Zaxxon

published by Coleco / CBS Electronics in 1982, developed by Coleco, running on Atari 2600 VCS

type: shooter
series: Zaxxon
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player

languages: eng

2.8/5

Official description

You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun emplacements, missiles, fighters and a large enemy robot. The game uses an isometric three-quarters perspective that was a unique concept to arcade games of that era.

# 2014-08-14 14:59:04 - official description

Technical specs

hardware: Joystick,

display: raster

Editor note

Late in the life of the 2600, Atari planned to re-release this title under their own label as they had done with some other Coleco and Parker Bros. games. It would have been CX26149 in their catalog.

# 2006