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Z-Out

Available Platform: Amiga

Z-Out is a 2D sci-fi shoot 'em up created by Advantec and published by Rainbow Arts in 1990 for Amiga and Atari ST.

Year1990
GenreShooter
Rating4

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PublisherRainbow Arts
DeveloperAdvantec
OS supportedWin7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated18 February 2021

Game Review

Z-Out is a 2D sci-fi shoot 'em up created by Advantec and published by Rainbow Arts in 1990 for Amiga and Atari ST.

The game was released as the sequel of X-Out, another horizontal scrolling shooter, even though this was not the initial idea of the developer. You can notice it because the game is probably more similar to R-Type rather than X-Out. However, Z-Out can be defined as the typical 16-bit shooter you could expect in 1990: great music (composed by the legendary Chris Hülsbeck), excellent graphics (with an organic/sci-fi style inspired to Aliens), and a difficulty level set to "impossible".

Z-Out has a difference though: it can be played by two friends simultaneously in co-op. But don't think that this will make your life easier, because the developer decided that two people should have fewer power-ups and no restart points. Don't forget to use good joysticks!

Review by: GN Team
Published: 13 August 2019 9:49 pm



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Latest Comments

  • Aligarion - 2023-08-23 - Reply

    Hi,
    There is a remake of Z-Out called Last-Out.
    It runs on PC and has been updated recently with remixed musics, upscaled graphics and a bonus level is under development.
    https://amigachaptertwo.wordpress.com
    Regards.