''Mega Zone'' is an overhead

vertically scrolling shooter A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the Player (game), player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective, while the background Scrolling, scrolls from the top of the screen to the bot ...

released as an

arcade video game An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. Most arcade video games are coin-operated, housed in an arca ...

Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...

in 1983. ''Mega Zone'' is similar to ''

Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades in 1982. It was released in Japan and Europe by Namco and in North America by Atari, Inc. Controlling the Solvalou starship, the player attacks Xevious for ...

'', 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.

World record

Yashiro Oda holds the official record for this game with 2,228,650 points.

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* 1983 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Konami games Vertically-oriented video games Vertically scrolling shooters Konami arcade games Video games developed in Japan {{arcade-stub