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Section Z
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Name: Section Z Manufacturer: Capcom Year: 1985 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Section Z Pinout Settings: Section Z Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Section Z DescriptionA horizontal/vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up. You control a red spaceman with a jetpack and laser gun who flies through tunnels shooting at attacking enemies. Sections are labeled "A" to "Z" with end-of-level level craft appearing at E, J, O, T and Z.Capcom, the Section Z maker, released 208 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Section Z was produced include Senjou No Ookami, Makaimura, Commando, Gun Smoke, Exed Exes, 1942, HiGeMaru - Pirate Ship, Son Son, Vulgus, and Red Line Fever (prototypes only). Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionThe game can be converted to IGhosts n GoblinsI or ITrojanI by simply swapping boards.Game IntroductionFly a jetpacked-spaceman through continuously scrolling tunnels shooting various spacecraft and wall-mounted cannons. The sections are marked "A" to "Z" and there are end-of-level craft to destroy at E, J, O, T and Z.The direction of scrolling changes after defeating each boss. Sections A through E scroll right to left, F through J scroll top to bottom, etc. Game PlayA spaceman faces either left or right shooting a laser gun horizontally and throwing grenades with each press of the fire button. Use the Turn button to face the other direction. When you die you go back to the start of the current section.Destroying certain ground targets release B, S or P symbols that you collect for bonus, speed-up or weapon power-up respectively. MiscellaneousRELATED GAMES ISide Arms Hyper DyneI, IForgotten WorldsIVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Section Z CensusThere are 7,846 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 6,529 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 103,956 machines (5,043 unique titles).Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Section Z collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Section Z machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Section Z circuit board for sale. Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Section Z circuit board set. This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
TriviaThis game is the first of Capcoms JetPack Hero shooters. Other games that fall into this catergory are ISide Arms Hyper DyneI and IForgotten WorldsI.PThe NES home version of this game is very different in that it is not linear rather, you have to pick a direction and hopefully the right one at the end of each level to move on. The hero in the NES version is called Captain Commando.Manuals
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