Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

Exed Exes (c) 1985 Capcom Company, Limited.

Exed Exes is an arcade vertical shooter. It uses similar hardware to Capcom's 1942, but it is more of a spiritual successor to Capcom's earlier shooter Vulgus. It takes place in a science fiction alien hive where you must pilot your ship through many stages protected by insects, some as large as your craft, and some even larger.

What made Exed Exes stand apart from other shooters, besides the high resolution graphics for its time, and the detailed use of parallax scrolling to indicate depth, was the fact that it was one of the earliest vertical shooters to allow for two player simultaneous play. Rather than waiting for one player to take his turn, two players could enjoy the game at the same time, and even work cooperatively to get further along in the game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3 Mhz) Sound Chips: General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), (2x) SN76496 (@ 3 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

Exed Exes was released in February 1985.

This game is also known as "Savage Bees".

Roberto Picelli holds the official record for this game with 1,320,800 points.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Exed Exes. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Exed Exes is filed in our catalog as a 1985 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Capcom as developer.