Zaxxon
Zaxxon is a 1981 scrolling shooter video game developed by Sega with assistance from Ikegami Tsushinki and published by Sega for Japanese and European arcades; it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin in North America. The player pilots a ship through two heavily defended space fortresses, and the outer space areas between them, to confront the Zaxxon robot at the end of the second fortress.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1982
- Developer
- Ikegami Tsushinki
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1982 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ikegami Tsushinki |
| Publisher | Not recorded |
| Platforms | Arcade |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q91247, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Zaxxon? How long to beat it
Total play time for Zaxxon is about 3.7 hours to do everything, and around 0.2 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 0.2h | 6 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 3.7h | 1 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Zaxxon sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Zaxxon lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 31ahead of 0% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 22ahead of 67% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
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Common questions about Zaxxon
What platforms is Zaxxon on?
Zaxxon is available on Arcade. It first released in 1982.
Who made Zaxxon?
Zaxxon was developed by Ikegami Tsushinki.
How long does it take to beat Zaxxon?
about 0.2 hours for the main story, 3.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.