A remote-controlled spacecraft is guided from a behind-the-ship perspective. Enemy ships must be shot down while you avoid obstacles in the ship's path. Two buttons control the speed of the ship.
Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom was produced by Sega in 1982.
Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.
Other machines made by Sega during the time period Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom was produced include: Turpin, Turbo, Star Laker, K.O. Punch, Borderline, 005, Ali Baba And 40 Thieves, Guttang Gottong, Monster Bash, and Pengo
Name | Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom |
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Developer | Sega (United States) |
Year | 1982 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7227 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player Ambidextrous |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom Control Panel Image |
PCB | Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom PCB Image |
Behind the ship view. Quite repetitive which makes replay value very low. The game let you continue indefinitely so the high score table is virtually meaningless.
Overall Like |
3.50 |
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Fun (Social) | 3.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.50 |
Collector Desire | 4.00 |
Gameplay | 3.50 |
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Graphics | 4.00 |
Originality | 4.00 |
Sound/Music | 4.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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There are 15,179 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,375 machines (6,974 unique titles).
Common - There are 35 known instances of this machine owned by Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom collectors who are active members. Of these, 25 of them are original dedicated machines. 10 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 Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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.
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