Zone Warrior
Zone Warrior is a three-dimensional space combat simulator game written by Julian James for Mac OS and published by Casady & Greene in 1997. It was originally released as ZOA (for Zone of Avoidance). In Zone Warrior, the player is the lone defender of a remote space station under attack by aliens.
Zone Warrior
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Zone Warrior is a three-dimensional space combat simulator game written by Julian James for Mac OS and published by Casady & Greene in 1997. It was originally released as ZOA (for Zone of Avoidance). In Zone Warrior, the player is the lone defender of a remote space station under attack by aliens.
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The game was followed by a sequel, then Julian James ported the original to iOS.
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• Developer — Julian James • Publisher — Casady & Greene • Platforms — Mac OS, iOS • Released — 1997: Mac 2008: iOS • Genre — Space combat simulator • Modes — Single-player
Mac OS
Mac OS
The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games commented on the "remarkable" level of detail of the graphics. Games Domain wrote: "This game may not appeal to everyone but those of you who like shoot-em-up action, won't be disappointed in Zone Warrior and I highly recommend it."
iOS
iOS
IGN praised the graphics and controls, comparing it the 1979 arcade game Asteroids, finding the early levels easy but the later very challenging. Touch Arcade called it "an enjoyable shooter", comparing it to Star Raiders and again Asteroids. Pocket Gamer awarded the game its silver award rating, despite finding the controls challenging.
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A sequel, Zone Warrior II, was released for OS X in 2001.
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- “Zone Warrior”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Moss, Richard. Classic Mac Games You Can Play on iOS. Mac Life. 2012-04-24.
- 2.LeVitus, Bob. The Game Room. MacUser. May 1996.
- 3.Bart Farkas, Christopher Breen. The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games. Peachpit Press. 166. 1995.
- 4.Gillette, Bill. Zone Warrior CD. Games Domain. 1995.
- 5.Roush, George. Zone Warrior iPhone Review. IGN. October 31, 2008.
- 6.Patterson, Blake. Zone Warrior (review). Touch Arcade. October 24, 2008.
- 7.Andrew, Keith. Zone Warrior. Pocket Gamer. 3 December 2008.
- 8.One OS X Game Released, Others On The Way. Mac Observer.
- 9.Zone Warrior II Updated. Mac Observer.
- 10.Zone Warrior II update released. MacWorld.
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