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Instruction booklet · September 1991

HyperZone

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Hyper Zone plays like a cross between a racing game and shooter. The object of the game is to navigate each level while shooting enemies and earning points, until finally an encounter with a boss ends each level. After enough points are acquired, the player earns an "extend" and his or her ship is upgraded in the next stage. The player's ship can receive up to six upgrades.

Specifications

Released
September 1991
Developer
HAL Laboratory
Publisher
HAL Laboratory
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Third person

What the magazines said

4
4
4
6
EGM · four reviewers
6
6
6
4
Famitsu · four reviewers
AllGame
2.5/5
GX
4/5
Super Play
3/10
Control
58%
Entertainment Weekly
A
Game Boy
3/5, 3/5, 3/5, 3/5, 2/5
Hippon Super!
7/10
Super Action
41%
The Super Famicom
B
Super Pro
51/100
BE KIND, REWINDSeptember 1991
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Vol. 1 · No. 3Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of September 6, 1991
Sep. 8

Tailhook scandal: At the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium in Las Vegas, 83 women and seven men are assaulted by U.S. Navy and Marine aviation officers.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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