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Super Xevious

 
Games: Super Xevious
  • Release Date: 1984
  • Genre: Shooter
  • Style: Vertical Scrolling Shooter

Game Description

On the surface, Super Xevious may seem like a superficial upgrade to Namco's Xevious, but it adds numerous improvements and new difficulties. The most noticeable of the new features is enhanced enemy AI, which will measure the player's performance against the enemy's craft and dispatch tougher defenses if the player's slipping through too easily. Yet there's not much chance of anyone getting by easily in this game since the enemy fighters and tanks are notorious for nailing many a player's Solvalou fighter in a vicious crossfire. There are also hidden features offering extra lives, and a few new enemies to contend with, including tanks and helicopters. Otherwise, Super Xevious looks and plays much the same as the original. Super Xevious can still be played today as a bonus game on the PlayStation edition of Xevious 3D/G+.
~ Earl Green, All Game Guide
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Super Xevious
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Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Designer(s) Masanobu Endō
Platform(s) Arcade, Nintendo DS
Release date(s) 1984
Genre(s) Vertical scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Input methods 8-way Joystick; 2 buttons
Cabinet Upright, cabaret, and cocktail
Arcade system Namco Galaga
Display Vertical orientation, Raster, 224 x 288 resolution

Super Xevious (スーパーゼビウス Sūpā Zebiusu?) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. As the name suggests, it is the sequel to Xevious, which was released 2 years earlier.

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Gameplay

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The gameplay is very much like the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies were introduced in this game, including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga scorpion ship, two jet planes, a helicopter and a dark yellow Tank Battalion tank. The hidden towers (AKA "Sol Citadels") were also located in different places. The four special flags are also in different places.

Releases

Later Appearances

Super Xevious appeared in Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1, Xevious 3D/G+, and in Namco Museum DS.

Reception

The game was released (as "Xevious 2") by Spotlight Software and distributed by Cinemaware in the compilation BrainBlasters with Bombuzal for the Amiga 2600. This compilation was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #165 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave BrainBlasters 5 out of 5 stars.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (January 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (165): 47-55. 

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