Video game · 1995

Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000

Released June 1995 on Sega Genesis / Mega Drive and Sega 32X

Developer: Sega, CRI Middleware
Publisher: Sega
Made in: Shinagawa, Japan
Genre: Shooter, Racing
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Zaxxon

About Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000

This 32X-exclusive sci-fi shooter is similar gameplay-wise to Sega's arcade game Zaxxon. The graphics consist of a diagonally scrolling playfield which creates a pseudo 3D environment. The backgrounds are drawn using 2D scrolling planes, but the enemy and ship objects are drawn using 3D flat-shaded polygons. Although the basic goal of each of the 9 levels is to shoot everything without getting shot, the game has a strategic element. Your basic spacecraft has very little firepower, and can only sustain one hit. To make matters worse, there are very few power-ups. In order to survive, you have to jump on top of enemies and take control of their weapons systems.

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