Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Atari 2600 cover art
DeveloperSega
PublisherSega
Platform
Arcade
Release
November 30, 1982
  • Arcade
    • JP: November 30, 1982
    • NA: November 1982
    • EU: Early 1983
    2600, 5200, Atari 8-bit, VIC-20
    • November 1983
    C64, Adam
    • 1983
    MSX
    TI-99/4A
    • February 1984
    ColecoVision
    • April 1984
    Apple II, IBM PC
    • 1984
    SG-1000
    • JP: July 1985
    ZX Spectrum
GenreRail shooter
ModeSingle-player
Arcade systemSega VCO Object

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, known as Zoom 909 in Japan, is a 1982 rail shooter video game developed and published by Sega for arcades. The player controls a spaceship in a third-person perspective, adapting the three-dimensional perspective of Sega's earlier racing game Turbo (1981) for the space shoot 'em up genre. It uses the Buck Rogers license, referencing the space battles, though Buck himself is never seen.

The arcade game debuted at the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) show, held during November 18–20, 1982, where it was considered one of the show's best games and a milestone for demonstrating the potential of 3D shoot 'em up gameplay. Ports were released for the SG-1000, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, MSX, Commodore 64, VIC-20, TI-99/4A, Apple II, and ZX Spectrum. The IBM PC version uses CGA graphics.