Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Xenophobe (Atari Lynx review)

Developer: Epyx
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Released: 1990

Xenophobe is an action game that was first released in the Arcade in 1987.

+ Supports 1-4 players via ComLynx, and in a perverse twist, one person can play as an evil Snotterpillar to hinder the others!

+ Huge list of playable characters, and the Festor enemies (that were absent from the Atari 7800 and NES ports) are included.

+ Space stations evoke a creepy atmosphere, and the game provides you with lots of weapon types to even the odds.

+ Makes good use of the console's additional buttons to enhance the gameplay via grenades and jetpacks.

+ Impressive graphics with highly-detailed rooms, and the between level cut-scenes have some excellent sprite scaling.

- Unfortunate amount of slowdown when enemies litter the screen, and items can often be obscured by the foreground.

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