History Main / SpaceZone

* World 6 (Outer Nebula) of SuperMarioFusionRevival is Science Fiction themed, taking place in outer space, on alien planets, space stations, and spaceships.

** ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' has Dr. Nefarious pull a section of San Francisco from ''''VideoGame/{{Resistance}}'' into space without so much as a GravityScrew (indeed, the stage remains functionally identical).

* The [[ShootEmUps Shoot Em Up]] version of space, in which you can only go in one direction, possibly thanks to {{Two-D Space}} -- which by a crazy coincidence happens to be the direction [[EverythingTryingToKillYou swarming with enemies]].

* The Lylat System of ''VideoGame/StarFox'', and [[RenamedTropes former]] TropeNamer.
* ''{{Gradius}}'', ''{{R-Type}}'', and all their variants and spinoffs. Special mention to the Genesis title ''Whip Rush''. Several levels feature segments where your titular starship flies up, down, and even ''backwards'', all while obediently facing and shooting to the right. It requires getting either missile or flamethrower powerups to be able to shoot in the direction you're going.

* ''SuperMario''

** The Space Zone in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' is the TropeNamer. Minor subversion here in that Mario does have to wear a spacesuit, and the gravity is lessened.

* Star Man's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaMan 5''.
* The seventh chapter of ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' takes place on a path that goes through outer space, and connects the game's netherworld with the human world (Which exist as separate planets, contrary to what the names may imply).

* Many ''{{Kirby}}'' levels, often featuring the [[MegaManning especially delicious]] UFO enemies.

* ''RocketKnightAdventures'', a platformer for Sega Genesis, had a shoot-em-up level in orbit towards the end of the game.
* The Moon in ''VideoGame/DuckTales''. [[WithLyrics "Hey Uncle Scrooge, you need a suit up there! How are you alive? You need heat! Also]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEgzRtKC5o air!"]]
* The space levels in ''RatchetAndClank'' (at least in the first game) seem to avert this trope. Ratchet can't go out there himself, but has to send his RobotBuddy Clank to explore. Then it turns out that the only thing Ratchet needed was an oxygen mask, and suddenly the space levels function exactly as the planet levels. Gravity works the same, there's no need for a pressurized suit, and even propellers work just as normal! Later games gave Ratchet some sort of commando suit, which kind of made more sense.

* "Space A Go-Go" from ''DK: Jungle Climber''.
* MassEffect2, when navigating in star system or cluster. All star systems and planets, plus ships and stations are in same plane.
** Although the game is careful to point out that this is a feature of the Galaxy Map and not an actual reflection of what the galaxy looks like - its the same reason that the Normandy is shown bigger than whole planets and how you can fly it through suns.

* The Moon in ''DuckTales''. [[WithLyrics "Hey Uncle Scrooge, you need a suit up there! How are you alive? You need heat! Also]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEgzRtKC5o air!"]]

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The space station levels are mostly platformer levels.

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* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The space station levels are mostly platformer levels.
** The Death Egg Zone from ''Sonic & Knuckles''. There's also a shoot-em-up space zone: the Doomsday Zone.

** ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure 2]]'' has a bunch of these: Meteor Herd, Mad Space, Cosmic Wall, Final Rush, and Final Chase all come to mind. All of the other levels set on the ARK are lesser examples.
** X Zone and Moon Zone in ''SonicAdvance''
** Egg Utopia and True area 53 on ''SonicAdvance2''
** E.G.G. Station in ''SonicTheHedgehog4''

** Starlight Carnival and Asteroid Coaster Zones in ''SonicColors''.

* Star Man's stage in ''[[Game/MegaMan Mega Man 5]]''.

** The Space Zone in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', and the TropeNamer. Minor subversion here in that Mario does have to wear a spacesuit, and the gravity is lessened.

* The Lylat System of ''StarFox'', and [[RenamedTropes former]] TropeNamer.

** The entire basis of ''SuperMarioGalaxy''. Space Junk Galaxy is probably the most straight version of this out of the main fifteen levels.

** The Space Zone in ''SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', and the TropeNamer. Minor subversion here in that Mario does have to wear a spacesuit, and the gravity is lessened.

** Also shows up in ''Super PaperMario''. You do need a space suit, but the space suit is merely a fishbowl on your head. One BossBattle does an UnexpectedGameplayChange and turns it into [[ShootEmUps Shoot Em Up]] space. Hop on Carrie and it's already a Shmup in space.
** In ''PaperMario: The Thousand Year Door'' you go to the moon as well, without any oxygen gear. [[MrExposition Goombella]] tells you [[MST3KMantra not to think about it too hard]].

** The Space Zone in ''[[SuperMarioLand Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', and the TropeNamer. Minor subversion here in that Mario does have to wear a spacesuit, and the gravity is lessened.

* The platformer version of space -- which is basically like every other platformer stage, except that you might jump a little higher due to lessened gravity. It may take place in a space station, [[AsteroidThicket densely-packed asteroids]] or on an planet or moon surface where the atmosphere is missing.

** Meteor Herd and Mad Space in ''[[SonicAdventure Sonic Adventure 2]]''.

* Meteor Herd and Mad Space in ''[[SonicAdventure Sonic Adventure 2]]''.

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Space, as presented in video games, comes in two varieties.

# The [[ShootEmUps Shoot Em Up]] version of space, in which you can only go in one direction, possibly thanks to {{Two-D Space}} -- which by a crazy coincidence happens to be the direction [[EverythingTryingToKillYou swarming with enemies]].
# The platformer version of space -- which is basically like every other platformer stage, except that you might jump a little higher due to lessened gravity. It may take place in a space station, [[AsteroidThicket densely-packed asteroids]] or on an planet or moon surface where the atmosphere is missing.