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Zap!2000

aka: Zap!2016
Moby ID: 69723

Description

Zap!2000 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up and a remake of Astraware's monochrome Palm OS shooter Zap! As in other games of its kind the player controls a space ship from the bottom to the top while shooting at the various enemies that come into his path. The player has access to a primary fire as well as shields and nukes. Once activated the shields make the player invulnerable for a short time. Nukes when launched will destroy everything on the screen, both enemies and their projectiles. The ship can be moved left and right and is also equipped with thrust that sends it forward in short bursts.

By shooting a complete wave of enemies, they will drop items that the player can collect. These include coins that traded for bonus points at the end of a level, powerup crystals that upgrade the ship's weapons, shields and nukes. Each level ends with a boss fight. Bosses behave in different ways with different ways of attacking and they also have their own weaknesses.

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6 People (2 developers, 4 thanks)

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Zap!2000 was based on an original monochrome game for Palms called "Zap!", written by
The evolution of Zap! and Zap!2000 was also helped by
  • Kevin Mohinani (for input to the design of graphics and for providing some raw ship graphics to work with)
  • Pete Moss (for the endless constructive feedback on how to improve the game)
  • Tim Adams (for testing and nitpicking ;-))
  • All the beta testers who fed back with comments

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Game added by Kabushi.

Game added November 22, 2014. Last modified February 22, 2023.