Xevious (ARC)

Xevious

Platform: ARC Year: 1982 Developer: Namco

Xevious is a vertical-shooting game developed by Namco designed by Masanobu Endoh. When it came to the USA, Atari published the game. In Brazil, the arcade cabinet says the game is called Columbia, but the game itself is called Xevious. The game also uses the same hardware as Galaga, another game Namco developed. You play as a ship called Solvalou and your mission is to destroy a bunch of alien ships and make it to the evil fortress which you must destroy. Despite its simplistic game play, the game was really successful and not only was ported to almost every console and computer at the time, but also spawned a slough of remakes and sequels.

Screenshots

The title screen.

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Music

There's not a whole lot to offer in the audio department. There's only four songs, though there are two different name entry songs that play depending on your ranking, which was unique for its time.

Since this is an early arcade game when credits weren't common, this game lacks them. We have received verification from Fukashi Ohmorita and Yuriko Keino herself that she is the composer, as this was her first game at Namco.

The names of the songs come from the Xevious (Game Sound Effect) Original Soundtrack. The album also contains recordings of the game's sound effects.

The music will not loop unless it's in-game, and in-game the sound effects get in the way of the music.

Recording

There are issues with the timing of this recording.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Start Music	Yuriko Keino	Unknown	Unknown	0:06		Download
02	In-Game Music	Yuriko Keino	Unknown	Unknown	0:03		Download
03	Extend Sound	Yuriko Keino	Unknown	Unknown	0:01		Download
04	Name Entry (1st)	Yuriko Keino	Unknown	Unknown	0:05		Download
05	Name Entry (2nd-5th)	Yuriko Keino	Unknown	Unknown	0:06		Download

Credits

• Ripper: N/A
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Yuriko Keino
  • Not Credited Programmer: Unknown

(Verification from composer; game lacks credits)

Albums

Xevious (Game Sound Effect) Original Soundtrack 2023-09-12

Game Rip

Format	Download
	N/A

The music has yet to be ripped. The current recording was made while playing the game.

Audio Devices

Xevious uses a Namco WSG clocked at 96 kHz for audio.

Releases

Japan Title: ゼビウス (Xevious) Platform: Arcade Released: 1982-??-?? Publisher: Namco, Ltd.     USA Title: Xevious Platform: Arcade Released: 1982-??-?? Publisher: Atari Games Corporation

Links

• mobygames.com/game/11460/xevious - MobyGames.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xevious - Wikipedia.