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Play Zero Wing (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
Zero Wing
Play Zero Wing Online — Use a tractor beam to capture small enemies, carrying them as protection or throwing them back in a horizontal shooter.
Browser play
PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| I / II | Z / X |
| RUN / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Zero Wing
Quick start
Begin the first stage, capture a small enemy with the tractor beam, and try carrying then launching it. Collect a weapon upgrade while keeping room to dodge.
Controls
The direction pad moves the ship. One action button fires the current weapon; the other operates the tractor beam and releases a captured enemy. RUN starts or pauses play.
Zero Wing — About this game
Your craft’s tractor system adds a practical choice to the usual flow of horizontal shooting. A captured small enemy can be kept in front of the ship as a shield or launched toward another target, changing how an approaching formation can be handled. Weapon pickups provide further ways to cover the screen, but survival still depends on keeping space around the craft. Learn which enemies can be captured and how their position affects your own firing lane. The PC Engine CD version has its own stage and presentation details, so approach it through the behavior visible here rather than assuming every route matches another platform’s adaptation.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · pce
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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