Zaxxon caused quite a stir when it was released with its diagonal scroll, and perspective gameplay. Well it has been a long time coming but a 3-D version is here compliments of Sega.

The scenario and gameplay closely follows the original BUT it is in 3-D! You start play out in space where fighters come at you from the horizon slowly getting bigger as they get closer. You can move in all eight directions firing as you go. If your ship is on the same horizontal level as the enemy a sight appears in front of the ship and you can spray bullets at it.

Some enemy ships release a pod when they are destroyed, these give extra points and can increase your speed and firepower. After the space battle you see the fortress come at you from the horizon slowly rilling up the screen. This is a very strong effect, as with the arcade version you have to fly through a gap in the top level of the entrance.

When you fly in you then have to swoop down to the floor of the fortress and shoot the fuel dumps (increase your fuel guage) and zap the enemy bases for points (and pods). Keep an eye on the gauge for if it hits zero you lose one of your three lives.

Overall Zaxxon 3-D is the best 3-D aame yet, although it is a bit slow to start with. The 3-D glasses are not cheap at around £40 and I would suggest vou try them in the shop before forking out your hard earned cash.

GRAPHICS

7

SOUND

6

PLAYABILITY

8

OVERALL

7

Tony Takoushi

Rating

70

Reviewer

CVG magazine

Region

UK

Scans

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