Viewpoint owes its heritage to Zaxxon. It's the same 3/4 isometric view. And your ship flies in the same kind of direction. One big difference is that in Zaxxon you are able to fly up & down (elevation) as well as left and right, wherein in Viewpoint, rather than up & down, you simply push forward faster or pull back - there is no 3D element to the gameplay. Advantage Zaxxon. Conversely, graphics and action and satisfying gameplay - advantage Viewpoint. Though the graphics are a little simplistic, these are some of my fav graphics in any shooter. They are just very clean, colorful and unified. It adds a lot to the gameplay. Also, the action is very strong; you are always moving in all directions and there is a wide variety of things to shoot. There are even some puzzles - like in the first stage, you have to fire at a lever that turns to open a gate that you need to fly through (you can't shoot your way through the gate, you have to shoot the lever several times to open it).
Controls are simple. Two buttons - one for fire (and hold it for charged fire) and one for bomb (there are 3 different types of bombs to acquire). A few power-ups are smattered around.
All in all, a very polished game.
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