Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Cockpit model] 1982 Sega
1982
Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Cockpit model] (c) 1982 Sega.
A chase-view shoot'em up.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : (2x) Z80 (@ 4.992 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Samples
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
>>> TRIVIA
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Released in December 1982.
Also released as 'Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Upright model]'
This game is also known as 'Zoom 909'.
This games continue feature was unlimited, (which made the high score meaningless). That 'feature' made the game unpopular with the best players, (what's the point if you can just buy the top score ?).
Kelly Keenan holds the official record for this game with 1,016,495 points on April 12, 1984.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Cockpit model] (1982)
1. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Upright model] (1982)
2. Buck Rogers - Countdown To Doomsday (1990 - MS-DOS)
3. Buck Rogers - Matrix Cubed (1992 - MS-DOS)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Security by : Masatoshi Mizunaga
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Atari 2600 (1983)
Atari 5200 (1983)
Colecovision (1983)
Atari XEGS
* Computers :
Mattel Aquarius (1982)
Atari 800 (1983)
Commodore VIC-20 (1983)
Commodore C64 (1983)
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (1983)
PC [Booter] (1984)
PC [MS-DOS] (1984)
Amstrad CPC (1985, '3D Fight')
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1985)
Apple II
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.