Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Released 1982 on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, arcade video game machine, Commodore 64, Atari 5200 and SG-1000
- Made in
- Japan
- Genre
- Shooter, Arcade
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
About Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Sega released the arcade video game Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom in 1982. It was a forward-scrolling rail shooter where the user controls a spaceship in a behind-the-back third-person perspective that must destroy enemy ships and avoid obstacles; the game was notable for its fast pseudo-3D scaling and detailed sprites. The game would later go on to influence the 1985 Sega hit Space Harrier, which in turn influenced the 1993 Nintendo hit Star Fox. Buck is never seen in the game, except assumedly in the illustration on the side of the arcade cabinet, and its only real connections to Buck Rogers are the use of the name and the outer space setting.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| Atari 2600 | 1982 |
|---|---|
| ColecoVision | 1982 |
| arcade video game machine | 1982 |
| Atari 5200 | later, date unknown |
| Commodore 64 | later, date unknown |
| SG-1000 | later, date unknown |
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