Zaxxon is an isometric shooter arcade game, developed and released by Sega in 1982, in which the player pilots a ship through heavily defended space fortresses.
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10 Facts About Zaxxon
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Zaxxon was the first game to employ axonometric projection, which lent its name to the game .
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Between 1982 and 1985, Zaxxon was ported to the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ColecoVision, Intellivision, IBM PC compatibles, Sega SG-1000, TRS-80 Color Computer, and TRS-80.
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Zaxxon reached the top of the monthly US RePlay arcade charts in June 1982.
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Zaxxon was Coleco's best-selling non-bundled cartridge for the ColecoVision up until 1983.
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The magazine praised its "excellent three-dimensional graphics", and concluded that "Zaxxon is a game that can't be praised enough".
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Zaxxon is a bonus game in the Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2.
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Zaxxon was followed by an arcade sequel in November 1982: Super Zaxxon.
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Super Zaxxon topped the US RePlay arcade chart for software conversion kits in July 1983.
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In 2012, Zaxxon was shown at "The Art of Video Games" exhibition at the Smithsonian.
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