse) | ||
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[[Category:Zaxxon Games]] | [[Category:Zaxxon Games]] | ||
Revision as of 11:14, 30 April 2010
| Zaxxon |
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| System(s): Zaxxon Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Intellivision, MSX, Sega Master System, Sega 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. The player controls a starship shooting enemies in a fortress.
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 Master System, 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 was also included as part of the Sega Mega Drive Collection and Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection compilations. 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.
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
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)
