Xevious

In Real Life

Report: Namco Mental Health Of Programmer Who Committed Suicide

8:30PM January 26, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Mr N fell in love with Namco’s space shooter Xevious. On his job application, Mr N wrote that from the moment he played Xevious as a junior high school student, he knew he wanted to make games. And he knew Namco was the company for him. More »


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The Four Video Games That Shaped Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima

12:30PM October 6, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series–which turns 25 next year–says he’s drawn influence from four video games above all others. They are four very different games, each “very important” he says. What are they? More »


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Nerd Gold For Your Shelves

8:00PM May 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

At the recent Treasure Festa figure event in Japan, collectibles were on show and for sale. Some were one-off, while others are upcoming production models. More »


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Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters

10:40AM November 5, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar — OK, far superior — recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. More »


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Namco Bandai Launches Namco Sounds On iTunes

4:00AM September 3, 2009 | Mike Fahey

The music of Pac-Man, SoulCalibur and Xevious are now waiting to be nestled gently within your iPod, courtesy of Namco Bandai’s newly-launched iTunes music label, Namco Sounds. More »


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Namco Museum Essentials Brings Namco Bandai Home

5:20AM June 18, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Namco Museum Essentials is coming to the PlayStation Network next month, bringing with it an updated version of arcade classic shooter Xevious and a Namco Bandai space in PlayStation Home. More »


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XEVIOUS Resurrected In PlayStation Home

9:00PM January 29, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Namco Bandai is ready to roll out NamcoMuseum.comm in PlayStation Home. Included in it is a new version of classic shooter XEVIOUS called XEVIOUS Resurrection.

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Five Games That Matter In Hideo Kojima’s Life

9:00PM July 4, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Five games that made an impact on the life of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima? According to the famed game designer:

Super Mario Bros.

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Xevious

Another World

Metal Gear Solid

This list comes from a Yomiuri Newspaper article called “All About Kojima Hideo” dated June 11th. We haven’t seen the full article (only that picture we found on a Yomiuri blog), and the English translation of Yomiuri article glosses over these five games and what they mean to him. From the pic we found, it certainly appears as though Kojima explained how they affected him.

Hide-and-seek with Hideo Kojima [Yoimuri]

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