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Section Z 1985 Capcom

1985

Section Z (c) 1985 Capcom.
As a sole astronaut, you must penetrate the alien Balangool space craft and destroy the evil 'L-Brain'. Make your way through 27 alphabet-labeled levels to find his lair.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in December 1985.
The first of Capcom's 'Jet-Pack Hero' shooters! Your hero is officially called 'Captain Commando'. :)
Section Z has a couple of bugs, sprites don't clip properly when scrolling on or off the left side of the screen or the top of the screen.
Every few sections (stages), the direction of the game's scrolling changes, from left-to-right, to bottom-to-top, to right-to-left, etc.
One section features a pinball machine in which you must avoid the multiple flying pinballs.
Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Capcom Game Music - 28XA-94) on 25/08/1986.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Section Z (1985)
2. Side Arms - Hyper Dyne (1986)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Programmed by : Toshio Arima
Music by : Tamayo Kawamoto

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1987)
Nintendo Famicom Disk
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Capcom Classics Collection')
Microsoft XBOX (2005, 'Capcom Classics Collection')
Sony PSP (2006, 'Capcom Classics Collection Remixed')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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