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Gates of Zendocon

Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a…

1 October 1989

Gates of Zendocon is an arcade developed by Epyx, released 1 October 1989 on Atari Lynx and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gates of Zendocon is

Gates of Zendocon is an arcade game developed by Epyx and released in 1989. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on Atari Lynx and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The evil spider Zendocon has trapped you in its web of universes. Your mission is to defeat Zendocon's droids and brave the 51 universes to fight Zendocon itself to the death!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Gates of Zendocon launched on 1 October 1989, within three weeks of Disney's DuckTales, SimCity and Shadow of the Beast.

Released around the same time: Disney's DuckTales, SimCity, Shadow of the Beast.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Gates of Zendocon come out?
Gates of Zendocon was released on 1 October 1989 for Atari Lynx and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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