| Matt Bailey wrote ... | 2006-03-13 03:55:12 |
| Good graphics & gameplay for an early shooter but annoyingly hard. The Xenon II was a much improved game. |
| Luis Luna L wrote ... | 2004-08-06 06:17:12 |
| I really liked this shot em up game, the graphics, the sound and the challenge, the only bad thing with xenon and xenon II is that aren't simultaneously multiplayer. But I still have good memories playing them |
| wIZBURF wrote ... | 2004-08-03 10:05:22 |
| Thumbs up for the tune.
That game started my ST fever when I came to visit a friend and so the demo running on his ST screen ! From that moment I couldn't wait to have my own computer that had to be a ST !!!
Wasn't so difficult, especially when you discovered that there was no big difference between bosses.
Loved the drones !! I just couldn't stand to finish a level without destroying every single alien air or ground based !! |
| Andy Bailey wrote ... | 2004-05-07 08:04:46 |
| I never enjoyed this one as much as the sequel. I got really frustrated by the fact that waggling the joystick would morph your ship, and this sometimes meant that just as you were dodging a wave of bullets, you'd suddenly change shape and be stuck on the ground. |
| ToYotis wrote ... | 2003-11-22 15:25:25 |
| You can download the game from Automation disk 28(ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/atari/games/Automation/A_028.ST).
You can see Power Pack instructions from http://www.geocities.com/yotisrx7/PowerPack.html#Xenon. |
| kametyken wrote ... | 2003-06-29 06:00:08 |
| If you like this game check www.gods-country.de for more infos about Xenon and all other Classics made by The Bitmap Brothers. |
| Jurna wrote ... | 2003-04-14 10:23:21 |
| graphics: 8, sounds: 8, playability: 9, idea: 8, nostalgy level: 8 |
| David Vaughan wrote ... | 2002-11-11 06:51:42 |
| Xenon can be found on Automation compact disk 28, Medway Boys compact disk 34, Lemmings compact disk 21 and Zuul compact disk 36. |
| Karadoc wrote ... | 2002-09-06 18:31:33 |
| NinjaDude, is that right? I never knew. But I've always thought Xenon 1 was the better game. And what a great game it is! |
| NinjaDude wrote ... | 2002-07-18 09:13:02 |
| A very, very good game. Took me ages to beat level 4 - good graphics and sound. Xenon 2 wasn't even programmed by the Bitmaps (they contracted it out) and I was a little disappointed with it. |
| Lars Lindblad wrote ... | 2002-06-15 07:09:58 |
| Ah! This really makes me remember the old days... me and my friend Fredrik, playing this game until we broke our joysticks. We really liked shoot'em-ups a lot, and this one was one of the better.
Many hours has been spent in front of my Atari playing this game. And still I sometimes spend some hours once in a while playing this great game.
The sequel Xenon 2 was a very good game too, but this... this is the original Xenon!
/ Lars |
| David Vaughan wrote ... | 2002-04-04 19:47:07 |
| I remember playing Xenon a lot back when I was six in 1989. I always did so good on the first level but when I got to the second level, I always failed early. Since I had practice on the second level, I did better on it and I was finally able to get to the third level. I never was able to get to the third level when I was six because the second level was too hard for me. It's also neat how you can change from a tank to an aircraft. Another great shoot-em-up game I also played besides Xenon was R-Type. Xenon was one of my brother's favorite shoot-em-up games. Whenever he plays Xenon, it brings him back a lot of memories of when he used to play on the Atari ST computer all the time like me. |
| MrWrobel wrote ... | 2002-03-10 05:36:43 |
| Bitmap Bros were giants! I've played Xenon also on... ZX Spectrum and this wersion was superb! But when I bought ST, I've palyed Xenon and Xenon II (and both games makes me so happy!) and I remember I've said: these two are the best games on the Earth - there is impossible to make better shot'em'up games! I was wrong (have You all seen Einhander or R-Type Delta on Playstation?) but I still think that both Xenons were GIGAgames with lot of gameplay and great muzax and gfx! Greetings to all Xenon players!! :) |
| Feige wrote ... | 2002-02-27 06:43:42 |
| Ok, alright I have now checked this and DooMed was right, there are 4 sectors, but each sector contains 2 levels. There still is enough to be blasted away :-) |
| Feige wrote ... | 2002-02-13 11:07:07 |
| Yes the game is great, but I can't understand all that critics about it being too hard and ending after sector 4. To be honest, I don't remember how many levels there are but it's surely more than 4. I easily pass it everytime I play it nowadays and that means something as I'm not a very good shooter-player. After all: music (D.Whittaker), grafix and gameplay: very good! |
| DooMed Space Marine wrote ... | 2002-01-28 13:46:15 |
| Xenon rocked. Need I say more?
Too bad it was so short - after the last level (4) the game started over... |
| Telsar Ice wrote ... | 2001-12-14 09:41:28 |
| this game takes me back to being 7 years old, omg i'm gonna feint! i got to the end nearly :) wonder what i can do now lol! |
| Jay Harris wrote ... | 2001-11-13 13:06:46 |
| The first time i heard vector one i was blown away!!! |
| Ant wrote ... | 2001-11-06 16:44:04 |
| Very true it was fucking imposible. i only got it because on Xenon 2, still, nice to see it all again. |
| Maarten (ST Graveyard) wrote ... | 2001-11-05 04:45:08 |
| One of my first experiences in the shoot 'em up genre! A really fun game...Although I never managed to get any further then the second level :) It really is one of the most difficult games ever! |
| Matthias Arndt wrote ... | 2001-11-04 15:19:13 |
| One of my all-time favourites. Smooth and cool game play. The idea of changing between plane and tank is superb - and the sound track is a steady in my ear. I'll never forget that one. |
| Richard Davey wrote ... | 2001-11-02 00:25:55 |
| I remember first seeing this game reviewed in C&VG and was blown away by the graphics! How gorgeous did all that metallic shine look back then? Shame the game was so damn difficult! |
