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
Developer(s)Julian James
Publisher(s)Casady & Greene
Platform(s)Mac OS, iOS
Release1997: Mac
2008: iOS
Genre(s)Space combat simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

The game was followed by a sequel, then Julian James ported the original to iOS.[1]

Reception

Mac OS

The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games commented on the "remarkable" level of detail of the graphics.[3]

iOS

IGN praised the graphics and controls, comparing it the 1979 arcade game Asteroids, finding the early levels easy but the later very challenging.[4] Touch Arcade called it "an enjoyable shooter", comparing it to Star Raiders and again Asteroids.[5] Pocket Gamer awarded the game its silver award rating, despite finding the controls challenging.[6]

Legacy

A sequel, Zone Warrior II, was released for OS X in 2001.[7][8][9]

References
  1. Moss, Richard (2012-04-24). "Classic Mac Games You Can Play on iOS". Mac Life.
  2. LeVitus, Bob (May 1996). "The Game Room". MacUser. Archived from the original on May 5, 2001.
  3. Bart Farkas, Christopher Breen (1995). The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games. Peachpit Press. p. 166.
  4. Roush, George (October 31, 2008). "Zone Warrior iPhone Review". IGN.
  5. Patterson, Blake (October 24, 2008). "Zone Warrior (review)". Touch Arcade.
  6. Andrew, Keith (3 December 2008). "Zone Warrior". Pocket Gamer.
  7. "One OS X Game Released, Others On The Way". Mac Observer.
  8. "Zone Warrior II Updated". Mac Observer.
  9. "Zone Warrior II update released". MacWorld. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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