Thousand years after the leaving of GAMPs, the brave pilot Mu and his android companion Eve decided to travel to Xevious (literally “the fourth planet”) to avoid glaciation. Right before the departure, a group of humans rebelled to them and decided to stay on earth anyway. In order to survive the upcoming Ice Age, they left earth and migrated in search of a new homeland, selecting seven planets which were likely suitable to human life. During this golden age, the “GAMPs” were human clones used in heavy labor, until they rebelled to their own creators. As the sci-fi cliche dictates, it turns out that the inhabitants of Xevious are originally from earth, and GAMP (General Artificial Matrix Producer) is the product of an ancient civilization that prospered on earth an hundred thousands years ago. Xevious tells the story of the fight between humankind and the supercomputer GAMP, which controls the alien forces of planet Xevious. He was also producer for many Wizardry ports. At Game’s Studio Endō designed Z Gundam Hot Scramble for Bandai, and recently he was involved with the Game Boy Color Devil Children spin-offs to Shin Megami Tensei.
Since then he continued to work on Famicom, often in collaboration with Namco, developing successful titles like the Family Circuit racing series, or updating his own classic Druaga franchise with Kai’s Quest (Famicom), the PC Engine version of Tower of Druaga and The Blue Crystal Rod (Super Famicom). In August 1985, Endō left Namco to found his own company, Game’s Studio. Doing the same trick in Super Xevious brings “Special thanks for you by game designer EVEZOO” onto the screen. Xevious happens to contain one of these easter eggs as well, which is revealed by going to the far right and bombing away at the beginning of the game: “NAMCO ORIGINAL program by EVEZOO”. It’s actually a problem the industry still struggles with – people still frequently talk about games in terms of “a Capcom game”, instead of “a game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto”. In the Atari age, programmers used to hide in-game secret messages (the term “Easter Egg” was coined in 1981, some two years after Warren Robinett hid his name within the Atari 2600 classic Adventure) to get some much-deserved credit for their work, which otherwise would have gone just to the manufacturer. He was one of the first programmers to take pride in referring to himself as a “game designer”. Joining Namco in April 1981, he became one of Japan’s most respected game creators, later responsible for the equally successful Namco classic Tower of Druaga. It was designed and programmed by Masanobu “EVEZOO” Endō, who graduated from Chiba university in 1959. Like with all of their successful properties, Namco keeps up the legacy with frequent reappearances on compilations and other releases. Upon its release, it became an instant hit, and in the following years it was ported to many 8-bit home systems. Hosted by 44 Bytes.Most people reading this have probably already heard about the arcade game Xevious. © 2022 Hookshot Media, partner of ReedPop. Join 1,339,934 people following Nintendo Life: Mario Kart Tour To Remove Gacha Elements Next Month Random: The Sky In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Is One Big Opti. We Might Get A Brand New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gam.
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Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour Times: This Week's Featured Po. 2 controllers are required for a 2-player game. In a 2-player game, players take turns to control their Solvalou ships. Xevious was released on the NES in 1989 and became an instant classic. Unique enemies, interesting BGM, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden gameplay features differentiated Xevious from other shooting games released at the time. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points! The action in Xevious takes place on two parallel plains your spacecraft gets.Ĭontrol your Solvalou ship and destroy the Xevious forces! Use zapper missiles against air-based enemies and blaster bombs against ground-based targets. The release of Xevious only helped to cement this idea: it was first one of the earliest examples of a vertical scrolling shooter and innovative for its time. Following its success with Pac-Man and Galaga in the arcades, it seemed that Namco was unstoppable.