Mega Zone (video game)

Mega Zone
European arcade flyer
DeveloperKonami
Publishers
  • JP: Konami
  • NA: Interlogic
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: March 1983
  • NA: October 1983
  • EU: 1983
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Mega Zone is a 1983 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1983 and in North America by Interlogic in November 1983.

Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as well as their Arcade Archives 2 series for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in February 2026.

Gameplay

Mega Zone is similar to Xevious, where the player flies over a landscape of rivers and trees and futuristic enemy emplacements. There are both aerial and ground targets, but unlike Xevious both can be destroyed with the same weapon. At certain points the player can choose either the left or right fork of a branching path.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: メガゾーン, Hepburn: Mega Zōn

References

  1. ↑ "News: Konami Buys Interlogic". Play Meter. Vol. 10, no. 23. December 1984. p. 9.
  2. ↑ Lewin, Gene (January 15, 1984). "Gene's Judgements: Critiquing AMOA Show Conversions, Dedicated Games". Play Meter. Vol. 10, no. 2. pp. 60–3.
  3. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  4. ↑ コナミから「サーカスチャーリー」六種目の競技 戦争ゲーム「メガゾーン」も (PDF). Game Machine. No. 235. May 1, 1984. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  5. ↑ Yarwood, Jack (February 11, 2026). "A Konami Deep Cut From The Creators Of Contra & Ghost 'N Goblins Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release". Time Extension. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mega Zone video game". Killer List of Videogames. Retrieved July 14, 2010.