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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Atari 2600 cover art
Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Intellivision, MSX, Commodore 64, VIC-20, TI-99/4A, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC
Release
Genre(s)Rail shooter
Arcade systemSega VCO Object

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom,[a] known as Zoom 909[b] in Japan, is a pseudo-3D rail shooter released as an arcade video game by Sega in 1982. The player controls a spaceship in a third-person perspective,[4][5] adapting the three-dimensional perspective of Sega's earlier racing game Turbo (1981) for the space shoot 'em up genre.[6] It uses the Buck Rogers license, referencing the space battles,[7] though Buck himself is never seen.

The arcade game debuted at the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) show, held during November 18–20, 1982, where it was considered one of the show's best games and a milestone for demonstrating the potential of 3D shoot 'em up gameplay.[6] Ports were released for the SG-1000, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Intellivision, MSX, Commodore 64, VIC-20, TI-99/4A, Apple II, and ZX Spectrum. The IBM PC version uses CGA graphics.[8][9][10] The ColecoVision version was released in April 1984.[11]

  1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ^ "Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Registration Number PA0000170607)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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  4. ^ Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom at the Killer List of Videogames
  5. ^ "IGN Presents the History of SEGA". IGN. 21 April 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference VideoGames was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  8. ^ "Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom - World of Spectrum". www.worldofspectrum.org. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Atari Age: Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Standard label". Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "Lemon64.com - all about Commodore 64". Lemon64. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Year-End Index" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 3, no. 10. January 1985. p. 156.


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