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Zero Wing

Zero Wing is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, notable for a poorly translated English version for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) that spawned the "All your base are belong to us" Internet meme. Gameplay…

1 July 1989

Zero Wing is an arcade developed by Toaplan, released 1 July 1989 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade, Linux and Mac.

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What Zero Wing is

Zero Wing is an arcade game developed by Toaplan and released in 1989. It was published by Bitwave Games. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in 2101, the game follows the signing of a peace treaty between the United Nations and CATS, an alien cyborg. However, CATS breaks the covenant and takes control of the Japanese space colonies. The protagonist Trent leads a ZIG space craft, which had managed to escape from the mothership destroyed by CATS, with the aim to defeat enemy forces, avenge the mothership and its crew and liberate the Earth.
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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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Zero Wing — frequently asked questions

When did Zero Wing come out?
Zero Wing was released on 1 July 1989 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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