Zaku (video game)
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Zaku is a horizontal shooter
for the Atari Lynx handheld game system. Developed over a six year period by PenguiNet with the aid of an official Lynx development kit, the game takes full advantage of the Lynx's unique features and hardware. Zaku was first shown to the public as a playable demo on October 27, 2007 at the Retro-gaming Connexion event in Congis-sur-Thérouanne
, France
.
The finished game was officially released on October 24, 2009 by North American company Super Fighter Team
at the price of $40USD per copy. Of significant note is that Zaku was the first new game for the Lynx whose game card has an authentic "curved lip" plastic shell. The game also shipped with a full color cardstock box, and 31 page instruction manual printed in both English and French. The game is 4-megabits (512 kilobytes) in size.
Zaku works with both models of the Lynx system.
Shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what...
for the Atari Lynx handheld game system. Developed over a six year period by PenguiNet with the aid of an official Lynx development kit, the game takes full advantage of the Lynx's unique features and hardware. Zaku was first shown to the public as a playable demo on October 27, 2007 at the Retro-gaming Connexion event in Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Congis-sur-Thérouanne is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...
, France
France
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The finished game was officially released on October 24, 2009 by North American company Super Fighter Team
Super Fighter Team
Super Fighter Team is a video game development, production and publishing company whose primary focus is on producing new games for classic systems such as the Sega Genesis and Atari Lynx, among others...
at the price of $40USD per copy. Of significant note is that Zaku was the first new game for the Lynx whose game card has an authentic "curved lip" plastic shell. The game also shipped with a full color cardstock box, and 31 page instruction manual printed in both English and French. The game is 4-megabits (512 kilobytes) in size.
Zaku works with both models of the Lynx system.
External links
- Official site
- The Next Level review Review of the game.