Zanac is a vertically scrolling shooter video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Set in a futuristic landscape, players control the AFX-6502 ZANAC, a fighter jet designed to combat a hostile artificial intelligence that threatens humanity. The game features a dynamic weapon system with eight special armaments and hidden power-ups, as players navigate through twelve challenging stages filled with various enemies.
The NES port of Zanac. The "system" was created by an organic intelligence body many millenniums ago and began attacking the human race. The earth was thrown into turmoil with only one hope for salvation. Fighter model AFX-6502 ZANAC was perfected by the 256th Riot Fleet to ward off the enemy system. It's your job, as ZANAC, to save the human race. Using eight special weapons and secret power forces buried along the way, guide ZANAC through 12 screens of enemy creatures to victory.