Zanac

1986 shoot 'em up video game
VideoGame video_game Q2379922
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Zanac

Summary

Zanac is a video game[1]. Zanac ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,335 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zanac's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Zanac was published by Pony Canyon[4].
  • Zanac's genre is shoot 'em up[5].
  • Zanac's genre is science fiction video game[6].
  • Zanac's developer is recorded as Compile[7].
  • Zanac's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[8].
  • Zanac's platform is recorded as MSX[9].
  • Zanac's platform is recorded as Famicom Disk System[10].
  • Zanac's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[11].
  • Zanac was distributed by digital download[12].
  • Zanac's country of origin is recorded as Japan[13].
  • Zanac was released on November 28, 1986[14].
  • Zanac was released on October 1987[15].
  • Zanac's distributed by is recorded as Nintendo eShop[16].
  • Zanac's ESRB rating is recorded as Everyone[17].
  • Zanac's CERO rating is recorded as A (All ages)[18].
  • Zanac's derivative work is recorded as Aleste[19].
  • Zanac's P14470 is recorded as Games/Zanac[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 028fc51a-a1c7-4a1f-a1a1-7735586eeb19[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Zanac was published by Pony Canyon[4].

Publication

Publication dates include November 28, 1986[14] and October 1987[15]. Genres include shoot 'em up[5] and science fiction video game[6]. Zanac was distributed by digital download[12].

Why It Matters

Zanac ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,335 views/month).[2] Zanac has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Zanac is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mobygames game id → 158006
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11688]]: 158006, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275231|batch #275231]]"
  2. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Zanac
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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