Section Z (set 1) - Gioco MAME

Videogioco arcade pubblicato 38 anni fa:

Section Z © 1985 Capcom Company, Limited.

As a sole astronaut, you must penetrate the alien Balangool space craft and destroy the evil 'L-Brain'. Make your way through 27 alphabet-labeled levels to find his lair.

The player maneuvers the space ranger throughout the enemy space station, which consists of 26 alphabetically ordered corridors known as "sections", starting from Section A and ending at the titular Section Z. The game is divided into five stages, each consisting of five sections (with the final stage having six sections to accommodate the spare letter). The player will fight an enemy boss at the end of each stage, concluding with the final battle against the "L Brain" at Section Z. The game's stages alternates between horizontal-scrolling stage (left or right) and upwards vertical-scrolling stages. The player will lose a life every time they get hit by enemy fire. Additional lives can be obtained if the player achieves a high enough score. The game will be over if the player loses all of their lives, although a chance to continue will be provided.

The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons, one for shooting and the other for changing the character's aim to the left or right. This allows the player to shoot at one direction while moving away towards the opposite. The player will shoot their rifle towards the left or the right with the fire button, while dropping bombs at the same time to the ground. By destroying certain dome-shaped containers, the player can obtain one of three power-up items represented by letters: S, P, and B. S increases the player's mobility speed, while P increases their firing power; each can improved for up to three increments. However, these power-ups will be lost whenever the player loses a life. The B item will simply give the player bonus points

DATI TECNICI
CPU principale: Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
CPU sonora: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Chip sonori: (2x) Yamaha YM2203 (@ 1,5 Mhz)

Giocatori: 2
Controllo: Joystick a 8 direzioni
Pulsanti: 2

CURIOSITÀ
Section Z è stato rilasciato nel Dicembre 1985.

The first of Capcom's 'Jet-Pack Hero' shooters! Your hero is officially called "Captain Commando".:)

Section Z has a couple of bugs, sprites don't clip properly when scrolling on or off the left side of the screen or the top of the screen.

Every few sections (stages), the direction of the game's scrolling changes, from left-to-right, to bottom-to-top, to right-to-left, etc.

One section features a pinball machine in which you must avoid the multiple flying pinballs.

Alfa Records ha pubblicato un album della colonna sonora in edizione limitata di questo gioco il 25 Agosto 1986 (Capcom Game Music - 28XA-94).

SERIE

• Section Z (1985)
• Side Arms - Hyper Dyne (1986)

STAFF
Programmato da: Toshio Arima
Musica di: Tamayo Kawamoto

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

[JP] Nintendo Famicom Disk System (may.25, 1987) "Section Z [Modello CAP-SCZ]"
[US] Nintendo NES (jul.1987) "Section Z [Modello NES-SZ-USA]"
[EU] Nintendo NES (sept.27, 1989) "Section Z [Modello NES-SZ-EEC]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[US] Sony PS2 (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Modello SLUS-21316]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[EU] Sony PS2 (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Modello SLES-53661]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (mar.2, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection [Modello SLPM-66317]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (feb.19, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet [Modello NPJB-00210]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (20 feb. 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (20 feb. 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (20 feb. 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
[AU] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (feb.21, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (mar.4, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Game Pack 2 [DLC]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (mar.5, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Game Pack 2 [DLC]"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.21, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All-In-One Pack [DLC]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (may.22, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All-In-One Pack [DLC]"

• PALMARI:

[US] Sony PSP (mar.22, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Modello ULUS-10097]"
[EU] Sony PSP (jul.21, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Modello ULES-00347]"

CONTRIBUISCI
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