Xenon 2: Megablast
1989 · Vertical Shooter · Amiga / Atari ST
Overview
Xenon 2: Megablast (1989) is the Bitmap Brothers' vertical shooter, named after and scored to Bomb the Bass's "Megablast", with a shop the player can visit twice per level.
Deep Dive
Across five levels the player destroys five bombs planted by the Xenites. Twice per level the player can visit Crispin's Swop Shop to trade cash.
Developer Story
Mike Montgomery, Steve Kelly and Eric Matthews designed it, with programming by The Assembly Line and graphics by Mark Coleman. Image Works released it for the Amiga and Atari ST in September 1989. Computer and Video Games gave the Amiga version 96%, and ST Format named it the best shoot 'em up of 1990.
Did You Know?
- David Whittaker arranged Bomb the Bass's "Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)" as the main theme.
- An Atari Jaguar version came out in 2016.
Sources & further reading
- Xenon 2: Megablast — Wikipedia
