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Phase Zero — frequently asked questions

Is Phase Zero on Steam?
No. Phase Zero is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Phase Zero on?
Phase Zero is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Jaguar.

About Phase Zero

Phase Zero is an unreleased action-shooter video game that was in development by Hyper Image Productions and originally planned to be published by Atari Corporation on a scheduled September 1995 release date exclusively for the Atari Jaguar. It was the only game in development by Hyper Image. Assuming the role of a newcomer pilot from the titular squadron assigned to fight against an rival organization only known as The Collective in a foreign planet, players take control of a windowless VTV hovertank craft called Hunter in order to complete a series of missions and tasks, while battling against enemy VTV hovertanks. Hyper Image was originally working on a top-down shooter for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before the team later moved to the Jaguar with Phase Zero and opted to use their own interpretation of the heightmap technique to render the landscapes and visuals, in addition of also placing emphasis on LAN play for multiplayer.

Summary via IGDB.

Phase Zero on Wikipedia

Phase Zero is an unfinished shooter video game that was being developed by Hyper Image Productions and would have been published by Atari for the Atari Jaguar. Set in the future on a terrestrial planet, the player takes on the role of a newcomer to the Phase Zero squad, piloting a hovercraft to fight rival corporate states. The player is tasked with various objectives while fighting enemies in multiple missions.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer
Hyper Image Productions
Publisher
Atari Corporation
Themes
Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose
$65
Complete
$143
Sealed
$292
Region
WW
Released
2002
Authenticity
Med
Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playMedium counterfeit risk
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A cancelled Jaguar shooter designed by the man who later led Android's Material Design.

Phase Zero's designer was Matías Duarte — later of Palm's webOS and Google's Material Design, one of the most influential interface designers of the smartphone era. Produced by Ted Tahquechi (Cybermorph, Kasumi Ninja), it's a 3D hovercraft shooter that died when Atari's 1996 layoffs took its producer and Hyper Image suspended production waiting for direction that never came. A build leaked in 2000; Songbird's Carl Forhan tracked down former staff, secured rights, and published it with B&C ComputerVisions in 2002.

Before you buy

This is a released demo of an unfinished game, not a completed one — describing it otherwise is the fastest route to a dispute, and a seller who's vague about that is a red flag about how well they know what they're selling. Post-commercial release; verify availability before paying rarity prices.

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