Zero Wing

Genres

ShooterArcade

Themes

ActionScience fiction

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Perspective

Side view

Developer Toaplan

Publishers Toaplan, Williams Electronics, Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Bitwave Games

Release dates

Platform	Date
Arcade	December 31, 1989
Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD	September 16, 1992
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	December 31, 1992
Linux	February 14, 2023
Mac	February 14, 2023
PC (Microsoft Windows)	February 14, 2023

About

Zero Wing is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, notable for a poorly translated English version for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) that spawned the "All your base are belong to us" Internet meme. Gameplay includes novel features such as being able to 'tractor' enemy ships, using them to shield your own.

Story

Set in 2101, the game follows the signing of a peace treaty between the United Nations and CATS, an alien cyborg. However, CATS breaks the covenant and takes control of the Japanese space colonies. The protagonist Trent leads a ZIG space craft, which had managed to escape from the mothership destroyed by CATS, with the aim to defeat enemy forces, avenge the mothership and its crew and liberate the Earth.

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