Xevios is a vertical-scrolling shooter published by Watson Corp. in 1983. It is a bootleg of Namco's arcade game Xevious, featuring identical gameplay and graphics. Two versions of the game exist - one of which has a copyright of "1980 WATSON CORP",[1] and the other having a date of 1983, the same year Xevious was released in Japan.[1] The game was shown in early issues of Namco's official press literature Namco Community Magazine NG that warned players of bootleg copies of Namco games, with Xevios being listed.[2]
An easter egg in the game is presented at the start of the game - bombing a certain area of the trees reveals a message stating "DEAD COPY production/copy under NAMCO program", indicating the title was a bootleg. This feature would be replicated in Namco Museum DS, being a selectable feature in the options menu for Xevious.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10504
- ↑ Namco Community Magazine NG issue 1 (1983)
- ↑ https://tcrf.net/Xevious_(Arcade)