Zaxxon

Released 1981 · consists of 5 releases.

Zaxxon is an arcade shooter developed by Sega, along with assistance from Ikegami Tsushinki. When it was first released, Zaxxon's isometric projection was considered ground-breaking and original, giving players the sense that they were playing in 3-D.

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Zaxxon

First release date	1981
Platform	Apple II , Commodore 64 , MSX , ZX Spectrum , Atari 8-bit , Atari 2600 , ColecoVision , Intellivision , TRS-80 , Atari 5200 , TRS-80 CoCo , Arcade , Wii Shop , PC , Sega SG-1000 , Coleco Adam
Developer	Sega , Ikegami Tsushinki
Publisher	U.S. Gold Ltd. , Sega , Electric Software Limited
Genre	Action , Shooter , Shoot 'Em Up
Theme	Sci-Fi
Franchises	Zaxxon
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Overview

Zaxxon is an arcade title that was originally released in 1981 and later ported to a multitude of home platforms over the years. Developed by Sega, the game is a space shooter viewed from an isometricperspective. This perspective made the game stand out from other space shooters of the era, as most at the time were strictly either top-down shooters or side-scrollers.

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Specific release details

	Zaxxon
Platform	Wii Shop
Region	United States
Developer
Publisher
Release date	April 12, 2010
Product code	None
Company code	None
Rating	ESRB: E
Minimum Players	1
Maximum Players	N/A
Resolutions	N/A
Sound Systems	N/A
Single player Features	N/A
Multi player Features	N/A
Widescreen Support	No
Notes	N/A

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