Xevious

Yes, Xevious is a classic arcade title of some fame. And it is a title released early in the Famicom era. But that shouldn't be an excuse for an overall unenjoyable gaming experience. Gameplay could be considered well done, since the controls are decent and the fact that you must throw bombs on ground targets gives the game a bit variety. But it is exactly the boringness and the non-variety of all the rest with the neverending flight over very plain ground with dull colors, shooting waves after waves of the same, bad looking flying enemies and ground targets that makes this game so inferior to nearly all shooters that would follow. The sound is especially annoying.

teran01 # 2009-01-22 00:13:11

Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiated Xevious from the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?

# 2007-02-22 00:46:19 - official description

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emulated by
Classic NES: Xevious (GBA)

port of
Xevious (Arcade)

prequel of
Super Xevious: Ganpu no Nazo (NES)

version of
Xevious (Atari 5200)
Xevious (X68000)
Xevious (Sharp X1)
Xevious (Sharp MZ)
Xevious (NEC PC9801)
Xevious (NEC PC8801)
Xevious (Atari 7800)
Xevious (Atari 2600)
Xevious (Apple II E)
Xevious (Amstrad CPC)
Xevious (Atari ST)
Xevious (C64)
Xevious (Atari 400/800)
Xevious (Famicom Disk System)
Xevious (ZX Spectrum)
Xevious (MICRO 7 - FM7)