Xevious
From Plastic Tub
Manufacturer: Atari Year: 1982 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame
Monitor: Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution CRT: Color 19-inch Matsushita
Conversion Class: unique Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls: Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Desiderata
Alexandre Dacusse won the International Xevious Competition in 1983, beating out a host of Brazilian and Japanese adolescents, despite a broken thumb.