Zzyorxx II
Zzyorxx II | |
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Developer(s) | Virtual Xperience |
Publisher(s) | Virtual Xperience |
Producer(s) | Rodolphe Czuba |
Programmer(s) | Thierry Schembri |
Platform(s) | Atari Jaguar |
Release | Unreleased |
Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op |
Zzyorxx II is an unreleased
.Gameplay
Zzyorxx II is an arcade-style scrolling shooter game similar to
Pressing A activates a weak laser shot, while pressing B unleashes a special weapon unique for each craft.[4] In addition, players could also collect power-ups in order to increase the ship's firepower, energy to restore their respective lifebars, and shields for protection against enemy contact.[3]
History
Virtual Xperience was a French video game development studio founded by Rodolphe Czuba in December 1993 after his previous company, Retour 2048, was closed due to management issues from two of their employees and would later be involved during the development of Shen Technologies'
It remained to be previewed across multiple magazines through 1995 under its final name but had no concrete release date set.[2][3][4][16] However, Rodolphe and programmer Thierry Schembri stated that development of the project was halted two months before nearing completion by their then-managing associate at Virtual Xperience, with no reason given to this decision and the game was left unreleased as a result.[5][6][17] It was listed by online magazine Atari Explorer Online in the last issue under their original name in January 1996,[18] and was also last previewed by CD Consoles the same month.[19]
Zzyorxx II made use of the console's DSP chip and runs at 60
Release
On April 25, 2018, a ROM image of an early playable build of Zzyorxx II was released online by video game collector Clint Thompson at
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