He followed a principe that would later be utilized in the Dungeon World tabletop roleplaying game, namely "Name every NPC." Every enemy in Xevious has some lunatic name and factors into an elaborate fiction concocted by Endou himself. Endou wanted a world with a sense of mystery, both through the fiction and theming of the game as well as the mechanics. His vision was wildly ambitious compared to what had been previously attempted in the young shoot em up genre. Endou is credited with programming Xevious, but it is primarily his design vision that has his name so tightly bound to the game.
While the credits list for Xevious is another nightmare to assemble, there is one name to which the title shall be forever bound: Masanobu Endou, making his premiere here on the NamCompendium. Whitehead for sharing slides of his research) His own research has it that Xevious was predated as a vertical scrolling shooter by Mission-X, Zoar (both by Data East), and Funky Bee (by Orca), which makes Xevious merely the first vertical shooter that anybody remembers at all. Whitehead does make the case that Space Invaders is indeed the first shmup, and that the themes of Taito's breakout hit (a lone hero avatar set in an abstract, decontextualized battle with inherent xenophobic overtones) have remained at the core of the genre since 1978. Jim Whitehead of UC Santa Cruz to clarify this subject. Thankfully, being an academic employee who defers to expert opinions, I can fall back on the research of Dr. Indeed, what distinguishes a game like Xevious from Space Invaders?īeyond the fairly important quibble of fixed horizontal movement at the bottom of a screen, there are several taxonomical considerations at play here. But is that really the case? What distinguishes Xevious from a game like, for instance, Galaxian? That title a steady parallax simulation of a star field in the background, creating the sense of forward movement through space while fighting a hoard of enemies. It is tempting to rush headlong and claim that Xevious is the first vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. What better way to put a capstone on that year, than release one more barn burner? Xevious is quite the colossus, and has a rich history of ports (and port-adjacent things).
Xevious resurrection title screen Patch#
Works fine PAL works with the "Protection Fix & PAL/NTSC Selector" patch by Paradox.1982 was a banner year for Namco, and I've endeavored to make the case that it represented the close of a golden age for the company. Works fine Compatible with the Japanese to English patch (by projectnemo)Īdvanced Dungeons & Dragons - Iron & Blood - Warriors of Ravenloft This game was previously reported as Playable for "ps1 emu" in a old compatibility listģ in 1 Vol.
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