Xexex
| Xexex | |
|---|---|
Japanese arcade flyer | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Director | Toshiaki Takatori |
| Programmers | Tatsuo Fujii Tetsuya Wada |
| Artists | Chiyoko Hanano Kuniaki Kakuwa M. Machiguchi |
| Composers | Hidenori Maezawa Motoaki Furukawa Satoko Miyawaki Ayako Nishigaki |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre | Scrolling shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Xexex, released as Orius in North America, is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in Japan in October 1991 and the same year internationally. It draws on Irem's R-Type and Konami's other shoot 'em up Gradius, while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up X Multiply. In the game, players take control of the Flintlock space fighter (which is armed with the mysterious alien life form "Flint") in a mission to rescue Princess Irene La Tias of Planet E-Square, who has been captured by the evil galactic warlord Klaus Pachelbel.
It did not see a home port until 2007, when it was included in the compilation Salamander Portable, released only in Japan for the PlayStation Portable. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in December 2021.