Zax only loves one thing, money. On one particular planet, he believes plenty of ore is available to dig up and sell, making him plenty of cash. However, while coming in to land, he is shot down. Zax soon discovers that two races populate the planet: The Korbos, a peaceful alien race and mechanical beasts led by their God, Om.

Using the high artificial intellegence on his ship Zelon, Zax must help the Korbos from total destruction, collect as much ore as possible, plus parts to fix his ship.

Zax: The Alien Hunter plays somewhat like the Crusader series. The player controls Zax's movement with the keyboard and his aim with the mouse. The aim movement is completely free, and Zax can shoot to a direction while moving to another different one. To use items, Zax needs only to touch them, and to collect items he needs only to step over them.

The ore collected can be used at Zax's ship for creating new items such as weapons, shields and batteries. The better the item, the more ore needed to create it. Each weapon and shield has its own energy bar, which is depleted as Zax shoots his weapons or gets hit. Energy orbs will be available as he kills enemies (orange orbs for shield energy, blue orbs for weapon energy). Besides the hand guns, Zax will also find auto turrets and companion drones.

Zax can also use portals to teleport himself to different locations on the map. Specific portals will lead him directly back to his ship.

This game can also be played by up to 16 people in three multiplayer modes: capture the flag, death match and "salvage king" (where the players must gather as much ore as they can).

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Alternate Titles

"Зак - охотник с другой планеты" -- Russian Spelling
"Zax: O Caçador de Alienígenas" -- Brazilian Title
"Zax: Galaktyczny Wojownik" -- Polish title

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Protagonist: Extraterrestrial / Alien

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The Press Says

GameZone	Oct 15, 2001	9 out of 10	90
GameSpy	Oct 30, 2001	82 out of 100	82
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Aug 29, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Gameguru Mania	Oct 05, 2001	75 out of 100	75
PC Zone Benelux	Dec, 2001	73 out of 100	73
PC Gamer Brasil	Jun, 2002	72 out of 100	72
PC Games (Germany)	Oct 05, 2001	70 out of 100	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 06, 2001	14 out of 20	70
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 2001	66 out of 100	66
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan, 2002		20