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
Controls:
Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)

Computer and Arcade Games

Desiderata

Alexandre Dacusse won the International Xevious Competition in 1983, beating out a host of Brazilian and Japanese adolescents, despite a broken thumb.