Xenon 1988 Arcadia Systems
1988
Xenon (c) 1988 Arcadia Systems.
A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up from well-known Commodore Amiga coders, the 'Bitmap Brothers'. Xenon's distinguishing gameplay feature is that the player's craft could be switched between being a land-based tank and an airborn spaceship at the touch of a button.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Arcadia System hardware
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 671 x 216 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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Xenon was originally called 'KellyX' during the development.
This is the first Bitmap Brothers game, a team of programmers which made some of the greatest amiga titles ever.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Xenon (1988)
2. Xenon II (1989, Commodore Amiga)
3. Xenon 2000 - Project PCF (2002, PC [MS Windows])
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Computers :
Amstrad CPC (1988)
Atari ST (1988)
Commodore Amiga (1988)
PC (1988)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
Commodore 64 (1989)
MSX (1989)
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.