It went a step further than just blasting the same simplistic set of bug-like creatures off the screen. The core design elements of Xevious outpaced that of arguably every other shooter that came before it. It’s up to you to pilot the Solvalou ship and defend Earth against its would-be conquerors. Thousands of years and one ice age later, the GAMPs return to Earth to enslave humans and take over the planet.
So they rebelled, vacated Earth, and traveled to the planet Xevious where they hatched a plot against mankind. The GAMPs grew tired of humans using them for joyless slave labor. Basically, a war breaks out between humankind and the bio-computer GAMP (General Artificial Matrix Producer)- a machine capable of mass-producing human clones. If you’ve ever read the story elements of this game, then you already know that Xevious spins a tale rife with twists and turns. When it was released in arcades in 1983, Xevious went on to become the game that forever changed the landscape of 2D shooters. In a 1985 interview, the game’s designer, Masanobu Endo, said that he wanted to make “a consistent world and setting, create high-quality sprites”, and also “a story that wouldn’t just be some tacked-on extra, but could actually stand on its own merits”. It was well known by fans everywhere as one of the most innovative arcade games of its time. Over the years, after discovering websites dedicated to retro gaming, I was pretty happy to find out that Xevious was more than just a random title on an Atari system. I quickly fell in love with the unique enemy designs and mysterious land structures peppered throughout the game. It was probably the first game I had heard of that started with an “X”, and the name intrigued me. While rummaging through the cartridges, I came across the little oddity known as Xevious.
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So, in a move of what I think was out of pity, a friend of ours gave us her 7800 with a huge bag full of games. Back then, our family couldn’t afford the Super NES or Sega Genesis. Every time I play Xevious on one of Namco’s "museum" compilations, I can’t help but reminisce about the time when I first discovered the game in 1992 on the Atari 7800 (a system which also familiarized me with other Namco classics outside of Pac-Man).
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