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Xevious clones?


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    River Patroller

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Posted Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:07 AM

Can anyone advise of any "Xevious" clones that exist for the 8-bits aside from Espial?

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    Stargunner

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Posted Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:16 AM

I would reccommend you try FLAK and HAWKQUEST -- both pretty good IMHO...

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Posted Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:50 PM

Xevious was one of my fave arcade games way back.

I couldn't afford Atari computers then. I couldn't afford the arcade game either, but I did manage to play now and again...and again...and again.

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Posted Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:33 PM

Good thing you couldnt afford and Atari computer since it never came out for it :(

THough thanks to 'Glenn' we got to play the 5200 version :)

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Posted Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:47 PM

..which is incredibly nasty :)

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Posted Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:27 AM

Blue Max, Blue Max 2001, Panther & Thunderfox are all similar scrolling type games...but not vertically.

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    River Patroller

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Posted Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:22 AM

RJ said:

Blue Max, Blue Max 2001, Panther & Thunderfox are all similar scrolling type games...but not vertically.

Acck - Thunderfox - that game is BLOODY frustrating. It's soooo damn hard! Graphics aren't bad, but it is frustrating to the point of videogame rage.

I use my 7800 for Xevious. Plays a great version of it!

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    Stargunner

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Posted Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:01 PM

er -- I think the request was "Xevious clones" -- not any old scrolling shooter I can remember :)

Like I said both Flak and Hawkquest are very close to Xevious, in-fact in the development notes for Hawkquest the guys cited Xevious as their influence (and one of their favorite games)...

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