Xevious - Series

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There were several arcade sequels and a spin-off, though none achieved much popularity:

  • Super Xevious (1984) was practically the same game made significantly harder, and with a few rarely-seen new enemies.
  • Solvalou (1991) presented the same game with a pilot's-eye view. The game used 3-D flat shaded polygon graphics. Released in Japan only.
  • Xevious 3D/G (1995) was an update on the classic with 3-D texture mapped polygon graphics and a simultaneous two-player feature. Released in Japan only.
  • Xevious Arrangement (1995) was part of the Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 game collection (along with the original Xevious and Super Xevious). The arranged version had improved music and graphics and different levels.
  • Grobda (1984) was a spin-off starring an enemy character—the tank with corkscrew treads.

Four new versions were released for home systems (most of them being Japan-only):

  • Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo (1986) was released for the Nintendo Famicom and the Nintendo Vs. series on the Arcades. You must solve riddles in each stage in order to progress. Unless you meet certain criteria the stage loops indefinitely, getting harder and harder in the process.
  • Xevious: Fardraut Saga (1988) was released for the MSX2 computers and developed by Compile. You can select between two modes at the title screen, Recon (port of the original arcade Xevious) and Scramble, which is a new 16-area game with new enemies and 4 different ships to play with (Solvalou, Solgrado, Zeodalley and Gampmission).
  • Xevious: Fardraut Densetsu (1990) was released for the PC Engine and also developed by Compile. This is the sequel to Fardraut Saga and it features two modes of play selectable from the title screen, Original (port of the original arcade Xevious) and Fardraut, which is a 4-stage story mode with cut-scenes, power-ups and a different ship on each level.
  • Xevious Resurrection (2009) is part of the PlayStation 3 downloadable title Namco Museum Essentials (Namco Museum.comm in Japan).
  • An RTS game titled New Space Order, was in production in Japan by Namco Bandai Games but has been cancelled. It would contain elements from the Xevious video game series. In the game there was going to be an interplanetary nation called the "Military Empire," in which the population speaks the Xevi language, the same language spoken by the dwellers of planet Xevious. Their theme song, sung in Xevi, can be downloaded from the game's homepage.

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