Xenon

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, Demo, 2 (alt.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Kelly, Steve

Graphic Artist(s)

Montgomery, Mike, Coleman, Mark

Game design

Kelly, Steve

Musician(s)

Whittaker, David

Sound FX

Whittaker, David

Year

1988

Publisher

Arcadia Software

Distributor

Virgin Mastertronic

Developer

Bitmap Brothers

Licensed from

-

Country

USA

Software

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.7/10 · Votes: 92 · Downloads: 3,971 · Hits: 8,337

Screenshots (15)

Article (3)

Bitmap Brothers interview

Tips (1)

Trivia (4)

Origins

Working title for the game was Kelly X

Sound

If you locate the file SPEECH.DAT from the game disk, copy it to another disk, and change the suffix to PRG or TOS, you can launch the program and press keys from Q - T to play different speech samples from the game.

Awards

Microcomputer Industry Awards: Best Sound 1988

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 2 (5/1988)
Months on charts: 4 between 5/1988 - 8/1988

Book / Magazine Reviews (2)

ST Action · May, 1988 · Rating: 85 %

ST Format · April, 1991 · Rating: 70%

Comments (3)

• Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 3 Jul 2022

  Today I take on a classic Bitmap Brothers shoot 'em up... or the first level of it, anyway, because it's a lot harder than I remember! Let's Play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeeqaIxe_oA

• IntoTheVerticalBlank — 1 Jul 2022

  The first and best of the Xenon series. Quite possibly the best Atari ST game of this type.

• Simon Sunnyboy / Paradize — 1 Nov 2009

  One of my alltime favourite shooters! It's smooth, playable, has a superb soundtrack and the certain something! A classic on ST!