Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming

Chapter 19. Keeping Track of High Scores

Arcade Archive

Released by Sega in 1982, Zaxxon was one of the first video games to take advantage of an isometric “three-quarters” perspective. It’s difficult to imagine in present terms, but Zaxxon’s isometric graphics were incredibly advanced for its time. Not only that, but the game actually allows you to fly your “attack shuttle” in three-dimensional space; an altimeter on the left edge of the game screen plays an important role in the strategy of the game as you must constantly adjust the shuttle’s altitude to fire on different targets. Zaxxon is one of the more addictively difficult games to be released ...