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Romset and name:
zerowing Zero Wing (2P set)
Short name:
Zero Wing
Manufacturer:
Toaplan
Year:
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / Flying Horizontal
Serie:
-
Driver source:
toaplan/toaplan1.cpp
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 concurrents)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
80 to 90 (Very Good)
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
320x240@57.613169 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Motorola MC68000, Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
Speaker, YM3812 OPL2
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.35b4 released on mar-01 1999
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Not supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

    Zero Wing © 1989 Toaplan.

    TECHNICAL
    Game ID: TP-015

    Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

    Players: 2
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 2

    TRIVIA
    Released in September 1989 in Japan.

    Zero Wing was created by most of the same team that previously worked on several projects at Toaplan, with members of the development staff recounting its history through various Japanese publications.

    Uemura stated that Zero Wing originally started as a project not intended for commercial launch to train new recruits at Toaplan, handling training for new hires while using his work and engine from Hellfire before ultimately deciding with releasing the game to the market, which made it a more practical learning experience for the new developers. However, Uemura felt that both stage design and characters were cobbled together, leading the game's world being kind of a mess and he also stated the project turned into a battle royale, as staff from both Hellfire and Truxton were mixed with the new recruits.

    Sound also proved to be very divisive as Uemura, Yuge and Tomizawa wrote several songs for the game with their own individual styles, though Uemura claimed this was due to dividing the work, while Yuge stated he would go to rest and drink after being stuck when composing for the title during work hours.

    Due to being a training project, Uemura stated the team had freedom to just fool around and several features were integrated into the title such as warps, which was taken from Slap Fight. Uemura also revealed that the reason for enemies spawning suicide bullets during loops of higher difficulty was in response to hardware limitations regarding sprites.

    Both the single-player and co-op versions were also planned from the beginning of development due to pressure to make two-player games at the time.

    The alien Pipiru was designed by Ogiwara, though Uemura claimed such character was not planned.

    Zero Wing was the last horizontal shoot'em up title to be developed by Toaplan.

    Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zero King - PCCB-00001) on 21/09/1989.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    • Hidden Functions: If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

    STAFF
    Producer: Toshiaki Ota
    Designers: Sanae Nito, Yuko Tataka
    Programmer: Hiroaki Furukawa
    Artists: Miho Hayashi, Naoki Ogiwara, Shintaro Nakaoka
    Musics & sounds: Tatsuya Uemura, Toshiaki Tomisawa, Masahiro Yuge

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    Sega Mega Drive (1991, "Zero Wing [Model T-40023]")
    NEC PC-Engine CD (1992, "Zero Wing [Model NXCD1003]")

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3248&o=2
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