Xevious is a series of vertical scrolling shooter video games developed by Namco . The first game in the series, Xevious , was developed by Masanobu Endō and released as an arcade slot machine in 1982. She became one of the first vertical scroll-shooters and had a significant impact on the development of this genre. Subsequently, the game was ported to a number of home systems and received several sequels and reprints, as well as imitations.
| Xevious | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Vertical Scrolling Shooter |
| Developer | Namco Compile |
| Platforms | Arcade Machine Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 NES Famicom disk system Pc engine Playstation Game boy advance Playstation 2 Xbox Xbox 360 Gamecube Playstation portable Nintendo wii Nintendo DS PC9801 Sharp MZ2500 Atari 800 Apple ii Fujitsu FM-7 Commodore 64 Amstrad cpc Atari st ZX Spectrum Msx Sharp X1 Sharp X68000 Ibm pc |
| The first game | Xevious / 1982 |
| Last game | Xevious Resurrection / |
| Spin off | Grodba |
Gameplay
A feature of the gameplay is the presence of ground and air targets, for the destruction of which different buttons are used. This concept was subsequently used in a number of other games, including the TwinBee and Dragon Spirit games, but in many later games of the genre, the concept of two weapons was not used and all targets were destroyed with one weapon.
Game Series
- Xevious (1982)
- Super Xevious (1984)
- Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo (1986)
- Xevious: Fardraut Saga (1988) - developed by Compile
- Xevious: Fardraut Densetsu (1990) - developed by Compile
- Solvalou (1991) - used three-dimensional polygonal graphics and first-person view
- Xevious 3D / G (1995) - vertical scrolling shooter with three-dimensional graphics
- Xevious Arrangement (1995) - a remake of the original game with new levels and improved graphics and music, was released as part of the Namco Classic Collection Vol. one
- Xevious Resurrection
Spin Offs
- Grodba (1984) - a game with one of the opponents as a hero