Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is an arcade and shooter game developed and published by Sega Enterprises, Inc., released on 31 December 1982.
Sega released the arcade video game Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom in 1982. It was 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-3D scaling and detailed sprites. The game would later go on to influence the 1985 Sega hit Space Harrier, which in turn influenced the 1993 Nintendo hit Star Fox. Buck is never seen in the game, except assumedly 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. Home versions were released for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari XE, ColecoVision, Coleco Adam, Intellivision, MSX and Sega SG-1000 video game systems, and the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, Apple II and ZX Spectrum computers. A version for IBM PC using CGA graphics was also available.
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What platforms is Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom available on?
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is available on Arcade.
When was Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom released?
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom was released on 31 December 1982, developed by Sega Enterprises, Inc..
