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Xevious

Export Arcade Video game published 41 years ago by Atari, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Xevious screenshot

Xevious © 1983 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.

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TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.
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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".

The background theme from this game was used for certain segments of the video game-based TV game show "Starcade".

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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:
usa Atari 2600 "Xevious [Model CX-2695]": Unreleased prototype.
usa Atari 5200 "Xevious [Model CX-5246]": Unreleased prototype.
usa Atari 7800 (1987) "Xevious [Model CX7810]"
usa Nintendo NES (sept.1988) "Xevious - The Avenger [Model NES-XV-USA]"
usa Sony PlayStation (sept.30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
usa Sony PlayStation (june.30, 1997) "Xevious 3D/G+ [Model SLUS-00461]"
usa Microsoft XBOX (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model NMO-2201A-NM]"
usa Nintendo GameCube (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model DOL-G5NE-USA]"
usa Sony PS2 (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model SLUS-21164]"
usa Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (may.23, 2007)
usa Nintendo Wii (oct.23, 2007) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RN2E-USA]"
usa Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (nov.4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
usa Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (jul.16, 2009) "Namco Museum Essentials [Model NPUB-30086]"
usa Nintendo Wii (nov.16, 2010) "Namco Museum Megamix"

HANDHELDS:
usa Sony PSP (aug.23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
usa Nintendo DS (sept.18, 2007) "Namco Museum DS [Model NTR-YNME-USA]"
usa Nintendo 3DS [3DSWare] (jul.21, 2011) "3D Classics - Xevious [Model CTR-SABE-USA]": Re-mastered version, featuring 3D effects.

COMPUTERS:
usa Commodore C64 (1986)
usa PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (jul.31, 1998) "Microsoft Revenge of Arcade"
usa PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.25, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"

OTHERS:
usa Arcade (1995) "Namco Classics Collection Vol.1"
usa Ms. Pac-Man TV Game (2004) : by Jakks Pacific
usa Ms. Pac-Man TV Game Wireless Version (2005): by Jakks Pacific.
usa Mobile Phones (mar.9, 2005)
usa Retro Arcade featuring Pac-Man (2008): by Jakks Pacific.
usa Arcade (2010) "Pac-Man's Arcade Party"
usa Apple iPhone/iPod (jan.26, 2012) "Namco Arcade [Model 465606050]"
usa Pac-Man Connect and Play (2012): by Bandai.
usa Arcade (2018) "Pac-Man's Pixel Bash"

SOURCES

Game's ROM.