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Section-Z (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1987
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A Capcom NES shoot'em up with multidirectional movement. Interconnected zones to explore, multiple possible endings. Ambitious for the era. An atypical shooter in the Capcom NES catalogue.

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Category
Shooter 1 player 7+
Description
SF horizontal shoot-'em-up featuring an astronaut battling enemy forces in space stations. Published by Capcom, released in the USA in 1987. Astronaut in side-scrolling view with horizontal and vertical shooting and SF station levels. NES port of Capcom's Section-Z arcade.

Section-Z review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,05 MB 📅01/05/1987
Published by Capcom

Section-Z (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $9 Q6 complete
 $66 Q10 new
 $400 !
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Other versions
Section-Z
Europe
01/05/1987
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Collector interest

Section-Z is one of Capcom's early NES titles that opened the publisher's presence on the console before its marquee licenses. A heavily reworked arcade port, it swaps the cabinet for a numbered-section structure unique to the cartridge. Falling within the American Black Box window, it draws those who track Capcom's first releases and the box iconography of that earliest NTSC wave.

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