Boss list: 00:00 Intro 01:09 01 Planet Zuvgear Boss 02:54 02 Flying Baloons 04:57 03 Dragon 06:29 04 The Heart 07:35 05 Defense System 08:57 06 Two Satellites 11:17 Final Boss - Klaus 13:33 Ending
Fun fact: This game is the namesake for the Yugioh card "King of Destruction Xexex", and the fighter you play as and its powerups are the origin for the cards "Flint Lock", "Flint", and "Flint Missile"
@@JohnDoe-fi9li Nope, all the shmup inspired cards are explicitly taken from Konami properties, back when Konami made games. There's a bunch of things like that all throughout Yugioh.
@@shakisyaboi991 They make maybe a game a year if that. It's not important for them, they make Pachinko machines and mobage trash. And the games that are games invariably suck and miss the point of their franchises, see the Contra game where your weapons overheated if you held down the trigger..
XEXEX is essentially Konami 'borrowing' ideas from Irem's R-Type series, mimicing it's force and charge system. Though years later, Irem 'borrowed' back by adding the player craft Mad Forest, which mimics the XEXEX fighter's arsenal, into the R-Type Final roster.
@@WaywardRobot That's not true. You might be thinking about Treasure, which was founded by ex Konami staffs. Irem is one of those really old game companies. It was founded a decade before Capcom, by the same person who would later create Capcom.
Well not only that it also borrows the tentacle mechanic from Irem’s X-Multiply and pretty much fuses both R-Type’s and X-Multiply’s mechanics into one with a flavor of some Gradius Stage design? I could be wrong on that last part
Aaawwww.....XEXEX! Loved playing that game on the GBA Gradius compilation. That Scene 3 Dragon Boss was epic! And I just love the charged tentacle attack.
Also, why does it always feel like dragons in older video games are complete pushovers? Then again, it doesn't even look like the dragon was the bad guy. It looks like he just wanted you to destroy whatever was on his head, since it look like he flew off once you destroyed it instead of being killed. That's actually kind of Awesome Peoria.
I liked it when the loops would have a twist. I remember a game where you were sent back in time but had to redo a few stages but a couple of the bosses had different patterns or were completely different because apparently you were actually helping clear the way for your other self or something i forget how it worked exactly.
The main villain is so cringy. Like "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" level cringy. & what's with the ending credits animation? I do love the 'lightning tentacles' power attack, though.
Japan Version Xexex Has Six Power Up Like Shadow Laser,Round Laser,Homing Laser,Search Laser,Ground Laser And Spiral Laser But Missile Not On Japan Version Xexex
@@gunma747jyup there’s 3 roms of Xexex Xexex (Japan) the original mechanics that is well designed for me Xexex (World) altered stuff that made the game just dumb to play Orius (NA) the same as world but a different name
![1991 [60fps] Xexex ALL](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z7u8Nnp_l8U/mqdefault.jpg)
![Arcade Longplay [003] Xexex (World version)](/img/n.gif)
Boss list:
00:00 Intro
01:09 01 Planet Zuvgear Boss
02:54 02 Flying Baloons
04:57 03 Dragon
06:29 04 The Heart
07:35 05 Defense System
08:57 06 Two Satellites
11:17 Final Boss - Klaus
13:33 Ending
Shadowserg Klaus ?
5:04 yay dragon!!! 👁️❤️🐲
molecular second boss
Fun fact: This game is the namesake for the Yugioh card "King of Destruction Xexex", and the fighter you play as and its powerups are the origin for the cards "Flint Lock", "Flint", and "Flint Missile"
Ah! Nice to know. I had a few of those to go with my Vic Vipers a good while back. Though they were just like generic shmup inspired cards.
@@JohnDoe-fi9li Nope, all the shmup inspired cards are explicitly taken from Konami properties, back when Konami made games. There's a bunch of things like that all throughout Yugioh.
@@Omnicrom Konami doesn't make games anymore?
@@shakisyaboi991 They make maybe a game a year if that. It's not important for them, they make Pachinko machines and mobage trash. And the games that are games invariably suck and miss the point of their franchises, see the Contra game where your weapons overheated if you held down the trigger..
@@Omnicrom lol they just took a core element away from Contra with that one
XEXEX is essentially Konami 'borrowing' ideas from Irem's R-Type series, mimicing it's force and charge system.
Though years later, Irem 'borrowed' back by adding the player craft Mad Forest, which mimics the XEXEX fighter's arsenal, into the R-Type Final roster.
Funny, because IIRC, Irem was created by ex-Konami staff.
@@WaywardRobot That's not true. You might be thinking about Treasure, which was founded by ex Konami staffs. Irem is one of those really old game companies. It was founded a decade before Capcom, by the same person who would later create Capcom.
Speaking about that, Claw claw ship kinda looks like Xexex' final boss 2nd form..
Well not only that it also borrows the tentacle mechanic from Irem’s X-Multiply and pretty much fuses both R-Type’s and X-Multiply’s mechanics into one with a flavor of some Gradius Stage design? I could be wrong on that last part
I love the designs for a lot of these bosses, but I especially like the dragon. Good thumbnail choice, that would be a cool boss to have on a shirt
Such simple music for the prologue, and yet so effective.
