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Viewpoint (also known as View Point) is a sci-fi isometric-scrolling shoot-'em-up developed by Sammy and released by SNK for arcades (running Neo Geo MVS hardware) on November 20, 1992.

It is seen as a spiritual successor to Sega's 1982 arcade game Zaxxon, where players scroll in an isometric perspective.

It was later released for the Neo Geo AES on December 11, 1992. Along with the standard Neo Geo CD port (exclusively in Japan) on February 25, 1995, the game was also ported to the FM Towns (in November 1993, exclusive in Japan and published by Ving), Sega Genesis (in 1994, exclusive in North America, developed by Nexus Interact and published by American Sammy), and Sharp X68000 (on January 20, 1995, exclusive in Japan and developed by Nexus Interact). An enhanced version was also developed for the Sony PlayStation by Visual Concepts (and published by Electronic Arts), which was published only in North America (on November 28, 1995) and Europe (in June 1996).

Viewpoint was set to receive a fully 3D sequel, Viewpoint 2064, for the Nintendo 64 but the release was scrapped when the game was in its final prototype form. Racdym (later Racjin) was the developer while the original developers of Viewpoint, Sammy, were set to publish. The prototype has since been made available on the internet and has also seen a fan translation.

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