The Colecovision was the pride and joy of many video game fans in the early 1980s, and quality graphics such as with the home version of Zaxxon proved why. The port of the arcade classic Zaxxon to the Colecovision was one of the first home versions of the game to get the graphics right.

An out-of-work comic hero, Captain Smiley, is pressured to earn extra dough (and recover his readership) by guest starring in popular comic properties. Every comic -be it the Silver Age Improbable Paper Pals or the Conan-inspired Nanoc the Obliviator - has a different sound direction, art style and roster of enemies.