Z Download (1996 Strategy Game)

Join the ranks of the Red in Z, and action/strategy game from The Bitmap Brothers. Take control of the map, sector by sector, and make sure each territory remains in the possession of your team of Red robots. The enemy is the Blue team, initially of equal might to your own forces, but true strength lies in how many sectors you own. You'll take control in this strategy game by selecting units such as robots, jeeps, tanks, or other vehicles, and having them capture Blue flags, gradually claiming enemy territory. There are also gray flags, which are not owned and can be claimed by either side at any time. Each level is complete when the sector containing a team's home base has been taken by the opponent.

Z is a real-time strategy game in which you fight for control of the sectors, some of which contains manufactories that can gain you additional units. Touch the "flag" in the sector and it's yours. Capture the sector before the new unit comes out of the manufactory and the new unit is yours. With six different robots (different armaments, armor, and speed), multiple vehicles (from jeeps to tanks) the robots can utilize, your ultimate objective is to destroy the opponent's base, and prevent him from doing the same to you.

The game differs from many other RTSs by emphasizing territorial control (and the manufactories) instead of getting kills and gathering a big army. You have to finely balance defense and offense. If you wait too long, the enemy will grab all the manufactories first. If you go too fast, you'll get hammered for stretching yourself too thin. You can hijack enemy vehicles by shooting the driver off. If you send a group of soldiers toward an objective and they find a vehicle, one of them will split off to grab the vehicle; you don't really need to micromanage each soldier.

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