When played on the Atari Falcon, the game's frame rate is increased and the visuals are improved. If the game is played on an Atari ST machine that does not have more than 1 MB of memory, features such as speech synthesis and other graphical effects are deactivated. If the Perseus sustains too much damage, it will be destroyed and the game is over, however the player is allowed to resume the last mission the game saved at the menu screen.
Zero-5 is a shooter game that is primarily played in a first-person perspective, where the player assume the role of a recruited Space Hound pilot by DEFCON to take control of the Perseus space fighter in a battle to defend Earth from the invading forces of the Morphon alien race, who are set to eradicate the human race after their signal was picked up signal by the now-destroyed Europa III satellite across 16 missions, each one featuring a different scenario and circumstances to complete in order to progress further, with later missions increasing in difficulty.ĭepending on the situation, missions take place on either outer space or in the surface of a planet or an asteroid. In 1997, it received a remake by the same team for the Atari Jaguar under the same name. Zero-5 was well received by video game magazines and commended for its 3D graphics, sound, and gameplay, but was criticized for the constant disk swapping if players did not have more than one disk drive to be used when playing the game and sold very few copies. Zero-5 was conceived by Andrew Gisby and spent well over a year in development, though its programming routines were being changed three years prior to release and it is inspired by Universal Pictures' 1984 space opera film The Last Starfighter.
Set in the year 2044, players assume the role of a recently recruited Space Hound by DEFCON to take control of the Perseus space fighter in a battle to defend Earth and counterattack the invading forces of the Morphon alien race, who wants to reach the planet and destroy the human race after picking up signal of the Europa III satellite and destroying it as a result. It is one of the last official releases for the Atari ST after being discontinued in 1993 by Atari Corporation. Zero-5 is a shooter video game developed and published by Caspian Software for the Atari STe in 1994.
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