Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS
A vertical scrolling shooter/shmup released only in Japan. It's notable for using the DMG Game Boy's passive-matrix image retention (ghosting) to simulate transparency and multiple layers of parallax.
Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS is a shooter developed by T&E Soft, released 18 December 1992 on Game Boy.
What Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS is
Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS is a shooter game developed by T&E Soft and released in 1992. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A vertical scrolling shooter/shmup released only in Japan. It's notable for using the DMG Game Boy's passive-matrix image retention (ghosting) to simulate transparency and multiple layers of parallax.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Chikyuu Kaihou Gun ZAS launched on 18 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Flashback: The Quest for Identity.
Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity.
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