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Phozon

Arcade Video game published 41 years ago by NAMCO, Ltd.

Listed in MAME

Phozon screenshot

Phozon © 1983 Namco.

Phozon is an unusual puzzle/arcade hybrid in which the player controls a black molecule with four red spikes. The idea is for the player to align other floating molecules onto their own molecule to create an increasingly complex pattern; this must match the "blue print" molecule that is situated in the middle of the screen. To make molecules adhere to the player's molecule, the player simply touches the target molecule with their own. If a molecule attaches in a place that does not fit the pattern shown in the middle of the screen, the player must press the reject button to make if float away. Groups of multi-coloured rotating spheres move around the screen and must be avoided.

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TECHNICAL

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sub CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

TRIVIA

Phozon was released on August 1983 in Japan.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Easter Egg : Enter service mode and enter the following sequence : Up(x4), Right, Down, Left(x2).
'(c) (p) 1983 NAMCO LTD.' will be added at the bottom of the screen.

STAFF

Music and sound composed by : Yuriko Keino

PORTS

CONSOLES:
japan Sony PlayStation (june.21, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.3 [Model SLPS-00390]"
australia Sony PlayStation (1997) "Namco Museum Vol.3 [Model SCES-00268]"
usa Sony PlayStation (jan.31, 1997) "Namco Museum Vol.3 [Model SLUS-00398]" : Re-released in 1998 as a "Greatest Hits" edition.
europe Sony PlayStation (feb.1997) "Namco Museum Vol.3 [Model SCES-00268]"
japan Sony PlayStation (oct.28, 1999) "Namco Museum Vol.3 [PlayStation the Best] [Model SLPS-91160]"

COMPUTERS:
japan PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.28, 1997) "Namco History Vol.2"

OTHERS:
usa Apple iPhone/iPod (jan.26, 2012) "Namco Arcade [Model 465606050]"

SOURCES

Game's ROM.