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Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom

Description

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

Specs

Name	Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom
Developer	Sega (United States)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7227
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color 19-inch Wells-Gardner
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 8-way with button - Fire Buttons: 2 - Slow DownSpeed Up
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit - Open Environmental/Cockpit - Enclosed
Control Panel	Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom Control Panel Image
PCB	Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom PCB Image

Video Clips

Sega BUCK ROGERS Cockpit Arcade Game

Game Play

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.

Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.69 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.50

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 3.88

Gameplay	3.50
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.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 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.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom

1982 / 4 Pages

Manuals

Buck Rogers Manual - Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom Manual — **Buck Rogers Manual**
(201 pages, 6.09 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 131; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 131; Color photo

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