Zaxxon 3D

1987 video game

1987 video game

Zaxxon 3-D

Developer(s)| Sega
Publisher(s)| Sega
Platform(s)| Master System
Release|

* JP: November 7, 1987
* EU: November 1987
* NA: March 1988

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Genre(s)| Shooter

Zaxxon 3-D is a 1987 video game published by Sega for the Master System console. It is based on Sega's 1982 arcade game, Zaxxon.

## Gameplay

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Zaxxon 3-D is a game in which the player navigates a Zaxxon craft through the nine levels built into the Vargan Space Fortress, using the SegaScope 3-D Glasses connected to the game system.[2]

## Release

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In October 1993, Atari Corporation filed a lawsuit against Sega for an alleged infringement of a patent originally created by Atari Corp. in the 1980s, and Atari sought a preliminary injunction to stop manufacturing, usage, and sales of hardware and software for the Genesis and Game Gear. On September 28, 1994, both parties reached a settlement involving a cross-licensing agreement to publish up to five games each year across their systems until 2001. Zaxxon 3D was one of the first five games approved from the deal by Sega in order to be converted for the Atari Jaguar, but it was never released.[3][4]

## Reception

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Bill Kunkel reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "words cannot adequately describe the sensations one experiences while playing this game. Though other arcade games have tried to duplicate an illusion of depth, they all comes short of the mark. Zaxxon 3-D serves up the real thing, in a format familiar to most gamers".[2]

### Reviews

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* Computer and Video Games \- Apr, 1988[5]
* Tilt \- Mar, 1988[6]

## References

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1. ^ Cornelius, Dylan (17 March 2015). "Zaxxon 3D". Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. ^ a b Kunkel, Bill (July 1988). "Video Gaming World". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 49\. p. 45.
3. ^ CRV (August 6, 2017). "Blog:Legal Brief: Atari vs. Sega". gdri.smspower.org. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240524214003/https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-the-atari-jaguar-almost-got-shinobi-streets-of-rage-wonder-boy-and-other-sega-classics
5. ^ "Computer & Video Games - Issue 078 (1988-04)(EMAP Publishing)(GB)". April 1988.
6. ^ "Tilt 052". March 1988.

## External links

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* Review in Power Play (German)
* Entry in Complete Guide to Consoles
* Review in Arcades (French)