The Solvalou has two weapons, an air zapper that destroys air-based enemies and a blaster bomb that destroys ground-based enemies. Gameplay in the series consists of controlling a spaceship named the Solvalou throughout a series of levels, shooting at enemies and avoiding their projectiles. The franchise contains twelve games-seven mainline entries and five spin-offs- soundtrack albums, pachinko machines, and an animated feature film produced by Groove Corporation. Xevious games have been ported to many platforms and compiled into several Namco compilations. The game has received many sequels, spin-offs, and re-imaginings, the most recent being Xevious Resurrection in 2009. It was created by Masanobu Endō, who also designed The Tower of Druaga. Xevious, the first title in the franchise, was released for arcades in January 1983 in Japan and a month later in North America by Atari, Inc. Xevious is a franchise of shoot 'em up video games published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Arcade, Family Computer, Apple II, PC-88, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari 7800, Sharp X1, X68000, NES, MSX2, Famicom Disk System, PC Engine, PlayStation, Mobile phone, Windows, Sharp Zaurus, Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, iOS.
