| Super Xevious | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Series | Xevious |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, X68000 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
Super Xevious[a] is a vertically scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game in Japan in 1984. It was developed and published by Namco as an updated version of Xevious (1982) created as a response to the overwhelming success of the original in Japan. It was sold as conversion kit for existing Xevious cabinets.
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. The game was ported to the X68000 and PlayStation[2][3] and is included in several Namco video game compilations.
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