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Astraware Zap!

Zap! is a top-down arcade shoot-em-up in space featuring numerous enemies and bosses to contend with across multiple levels. Its first iteration, simply titled Zap!, was first published in 1999 for Palm OS 3.x…

1 January 2000

Astraware Zap! is a shooter developed by Astraware, released 1 January 2000 on Palm OS.

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What Astraware Zap! is

Astraware Zap! is a shooter game developed by Astraware and released in 2000. It is available on Palm OS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Zap! is a top-down arcade shoot-em-up in space featuring numerous enemies and bosses to contend with across multiple levels. Its first iteration, simply titled Zap!, was first published in 1999 for Palm OS 3.x devices, but later received a full-color remake called Zap! 2000. An enhanced version of this remake, Zap! 2016, was later released with improved graphics and sound in 2003.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Astraware Zap! launched on 1 January 2000, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Astraware Zap! come out?
Astraware Zap! was released on 1 January 2000 for Palm OS.

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