Red Zone (1994 video game)

Red Zone
North American cover art
DeveloperZyrinx
PublisherTime Warner Interactive
DesignersMikael Balle
Jesper Vorsholt
ProgrammersDavid Guldbrandsen
Karsten L. Hvidberg
Jens Albretsen
Thomas Risager (hidden mini game)
ComposerJesper Kyd
PlatformSega Genesis
Release
GenreScrolling shooter
ModeSingle-player

Red Zone is a 1994 scrolling shooter video game developed by Zyrinx and published by Time Warner Interactive for the Sega Genesis. The player switches between piloting a helicopter and walking around on foot, both can be played from a top-down and first-person point of view. The game is notable for its use of several technologies that were not prevalent at the time on the Genesis, such as full-screen rotation, 3D vectors, real-time zoom, and full-motion video.

Zyrinx released a beta version of the game into the public domain, which is believed to have been done out of respect for their roots as a demogroup.