Achieved at : 2023-11-11
Rank : 7
(76% worse)
Lups : 115
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2024-01-06
| General Rules: |
Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. If the ROM set is not mentioned, play the parent ROM. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, emulator save states or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues. In-game/internal autofire is only allowed if a game has it (enabled through hard or soft DIPs). External/MAME/cheat-based autofire is not allowed. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits You can use any emulator you want (Retropie, rain, neo geo, Coinops, Antstream, handhelds,...). If specific emulators or versions are restricted, it will be mentioned in the Specific rules. For Top 3 we encourage (but NOT mandatory) to provide: a) A full video with DIP Switches to be shown in the video (at the start or at the end of your performance). If DIP Switches are not available, Service Menu should be used instead (at the start of your performance). If no difficulty settings is available on your game, you still have to show either DIP switches or service mode showing this (if not mentioned in the specific rules). OR b) An INP file. Please state your MAME version in the comments. And add an URL where the voter can download your .inp. (We currently have no way to store those files on the server, but it is on the roadmap). For INPs: o We encourage to also show the DIPs during your video play. o Delete NVRAM before recording/viewing. Many arcade games that MAME emulates save some information (like high scores) in non-volatile ram (NVRAM), which by default MAME saves in the nvram subfolder. For some games (not all) the RNG is affected by NVRAM, so an .inp file recorded with non-empty nvram won't replay correctly on anyone else's system. o To record INP file, you require Wolfmame: You can download it here : https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases (or on MARP). o Record one run gameplay when using INP. |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings |
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Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter - probably the game that most inspired the genre in the years to come. It was released to arcades by Namco in 1982.
At the time of release, it was notable for the detailed landscape you fly over - most contemporary games used the black background of space for all or at least part of their background. The landscape features trees, rivers and lakes and is peppered with enemy buildings, weapon sites and ground vehicles. One of the most notable ground backgrounds features outlines reminiscent of the Nazca lines of Peru. Flying opponents also appear, usually in waves. Your craft has two weapons - a zapper for taking out airborne craft and a bomb function which can be aimed with a fixed sight that is placed just ahead of your ship.
After making your way through various landscapes and attack waves, the Andor Genesis mothership appears. I really struggled to defeat this boss, only managing it occasionally and resulting in my relatively low scores. I found it very difficult to get the required bomb hits in without being destroyed, no matter how often I tried.
There are also a few secrets hidden throughout the map, and finding these Easter Eggs is a reward for experienced players. I need to go back and play this again once I've found the locations of all the Sol towers.
This run is one where I actually defeated the level boss - only to be destroyed straight away and be sent back to before I had destroyed it! It was made on the 11th November 2023 using the Antstream online emulation service. The final score was 38,860 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Game loaded in Antstream.
00:37 Game start.
02:32 First life lost.
03:43 Bonus life for reaching 20,000 points.
04:42 Second life lost.
05:25 End of level boss.
05:31 Boss destroyed - a rare achievement for me!
05:34 Third life lost - now I have to go back and face the boss again!
06:17 End of level boss.
06:18 Fourth life lost. Game Over! Final score 38,860 points.
06:22 Initials entry and high score table.
At the time of release, it was notable for the detailed landscape you fly over - most contemporary games used the black background of space for all or at least part of their background. The landscape features trees, rivers and lakes and is peppered with enemy buildings, weapon sites and ground vehicles. One of the most notable ground backgrounds features outlines reminiscent of the Nazca lines of Peru. Flying opponents also appear, usually in waves. Your craft has two weapons - a zapper for taking out airborne craft and a bomb function which can be aimed with a fixed sight that is placed just ahead of your ship.
After making your way through various landscapes and attack waves, the Andor Genesis mothership appears. I really struggled to defeat this boss, only managing it occasionally and resulting in my relatively low scores. I found it very difficult to get the required bomb hits in without being destroyed, no matter how often I tried.
There are also a few secrets hidden throughout the map, and finding these Easter Eggs is a reward for experienced players. I need to go back and play this again once I've found the locations of all the Sol towers.
This run is one where I actually defeated the level boss - only to be destroyed straight away and be sent back to before I had destroyed it! It was made on the 11th November 2023 using the Antstream online emulation service. The final score was 38,860 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Game loaded in Antstream.
00:37 Game start.
02:32 First life lost.
03:43 Bonus life for reaching 20,000 points.
04:42 Second life lost.
05:25 End of level boss.
05:31 Boss destroyed - a rare achievement for me!
05:34 Third life lost - now I have to go back and face the boss again!
06:17 End of level boss.
06:18 Fourth life lost. Game Over! Final score 38,860 points.
06:22 Initials entry and high score table.