X Multiply
Is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Irem for arcades. It was released in Japan in September 1989 and North America in March 1990.
X Multiply
- Date
- 1989
- Genre
- shoot 'em up · science fiction video game
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Is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Irem for arcades. It was released in Japan in September 1989 and North America in March 1990.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — X Multiply • Developer — Irem • Publisher — Irem • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Arcade
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game itself is a side-scroller like R-Type, albeit with a short vertical-scrolling area towards the end of the sixth level. Instead of the Force pod, however, the main power-up apparatus takes the form of two flexible tentacles. The tentacles are invulnerable to all enemy attacks, and can be positioned with careful maneuvering of the X-002.
Plot
Plot
The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249—the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures that invade, infect, and kill the colonists. Scientists have deployed the microscopic fighter X-002 into the body of a person who has been invaded by the alien queen.
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X Multiply is associated with Japan.
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Reception
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed X Multiply on their November 1, 1989 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade game of the year.
Legacy
Legacy
An emulated version was released with Image Fight on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1998. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2019.
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- 1.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 14. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 2.『アーケードアーカイブス Xマルチプライ』が8月8日より配信開始。体内にいる極小エイリアンを殲滅していくシューティングゲーム ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com. ファミ通.com. 2019-08-07.
- 3.Amusement Press. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 367. 29. 1 November 1989.
- 4.Craddock, Ryan. Nintendo Download: 15th August (North America). Nintendo Life. 2019-08-08.
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X Multiply is associated with Japan. Classed in the genre science fiction video game. Classed in the genre shoot 'em up. Recorded as video game. Developed by Irem. Issued for arcade video game.
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