Z-Out

Enjoying a quickie

I had a free hour today so I entertained myself with Rainbow Arts' Z-Out. Essentially this is a bog-standard horizontally scrolling shooter with nice graphics and (familiar) sound effects. The controls work well but it feels like a clone of Menace or R-Type. There is a nifty two-player feature which we enjoyed!!

However, I found it extremely difficult at times, plus it didn't really bring anything new to the table compared to shooters already out. Don't get me wrong, this is a very good game but there are better shoot 'em ups. Am I right? Well, I think so but let me know what you think in the comments below. Go on, do it.

Download and cheats for those in need of seeing more of this shooter...

8BitChip has adapted this for hard drive installation w/ a level skip feature.
Floppy disks can be downloaded using Old Games Finder.
Here are some nifty cheats :
          > pressing J + K together gives infinite energy.
          > pressing J and a number between 1 - 6 (on the main keyboard) to skip levels.
          > pressing K and a number between 1 - 3 (on the keypad) to jump stages.