Zeta's World is an indie developed by Zaratustra Productions, released 31 December 1999 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Zeta's World is
Zeta's World is an indie game developed by Zaratustra Productions and released in 1999. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Our brave Smiley Hero had just defeated the terrible Evil Wizard and was enjoying a quiet and calm endgame... when the beam came from the skies and striked him (or her). When the beam cleared out, he (or she) had been whisked by unknown forces, into a bizarre world unlike anything he (or she) ever experienced! You are now that hero! Can you brave your way through this world of perilous islands, dangerous beasts, overseen by a dimensionally-wrenching tower of doom?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Zeta's World launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.
Quick answers
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When did Zeta's World come out?
Zeta's World was released on 31 December 1999 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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