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Xevious (Atari set 1)

 
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Xevious (Atari set 1)

| 1982
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Developer: Namco (Atari license)
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Xevious (c) 1982 Atari, Incorporated.

Export version by Atari for North America. Game developed in Japan by Namco. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Namco version entry.

- TRIVIA -

Even though the title screen says 1982, Xevious was released in February 1983 in North America by Atari, under license from Namco.

5,295 units were produced by Atari. The intro price was $2,095, lowered to $995 in September 1983.

In 1982, Atari released a set of 12 collector pins including : "Missile Command", "Battlezone", "Tempest", "Asteroids Deluxe", "Space Duel", "Centipede", "Gravitar", "Dig Dug", "Kangaroo", "Xevious", "Millipede" and "Food Fight".

- PORTS -

NOTE: Only ports released in North America are listed here. For ports released in other regions, please see the original Namco version entry.

* Consoles :
Atari 2600 [US] "Xevious [Model CX-2695]" : Unreleased prototype
Atari 5200 [US] "Xevious [Model CX-5246]" : Unreleased prototype
Atari 7800 [US] (1987) "Xevious [Model CX7810]"
Nintendo NES [US] (September 1988) "Xevious - The Avenger [Model NES-XV-USA]"
Sony PlayStation [US] (September 30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
Sony PlayStation [US] (June 30, 1997) "Xevious 3D/G+ [Model SLUS-00461]"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (August 30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model NMO-2201A-NM]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (August 30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model DOL-G5NE-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (August 30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model SLUS-21164]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [US] (May 23, 2007)
Nintendo Wii [US] (October 23, 2007) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RN2E-USA]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [US] (November 4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [US] (July 16, 2009) "Namco Museum Essentials [Model NPUB-30086]"
Nintendo Wii [US] (November 16, 2010) "Namco Museum Megamix"

* Handhelds :
Sony PSP [US] (August 23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
Nintendo DS [US] (September 18, 2007) "Namco Museum DS [Model NTR-YNME-USA]"
Nintendo 3DS [3DSWare] [US] (July 21, 2011) "3D Classics: Xevious [Model CTR-SABE-USA]" : re-mastered version, featuring 3D effects

* Computers :
Commodore C64 [US] (1986)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (July 31, 1998) "Microsoft Revenge of Arcade"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (October 25, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"

* Others :
Arcade [US] (1995) "Namco Classics Collection Vol.1"
Ms. Pac-Man TV Game [US] (2004) by Jakks Pacific)
Ms. Pac-Man TV Game Wireless Version [US] (2005) by Jakks Pacific
Mobile Phones [US] (March 9, 2005)
Retro Arcade featuring Pac-Man [US] (2008) by Jakks Pacific
Arcade [US] (2010) "Pac-Man's Arcade Party"
Apple iPhone/iPod [US] (January 26, 2012) "Namco Arcade [Model 465606050]"
Pac-Man Connect and Play [US] (2012) by Bandai

- CONTRIBUTE -

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00000000 8183 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
20800000 1542 000000C9 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
00000000 8033 00000001 FFFFFFFF Rapid Fire - Zapper

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