[Windows 95/98/XP][1995-2001] A 3D Space Rail Shooter

Zeitgeist: Laser Fighter

Like many of its genre, the objective of the game was to defeat an alien invasion using a lone space ship. You controlled your ship from a 3rd person view on rails, progressing through multiple stages defeating alien ships.

I can remember a few very specific details:

  • The intro scene shows your spaceship being launched from a space station following a runway lined by floating lights.
  • The game over scene shows Earth getting obliterated by a giant beam weapon.
  • The first few stages were set in space, but some of the later stages starting from the 5th were set within Earth's atmosphere.
  • One of the bosses was a machine that clung to the inside of a tunnel-shaped structure using its limbs, like the spokes of a wheel.

Games that are not it:

  • Novastorm
  • Descent
  • The Hive
  • Backlash
  • Tailgunner
  • Chaos Control
  • Any Star Wars game

Thanks!

Posted Mar 10, 2020, 9:34 AM UTC

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Karhtan•

Zeitgeist: Laser Fighter?

Playstation gameplay

Windows screenshots

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Slidemaster2000OP•

This has to be it. The Playstation gameplay doesn't look exactly as I remember, but I couldn't find any PC gameplay so that can easily be chalked up to a difference in the port. More importantly, all of the major details are 100% on point. Thank you!

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