Zoom 909 is a forward-scrolling rail shooter where the user controls a spaceship in a behind-the-back third-person perspective that must destroy enemy ships and avoid obstacles. The game was notable for its fast pseudo 3-D scaling and detailed sprites.
The game would later go on to influence the 1985 Sega hit Space Harrier. Buck is never seen in the game, except presumably in the illustration on the side of the arcade cabinet, and its only real connections to Buck Rogers are the use of the name and the outer space setting.
TECHNICAL Main CPU: (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 4.992 Mhz)
Players: 1 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 3
TRIVIA Zoom 909 was released during December 1982 in Japan.
Export releases: "Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Cockpit model]". "Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Upright model]".
This games continue feature was unlimited, (which made the high score meaningless). That 'feature' made the game unpopular with the best players, (what's the point if you can just buy the top score ?).
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Zoom 909 (1982, Arcade)
Buck Rogers - Countdown To Doomsday (1990, MS-DOS)
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