THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE



XEVIOUS



PUBLISHER

US Gold



AUTHOR

US Gold in-house team



YEAR

1985 (?)



DESCRIPTION

A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up.  A (not very good)

conversion of a classic Namco arcade game.



KEYS

Redefinable for directions, fire, and bomb.

P - Pause

Restart - Caps Shift/Break



INSTRUCTIONS  (Inlay text)



Many eons ago, an advanced technologically-orientated

civilisation was forced to evacuate Earth prior to the Ice Age. 

Now, these Xevious people are returning to reclaim their heritage

through conquest.  From the controls of your Solvalou super

spacecraft, you must defend Earth from takeover by the Xevious

invaders!  Flying a search and destroy mission, you will cruise

over the scrolling landscape, bombing Xevious ground

entrenchments and zapping the air targets that come into range. 

Easy.  But now look out for the flying mirrors - impossible to

destroy; a collision will spell certain death!  In the event of

your surviving wave after wave of enemy onslaughts you will

encounter the controlling force of the Xevious offensive; the

Andor Genesis Mother Ship!  This is your goal.  A direct hit to

her central reactor will disable her, but do not be lulled into

a false sense of security.  Xevious forces will soon re-appear

to renew their attacks with increased determination!



CHEATS





SCORES RECEIVED

4/5 in Sinclair User





RE-RELEASES

Not as far as I know.



URLS





NOTABLE FEATURES

None!  (Which is a shame - the arcade original was one of my

all-time favourite games!)

