Red Zone cover art

Game

Red Zone

1994 · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Shooter

About this game

Red Zone, known as Hardwired during development and Commando Raid when demonstrated at Summer CES 1994, is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Zyrinx. It is noteworthy for achieving sprite rotations, 3D vectors and full motion video; things that were often considered impossible to do on Mega Drive hardware. No additional hardware (such as an extra chip in Virtua Racing is used. The game proudly announces this technical achievement before the title screen. Zyrinx were previously responsible for Sub-Terrania, and the two games share similar graphics and logos. The soundtrack was again composed by Jesper Kyd.

Screenshots

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Game facts

Release date

Nov 1, 1994

Developer

Zyrinx

Publisher

Time Warner Interactive

Platforms

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Genres

Shooter

Themes

Warfare

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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