Xenon 2: Megablast

Arcade Game: Shoot-em-upEnglishZX-Spectrum 128K
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ID37951
TitleXenon 2: Megablast
MachineZX-Spectrum 128K
LanguageEnglish
GenreArcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max Players1
Available TypeN
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
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Running screen/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0037951/0037951-run-1.scr6,9129328d7429da9b0f9de4d8120b3809dc5
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Running screen/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0037951/0037951-run-2.scr6,9121abb0677ec32dfff8446fb53c087a838
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Running screen/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0037951/0037951-run-3.scr6,9127b3106fc1958a3c5cbc3d04936329d2c
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Snapshot image/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0037951/Xenon2-MegablastDemo.sna.zip7,93574789225640d59a33aa5fbd3a9546a9b
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Snapshot image/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0037951/Xenon2-MegablastDemo2.sna.zip9,73347dd8317d1dd9702af13738871d1be3f
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EnglishZX-Spectrum 128Krel #0
Parallax version
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standaloneXenon 2: MegablastDavid Spicer-1991
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RemarksDavid recalls: "Back in 1991, I put together a tech demo for a possible conversion of Xenon 2 to the ZX Spectrum. The demo ran at 25 fps, with full-screen scrolling. Background graphics were fairly minimal, enough to give a sense of the game and show the scroll code working. Jason Brashill provided some nicely-detailed ship, weapon and mothership sprites, adding a bit of extra polish to the presentation. Sadly, Mirrorsoft were not interested in moving forward with 8-bit versions of the game. The demo was later updated to add the parallax scrolling seen in the 16-bit versions of the game. This one was a little slower and arguably looks a bit messy. I planned to send both versions to Your Sinclair magazine in an effort to publicize the project and possibly drum up enough interest for Mirrorsoft to have a change of heart. Ultimately this never happened and the project was shelved."
Remarkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da4JJt_4m-k
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Games That Weren'tenhttps://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2021/08/xenon-2/
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