| Xexex | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Toshiaki Takatori |
| Programmer(s) | Tatsuo Fujii Tetsuya Wada |
| Artist(s) | Chiyoko Hanano Kuniaki Kakuwa M. Machiguchi |
| Composer(s) | Hidenori Maezawa Motoaki Furukawa Satoko Miyawaki Ayako Nishigaki |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Horizontally scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op |
Xexex,[a] released as Orius in North America, is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up XMultiply. In the game, players take control of the Flintlock space fighter (which is armed with the mysterious alien life form "Flint") in a mission to rescue Princess Irene La Tias of Planet E-Square, who has been captured by the evil galactic warlord Klaus Pachelbel.
It did not see a home port until 2007, when it was included in the compilation Salamander Portable, released only in Japan for the PlayStation Portable. In 2021, the game was released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in all regions as part of the Arcade Archives series, and includes all three regional variants of the game.
- ^ "Super Soft Hot Information - Video Game (ビデオゲーム): ゼクセクス". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 113. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. November 1991. p. 258.
- ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). コナミ（コナミ工業）Konami (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. p. 28. ISBN 978-4990251215.
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