Exzisus (Japan, dedicated) - Gioco MAME

Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Exzisus © 1987 Taito.

The player must use an 8-way joystick to take control of a space astronaut named Exzisus with two buttons to make him fire shots at and drop missiles on enemies, and launch his bird and dog-like robots at them. There are also several different powerups that he can collect to aid him in his mission:
L (Laser Light Blaster)
D (Disruption or Destruction depending upon the palette)
M (Missile)
F (Full Automatic)
A (Aerodynamic Power)
O (Option)
and, in some versions of the title, B (Barrier). When hit, Exzisus returns back to his regular humanoid form.

• TECHNICAL -

Game ID: B23

Main CPU: (4x) Z80
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151

Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2

It was also released as a conversion kit; "Exzisus [Conversion Kit]".

• TRIVIA -

Exzisus was released in August 1987 in Japan.

Export release: "Exzisus [Export]" (Licensed to Tad)

The design of the player spaceship is from Taito's famous shoot-em up, "Darius".

STAFF
PROGRAMMER: T.YOSHIKAWA, T.MURATA

• PORTS -
• CONSOLES:

[EU] Microsoft XBOX (Oct. 14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[EU] Sony PS2 (Oct. 14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (Oct. 25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] Sony PS2 (Oct. 25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[KO] Sony PlayStation 2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (Jan. 25, 2007) "Taito Memories II Joukan [Model SLPM-66649]"

• COMPUTERS:

[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (Oct. 14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (Nov. 10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

• CONTRIBUTE -

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