0:00 lntro
1:09 Planet Zuvgear Boss
2:54 Flying Baloons
4:57 Dragon
6:29 The Heart
7:35 Defense System
8:57 Two Satellites
11:17 klaus (Final Boss)
13:33 Ending
Gotta love the little caricatures of the Staff in the ending sequence
Interesting game - great bosses. I thought that villain had a tiny pet version of a Chicken leg from Golden axe!.
Nice Video, your skills is awesome :D
always really wonder if you would ever play this game! But you are!!
ヒロインの声を担当したのは島本須美さんです
I hope whoever had the idea to make the intro text disappear and reappear was fired for that.
@Oh Yes Yes it was just a joke.
This game in mind blowing for 1991. Very challenging even if not in the same vien as Gradius III challenging.
Looks like a great shmup.Well done , great gameplay.
Intro
Planet Zuvgear Boss
Flying Baloons
Dragon
The Heart
Defense System
Two Satellites
Klaus (Final Boss)
Good End
Don't know why....but the look of second boss makes me feel uncomfortable...
Trypophobia
the whole stage makes me unomfortable
You should check out the 4th boss.
The game is trying to tell us that caviar is an evil alien intelligence bent on kidnapping 80s era anime princesses.
Anime Plot Twist at the game's end :O
the 2nd boss looks like a bunch of atoms
Aaawwww.....XEXEX! Loved playing that game on the GBA Gradius compilation. That Scene 3 Dragon Boss was epic! And I just love the charged tentacle attack.
ahhhhh gradius collection is for psp,not gba
@@gunma747j Whoops.....that's what I meant. My bad.
@@gunma747jthat’s wrong as well Xexex was on the Salamander Portable collection
@@morrowlterraslove oh right,thx
wow, how do I not know this game! looks brilliant
Xexex really needs to come to Arcade Archives on Nintendo Switch.
Wish granted.
This game has some...
Deep Lore...
Also, why does it always feel like dragons in older video games are complete pushovers? Then again, it doesn't even look like the dragon was the bad guy. It looks like he just wanted you to destroy whatever was on his head, since it look like he flew off once you destroyed it instead of being killed. That's actually kind of Awesome Peoria.
very cool!
There was an urgement note taped to someone's monitor saying "Word missing from first paragraph. DON'T FORGET!!!"
Great presentation!
Music actually sounds better lower pitched.
Can you do Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist of the Roses?
Why does almost every Japanese SHMUP has to have a grotesque eldritch abomination as a final boss?!
Bro, were you paying attention? This whole game was pretty much grotesque eldritch abominations.
Ah, Xexex. Also known as Konami R-Type.
Not to mention that you have to beat all the bosses again.... Come on!
Well yeah it's called a loop! A lot of arcade games have this including gradius!
@@psifox5102 And Gunbird 1 & 2
I liked it when the loops would have a twist. I remember a game where you were sent back in time but had to redo a few stages but a couple of the bosses had different patterns or were completely different because apparently you were actually helping clear the way for your other self or something i forget how it worked exactly.
@@omegadragoon1544 yeah that too but for that game and almost feels impossible to do Loop 2
@@psifox5102 sometimes when you get to loop 2, you'll see new bosses in some games
7:30 "They will regret being in here."
8:06 Hey, it's Doh from Arkanoid!
This game is so 80s anime Daft Punk should remix the soundtrack.
Ever played through Abadox on the NES? That game was stupid hard, but awesome
The main villain is so cringy. Like "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" level cringy. & what's with the ending credits animation? I do love the 'lightning tentacles' power attack, though.
Shadowserg, i love rebecca feom the japanese version of dynamite headdy now ☺️
So the eldritch squid satellite we were carrying was a fairy the whole time... ok then.
Isn't that *always* the way? I think the game creator came up with the entire concept after a round of bad sturgeon roe.
Japan Version Xexex Has Six Power Up Like Shadow Laser,Round Laser,Homing Laser,Search Laser,Ground Laser And Spiral Laser But Missile Not On Japan Version Xexex
First 32 Bit Game.
8:57
The twins are awoke
I really want to see you play Raiden (雷電).
good game..just completed it for the first time on mame but it was really hard...i died 35 times
How do you even pronounce "Xexex?" 😲
"Zex-Zex"
@@LamestLameOK Thank you. I wonder why space shooters always have these weirdo names?
@@LamestLameOK zen-x is my favorite avs artist from uk, because i play x-multiply
I want this on Switch.
It’s coming out this week on Arcade Archives.
There are way to many lipstick in the cutscenes
Хехех бой
Ya should try a run of the superior Japanese version of this game
15:00
Xexex...Looks like it's laughing in Russian.
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wait....this is us version,not the better japanese version that have laser power ups
Neither. It's the European version. The U.S. version was titled "Orius".
@@jonespianist3189 woah wait wat
@@gunma747jyup there’s 3 roms of Xexex
Xexex (Japan) the original mechanics that is well designed for me
Xexex (World) altered stuff that made the game just dumb to play
Orius (NA) the same as world but a different name
Хехех
смешно
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First uwu
Nice Video!
No homo
The World/Asian/US version of this game is awful compared to the JP version.
Ohh come on why can I be first