Xevious (NES)

Xevious
Developer(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	NES JP November 8, 1984 NA September, 1988 EU October 25, 1989 Virtual Console EU/AUS January 12, 2007 NA January 15, 2007 JP December 12, 2006 KO July 29. 2008
Genre(s)	Shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FASE01, FASJ01, FASP01, FAST01
See also...	Arcade Version Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Control your Solvalou ship and destroy the Xevious forces! Use zapper missiles against air-based enemies and blaster bombs against ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points!

Unique enemies, interesting BGM, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden gameplay features differentiated Xevious™ from other shooting games released at the time. Xevious™ was released on the NES in 1989 and became an instant classic.

"In a 2-player game, players take turns to control their Solvalou ships. Change players when a ship is lost. 2 controllers are required for a 2-player game."

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Problems

This title does not have any additional game-specific problems.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Xevious since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester