music, and skill-based gameplay, concluding that it is one of "the best Megadrive blasts in ages." Sega Force scored it 86%, including ratings of 84% for presentation, 89% for visuals, 83% for sound, 89% for playability, and 82% for lastability. They praised the "animated intro" sequence, "smart" graphics, "up-beat Jap tune" music, and the accessible but "highly involved" gameplay, concluding that it is "almost as good as Hellfire" but "not quite." Complex ranked Zero Wing 98th on their "The 100 Best Sega Genesis Games." Legacy Zero Wing was the last side-scrolling shoot 'em up title to be developed by Toaplan, as the company did not know how to make a side-scrolling shooter interesting, despite positive reception from players. In 1999, the introduction cutscene for the Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing was re-discovered, culminating in the wildly popular "All your base are belong to us" Internet meme. In more recent years, the rights to Zero Wing and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxtons Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia. Notes References External links Zero Wing at GameFAQs Zero Wing at Giant Bomb Zero Wing at Killer List of Videogames Zero Wing at MobyGames Zero Wing at The Toaplan Museum 1989 video games Arcade video games Horizontally scrolling shooters Multiplayer and single-player video games Sega video games Sega Genesis games Namco arcade games Namco games Nintendo Switch Online games Toaplan games TurboGrafx-CD games Video games scored by Masahiro Yuge Video games scored by Noriyuki Iwadare Video games scored by Tatsuya Uemura Video games scored by Toshiaki Tomizawa Williams video games Video games developed in Japan