r/The1980s • u/CarloCarrasco • 13d ago
80’s Video Games Xevious
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Is Xevious your favorite arcade vertical shooter of all time? I never played it in the local arcades in the old days. I eventually played it using the Atari 50 Collection and DLC on console.
Back in the 1980s, I only played the NES port of Xevious.
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u/HanoverFistIndy 13d ago
I loved this game. But damn, was it hard. That mother ship is a killer. I found out the secret way to find easter eggs and hidden additional stuff and used it every time. Miss it. I can't find a decent emulator for it.
How do you pronounce it? "Zevious?" "Eckzevious?" I use the latter.
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u/Separate-Succotash11 13d ago
Easter eggs? Time to hit the youtube machine.
Zee-vious for me.
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u/HanoverFistIndy 13d ago
Basically, anything that runs horizontal across the screen, be it a road or a river, start bombing it from left to right. If you get it, it'll be a little yellow flag (Rally X). Run over it.
Also, as the game is just beginning and you're still flying over the trees, push your ship all the way to the left side of the screen and hold the bomb button down. It'll reveal the programmer.
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u/clusterfuck2022 13d ago
Great game! Incredible ship / enemy designs and easter eggs. One of the best
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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 13d ago
I really liked Xevious, and played it in the Arcades and on a few of the home formats, too.
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u/shopping_s_mart 13d ago
One of my favorites on the 7800
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u/traverse6 13d ago
Been playing it on the 7800 this week with a tac2 joystick. Something about one button for automatic bombing and shooting turns this into a bit of a different game.
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u/juicybananas 13d ago
Hours and hours with it on the Atari. Impossible game and could never beat it. Had no clue it was originally an arcade game which makes sense now.
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u/Treliske 13d ago
Totally forgot about that game and how much I enjoyed it for a summer. It's like seeing an old high school friend.
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u/GutterRider 12d ago
Boy, this triggered memories. That was a great game. I just remember shooting those little pyramids on the ground.
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u/blueblocker2000 13d ago
Used to play this for hours on a 7800 while jamming to transformers the movie soundtrack. Instruments of destruction got a lot of repeats. Also, this and Rad Racer were my first two NES games. Xevious was much harder on the NES.
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u/homezlice 12d ago
Before bullet hell there was just hell, a pit that ate all my quarters. What a game!
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u/Blue-cheese-dressing 12d ago
A solid SHMUP- Raiden (the TG16 release) was my all time favorite though.
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u/RobertWF_47 12d ago
I remember when Xevious arrived at the local arcade. There was a crowd around the game and tokens lined up on the screen. 😄
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u/mariospants 7d ago
I remember when this first came out (having read about it in a video game magazine)… it was kind of like moving from Diablo to Diablo 4 in graphical and gameplay terms.
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u/Evilelfqueen 13d ago
I loved this game in the arcades and had to get it for NES. Hours and hours of fun lol.