Sanxion
Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, the goal to traverse each level from left to right avoiding or destroying any enemies and obstacles. The side-scroller speed is controllable, increasing the closer the…
Sanxion is a shooter developed by Thalamus, released 31 December 1986 on Sega Master System/Mark III, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Sanxion is
Sanxion is a shooter game developed by Thalamus and released in 1986. It is available on Sega Master System/Mark III, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, the goal to traverse each level from left to right avoiding or destroying any enemies and obstacles. The side-scroller speed is controllable, increasing the closer the player is to the center of the screen. The screen is divided in two sections, the upper one with a cenital view, and the lower one, taking up two-thirds of the screen, shows a typical side view. Enemies can come from both sides of the screen in close formations that the player must avoid colliding with.
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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Sanxion holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Sanxion launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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