Xevious ?-??-83

 

This version is closer to the final, but still has some hold overs from the earlier version such as wide shots and small mirrors.  This is the most common version that is available on the internet as it was the first version to be dumped.  This version has the famous crashing bug.

 

Prototype Differences

Title screen says "Namco 1984" instead of "Namco 1982"
Your ship is shaped differently
Your ship is a slightly lighter blue
The shots are wide and glowing
The mirror enemy is smaller
The color cycling on the screen saver is broken.  The colors flicker and flash rather than cycle.
The game will crash after reaching the second Nazca bird glyph

 

Namco 1984?  Try again guys!

 

Still have those wide shots

 

Sometimes it's hard to see the enemies on the grainy background

 

Teeny little mirrors...

 

Maybe the algae makes it green?

 

Andor Genesis dead ahead!

 

 

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