Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

Phozon (c) 1983 Namco.

Phozon is an unusual puzzle/arcade hybrid in which the player controls a black molecule with four red spikes. The idea is for the player to align other floating molecules onto their own molecule to create an increasingly complex pattern; this must match the "blue print" molecule that is situated in the middle of the screen. To make molecules adhere to the player's molecule, the player simply touches the target molecule with their own. If a molecule attaches in a place that does not fit the pattern shown in the middle of the screen, the player must press the reject button to make if float away. Groups of multi-coloured rotating spheres move around the screen and must be avoided.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz) Sub CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz) Sound CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz) Sound Chips: Namco 8-channel WSG

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Phozon was released on August 1983 in Japan.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Easter Egg: Enter service mode and enter the following sequence: Up(x4), Right, Down, Left(x2). '(c) (p) 1983 NAMCO LTD.' will be added at the bottom of the screen.

- STAFF -

Music and sound composed by: Yuriko Keino

- PORTS -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P alt.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Phozon (Japan). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Phozon (Japan) is filed in our catalog as a 1983 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P alt.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Puzzle.

Credit line lists Namco as developer.