Super Zaxxon..Why wasn't it ported??

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"Michael Smeal" <Msmeal@paonline.com> wrote in message
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> Got a question..As long as we talking about breakout and Super
> Breakout.. I take Super Breakout..hehe
>
> Does anybody know why wasn't Super Zaxxon ported to any Atari consoles??
> Thanks,
> Mike

Because Coleco likely had those rights locked up with their Zaxxon contract.

Dane.

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MrBiggles <mrbiggles909@yahoo.com> wrote in news:C_WDe.78461$Qo.72282
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> Michael Smeal wrote:
>> Got a question..As long as we talking about breakout and Super
>> Breakout.. I take Super Breakout..hehe
>>
>> Does anybody know why wasn't Super Zaxxon ported to any Atari
consoles??
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>
> I have Super Zaxxon for the C64 (it's a cart). When I first saw it I
> thought it was an atari computer cart... I was very saddened. I'm
> surprised it was never made for atari 8-bit (if in fact it wasn't,
which
> I'm not so sure about).

An Atari version was programmed and pirated.

Not too good. The playfield looks better, but
it moves slow and your ship looks tiny.

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"Crock" <delse@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> There was a Super Zaxxon released for the Coleco Adam. Not sure how it
> compares to the arcade game....
>

It wasn't the arcade game. It was a souped up version of Zaxxon originally
designed for the unreleased supergame module.

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"Crock" <delse@comcast.net> wrote in news:1122059192.607632.243520
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> As for Coleco's Super Zaxxon, of course it was a souped up version of
> Zaxxon (hence the name "Super" ). Wasn't the essentially what the
> Arcade version of Super Zaxxon was as well???

The Coleco "Super" games were closer to the original arcade games.

The Sega coin-op "Super Zaxxon" was a sequel with new graphics, enemies
and levels.

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"Crock" <delse@comcast.net> wrote in news:1122091552.016136.219050
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> I believe you if you say they are very different. But I just want to
> point out that Coleco's Super Zaxxon featured new graphics, enemies,
> and levels as well. I'm sure you're already aware of that though....

Super Zaxxon, the coin-op, included tunnels and the "boss" was
a dragon instead of a robot.