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Xevious is a franchise of shoot 'em up video games published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Xevious, the first title in the franchise, was released for arcades in January 1983 in Japan and a month later in North America by Atari. It was created by Masanobu Endō, who also designed The Tower of Druaga. The game received multiple sequels, spin-offs, and re-imaginings, the most recent being Xevious Resurrection in 2009. Xevious games have been ported to many platforms and compiled into several Namco compilations. The franchise contains twelve games – seven mainline entries and five spin-offs – soundtrack albums, pachinko machines, and an animated feature film. Gameplay in the series consists of controlling a spaceship named the Solvalou throughout a series of levels, shooting at enemies and avoiding their projectiles. Xevious is credited as among the the first vertical-scrolling shooters and the first video games to implement bosses and pre-rendered visuals. (Full list...)