Deteacher Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun implacements, 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. Game Information: Game Name: Zaxxon Manufactured By: Sega/1982 Dipswitches: 3 starting lives. Bonus life at 10K ROMset: Zaxxon.zip Chosen By: Mr. toast ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/58471/mame103/Zaxxon-set-1.html Contest ends on Saturday, January 25th @ 11:59 p.m. High Scores: 1. 46,100 Fallout_002 [+15] 2. 42,800 kane [+14] 2. 40,250 Cynicaster [+13] 2. 37,800 onmode-ky [+12] 2. 28,550 darthkur [+11] 3. 25,350 DaveD [+10] 4. 20,200 DonPedro [+9] 5. 15,500 jblenkle [+8] 5. 12,250 Mangia-Boy [+7] 6. 8,750 roadrunner [+6] 7. 7,800 GimmeClassics [+5] 8. 6,200 S.BAZ [+4] Points Leaderboard: Edited January 29, 2014 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Tough game, but still a total cakewalk compared to its sequel. :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 True. For me the game wouldn't be so bad if you stayed in the fortress. It's relatively easy to gauge depth thanks to your drop shadow and endless shots you can send ahead of you. Once I get into space I lose all sense of depth and typically lose a ship or two. I know there's a height meter but it doesn't really help me. That stage just feels too random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 True. For me the game wouldn't be so bad if you stayed in the fortress. It's relatively easy to gauge depth thanks to your drop shadow and endless shots you can send ahead of you. Once I get into space I lose all sense of depth and typically lose a ship or two. I know there's a height meter but it doesn't really help me. That stage just feels too random. I agree about the space levels. For the time period, the isometric view is very well done, but with the space part I think the designers were getting a bit ahead of themselves. Whenever I get into space, I'm just moving around randomly hoping not to die. I find the height meter absolutely worthless. Zaxxon is a good game, but those space levels are the one thing holding it back from being a great game, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 28,550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 12,250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Zaxxon - 15,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 8,750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 23,500. So far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 6200 definitely tough! feels like Congo Bongo but harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) I know it won't last against this crowd, but it's nice to have the high score, even for a little while. 36,650. Was close to the second boss. For the record, I'm using the "zaxxon" ROM set with default settings: 3 starting lives, bonus life at 10,000. onmode-ky Edited January 25, 2014 by onmode-ky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Sorry, but controlling your fighter in this game is just too weird for me. Points: 7,800 initials: DEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) 40,250 Gah, those space sections are absolutely infuriating. I can't take anymore of this game. Edited January 25, 2014 by Cynicaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I quite like the Zaxxon games once you get used to it, this one is better than Super Zaxxon too. 42,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 20,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Played using a genuinely Zaxon-esque flight stick controller... 46,100 Edited January 26, 2014 by Fallout_002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 25,350 and I finally found out what happens when your enemy plane counter gets to zero. 1000 bonus. And hand cramps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) 37,800. No change in ranking, unfortunately. onmode-ky Post-eligibility edit: And of course, NOW is when I get 49,050. Argh! Not going to bother with uploading the screen cap. Edited January 26, 2014 by onmode-ky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ok. Hand cramps gone. MAME cabinet fired up. Next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 I know I'm behind. Will get caught up tomorrow, I promise. In the meantime, next game is going up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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