Zero Wing - Sega Megadrive
Review comments
Betrayed! After signing a peace treaty with the CATS star pirates, the Alliance of Pleasant Worlds set about building eight space stations with the help of their new-found confederates. But as the eighth station reach it's orbit, a bomb secretly placed aboard by CATS exploded destroying it utterly! Moments before the space station exploded, it's captain managed to reach his Zero Wing starfighter and launch it. His mission is now to avenge his betrayed comrades, and bring CATS to justice - dead or alive!
Staff comments
Toaplan have produced some really classy stuff on the Megadrive, and I don't think Zero Wing plays as well as Hellfire, it's probably their most polished game to date. The opening sequences which set the scene are ace, and the graphics throughout the game are really detailed - the Zero Wing ship itself is a masterpiece of sprite design. One of Zero Wing's best features is that, unlike a lot of Megadrive games, it demands a lot of skill to play well. Fancy flying is essential because tere are some tight passages to negotiate, and bullets are constantly flying everywhere. Definitely one of the best Megadrive blasts of recent months! |
Hellfire was a pretty brilliant blast by all accounts, combining brilliant graphics and sound with awesome playability. Now Toaplan have returned with Zero Wing, another conversion of a horizontally scrolling coin-op blast - and it's pretty damn good! Considering the (very) tired genre, Toaplan have come up trumps with a game that has a very original graphic style, along with some pretty original weaponry too. The sound (as usual for a Toaplan game) is great, with some pretty decent effects and brilliant tunes. But it's usually the difficulty level f a game that either makes of breaks it, and just like Hellfire, Zero Wing is something of a tough mutha - even on the lowest difficulty setting. So if it's thrills, spills and a high death count you're after, look no further! |
Retrospective comments
The game that launched a internet craze...who would have thought it, eh? It's worth noting that the arcade original was something of a commercial flop, which is strange when you consider the quality of the game. It's hardly ground-breaking stuff, but there's plenty of entertainment to be found here if you're a shooter buff. |
Have your say about Zero Wing
ZIG - 12 Apr 2008, 15:31 GMT
All your base are belong to us!
Brad - 15 May 2008, 17:01 GMT
Somebody set up us the bomb!
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