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.