1987 · Action · Arcade

Zaxxon 3D

Sega exclusive

The enemy has built battle fortresses in the farthest reaches of space. There's only one way in... and one way out. Your Mission: To infiltrate the enemy's defenses and destroy their motherships!

Released: 1 November 1987
Platforms: Sega Master System/Mark III
Genres: Action Arcade Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: Tectoy
Series: Zaxxon
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan

About

Zaxxon 3-D is a 1987 video game published by Sega for the Master System console. It is based on Sega's 1982 arcade game, Zaxxon.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
robots
spaceship
stereoscopic 3d
3-d glasses

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Zaxxon 3-D is a game in which the player navigates a Zaxxon craft through the nine levels built into the Vargan Space Fortress, using the SegaScope 3-D Glasses connected to the game system.

Reception

Bill Kunkel reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "words cannot adequately describe the sensations one experiences while playing this game. Though other arcade games have tried to duplicate an illusion of depth, they all comes short of the mark. Zaxxon 3-D serves up the real thing, in a format familiar to most gamers".