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Super
Zaxxon is the follow-up to the hugely popular arcade
and computer hit Zaxxon (believe it or not).
The game presents a similar sort of scenario to the
original Zaxxon with similar blue 'point of view'
3D graphics.
The
aim of the game is to invade the Zaxxon space fortress
and destroy the dragon which controls the whole complex.
You start in space and have to fly over the fortress
wall to begin the first run over the airfields and missile
launchers. There are also the familiar electric force-fields
to fly over (or round) and gun emplacements which fire
at you. Deadly heat-seeking missiles are fired at you
from somewhere off screen which must be dodged and they
get to pose a real problem on high levels. Fuel is supplied
via the traditional formula, ie shoot the dumps which
are littered over the complex. If you shoot them, then
fuel is automatically added to your ever-diminishing
stock.
After
the space fortress comes the tunnel run. You enter a
tunnel and are attacked by many saucers -- and as we
all know, saucers have this unpleasant habit of firing
at you. The amount of saucers you have to destroy depends
on your performance over the fortress. The more things
you shot over the fortress, the less saucers you have
to bring down. Once the saucer sequence is completed,
it's back to the second, more hazardous run over the
fortress. Many electric forcefields stand between you
and the dragon, making you fly through the small gap
between the field and the wall which supports it.
Once
the second run has been negotiated there's the final
conflict with the dragon. You have to shoot it before
it breathes fire-bombs on you, and should it be killed,
then it's back to the start with a much more difficult
run over the fortress, more vicious heat seekers, accurate
gun emplacements and missile launchers. Your fuel also
drops more quickly so you have to be a really accurate
shot and pick off as many fuel dumps as possible.
The
graphics are very similar to the first Zaxxon game,
but are much improved. The game itself is far more challenging
and although being TOO similar to Zaxxon, nevertheless
provides a good follow-up that could well be successful.
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