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Z Series

Z

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Action Science fiction Comedy
70
User Score
42 ratings
Mostly Positive
1,169 reviews
March 1, 1996
Released 11013 days ago
Super Nintendo Entertainment System Android PC (Microsoft Windows) iOS Mac DOS Sega Saturn PlayStation

About

Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z. Z is a real time war game played in a totally free environment where you undertake a breathtaking race to capture territory and resources. Crush your enemy before they overpower you.

Storyline

The game opens with Commander Zod shooting the Bitmap Brothers Logo off the screen. Meanwhile, a Supply Ship is adrift in space. Its occupants, two robots named Brad and Allan, wake up to the radio buzzer. The two find two new messages from Commander Zod. The first shows Zod telling about his delivery, one hour overdue; the second shows him threatening to "kick their red butts" if he finds out about them slacking off. Allan and Brad just resume their mission. The two constantly steer the ship in a bunch of twists and turns (one sends them knocking the game's title into the opening credits, which are just visible in space), and finally arriving at their first destination. Their mission sends them across twenty levels on five planets, fighting enemy soldiers. Only when the five planets are conquered will the party begin.

After the final level, Zod gets a promotion to Supreme Space Colonel. Zod and the other soldiers celebrate by drinking many cans of rocket fuel, and by the next morning, so many discarded cans litter the ground that Brad and Allan are sick. Zod gets into the Supply Ship with Brad and Allan and decides to show them how to fly the spacecraft. Zod uses the ship to pull acrobatic stunts in space, leaving Brad thrilled. When Allan pulls another can of rocket fuel from the box, he notices a "do not shake" warning on its side. He shakes it up and tosses it to Zod. When Zod opens the can, an explosion blows the ship apart. Brad and Allan are hurled off, and Zod's hat can be seen floating in deep space.

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Release Dates by Platform

Super Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Mar 1, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Jul 31, 1996
PlayStation Worldwide
Dec 15, 1996
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Mar 27, 1998
iOS Worldwide
Jul 13, 2011
Android Worldwide
Oct 29, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jul 4, 2014

Game Info

Developer
The Bitmap Brothers
Publisher
Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd., GT Interactive Software, Renegade Software
Engine
Zod Engine, TrueMotion
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy
Themes
Action Science fiction Comedy

Multiplayer

Languages

Audio / Voice
German, English, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian
Text / Subtitles
German, English, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian

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