Xenophobe

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Xenophobe is a 1987 action video game developed and published by Bally Midway for arcades. The game sees up to three players attempting to clear an area of as many aliens as possible under a time limit.

From Wikipedia's article Xenophobe (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

LynxPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
Option 1A
Option 2S
PauseEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

LynxPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
Option 1A
Option 2S
PauseEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

2.5 Could be better

Players 61 · 76 votes

No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.

Review scorecard

  1. Graphics 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  2. Sound 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  3. Control 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  4. Fun Factor 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback

Overall fallback: Players 61 · 76 votes. The same 61/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsaddictiveexcellentdetailedfunimpressivechallenging

What the critics said

  • Robert A. Jung review was published to IGN, in it he wrote that Xenophobe was "arguably more fun than its arcade inspiration."

    — IGN· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Xenophobe (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 5/10, 6/10, 7/10, 6/10 (other versions)
  • GamePro 1990 18/25 (other versions)
  • Computer and Video Games 79/100 (other versions)
  • Famitsu 1990 6/10, 7/10, 8/10, 7/10 (other versions)
  • Raze 94% (other versions)
  • IGN 1999 8/10 (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Full reviews

GamePro face key

  1. 1.0Wake me up when it's over0+ out of 100
  2. 1.5Wake me up when it's over+ thumbs-up40+ out of 100
  3. 2.0Could be better50+ out of 100
  4. 2.5Could be better+ thumbs-up60+ out of 100
  5. 3.0Good job68+ out of 100
  6. 3.5Good job+ thumbs-up75+ out of 100
  7. 4.0Great job!80+ out of 100
  8. 4.5Great job!+ thumbs-up85+ out of 100
  9. 5.0Outstanding!90+ out of 100

GamePro named the five whole-number faces; a thumbs-up adds half a point to the same caption. GamePro’s original rating-face design, adapted from Ryan Quintal’s 2018 vector recreation; cleanup for YouConsoles.

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