Zone Warrior
Zone Warrior is a three-dimensional space flight simulator/shoot-em-up game, originally published by Casady & Greene under the name ZOA (for Zone of Avoidance). The player plays as a lone defender of a remote space station under attack by aliens. It was originally published for the classic (pre-OS X) Mac OS running on Apple's personal computer, and later ported to the iPhone by original author Julian James.[1]
Original game
The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games praised the "remarkable" level of detail to its graphics.[2]
Sequel
A sequel, Zone Warrior II, was also produced for OS X.[3][4][5]
iOS port
In the iOS version for the iPhone, the player once again plays as a lone defender of a remote space station under attack by aliens. Gameplay involves shooting aliens, and at the end of each level you are required to dock with your mothership.[6] IGN praised the graphics and controls, comparing it to classic game Asteroids, finding the early levels easy but the later very challenging.[6] Touch Arcade called it "an enjoyable shooter", comparing it to Star Raiders and again Asteroids.[7] Pocket Gamer also praised it, awarding the game its silver award rating, despite finding the controls challenging.[8]
References
- ↑ Moss, Richard (2012-04-24). "Classic Mac Games You Can Play on iOS". Mac Life.
- ↑ Bart Farkas, Christopher Breen (1995). The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games. Peachpit Press. p. 166.
- ↑ "One OS X Game Released, Others On The Way". Mac Observer.
- ↑ "Zone Warrior II Updated". Mac Observer.
- ↑ "Zone Warrior II update released". MacWorld. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- 1 2 Roush, George (October 31, 2008). "Zone Warrior iPhone Review". IGN.
- ↑ Patterson, Blake (October 24, 2008). "Zone Warrior (review)". Touch Arcade.
- ↑ Andrew, Keith (3 December 2008). "Zone Warrior". Pocket Gamer.