Super Xevious

Super Xevious[lower-alpha 1] is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1984. It is an updated version of Xevious, published a year prior, and the second entry in the Xevious series. It was created as a response to the overwhelming success of the original in Japan, appealing to veteran players specifically.

Super Xevious
Japanese flyer
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
Designer(s)Masanobu Endō
SeriesXevious
Platform(s)Arcade, Sharp X68000
ReleaseArcade
X68000
  • JP: June 1987
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, 2 players alternating turns
CabinetUpright, cocktail
Arcade systemNamco Galaga
CPU3 × Z80 @ 3.072 MHz
SoundNamco WSG @ 3.072 MHz
Namco 54XX @ 1.536 MHz
DisplayRaster, 224 x 288 (vertical)

Like the original game, the player controls a starship known as the "Solvalou", equipped with two weapons: an "air zapper" to defeat flying enemies, and a "blaster bomb" to destroy ground-based enemies. It runs on the Namco Galaga arcade board. New enemy types include metallic Galaxian flagships. Some of these revert the player's score to zero if destroyed. Critical reception was positive, and is cited as an improvement over the original.

It has been ported to the Sharp X68000 and PlayStation, alongside inclusion in several Namco collections.

Gameplay
Arcade version

The gameplay is that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies have also been introduced: a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga "scorpion" ship, two jet planes, a helicopter, and a dark yellow Tank Battalion tank. Some of these will reset the player's score back to 0 if they are destroyed. The hidden Sol Citadel towers and Rally-X Special Flags are located in different places.

Soundtrack

The game's electronic chiptune music was composed by Yuriko Keino and Junko Ozawa.[1] Former Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono recorded an arranged dance/synthpop version of the game's theme tune,[2] which was released in Japan by Alfa Records' Yen label as a 12" single on August 29, 1984.[1] The single was also released in Europe by Pick Up Records that same year.[2]

Notes
  1. Japanese: スーパーゼビウス Hepburn: Sūpā Zebiusu

References
  1. "Super Xevious (12" Single)". VGMdb. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. "Haruomi Hosono – Super Xevious". Discogs. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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