Xenon 2 ROM

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Xenon 2 is a 1989 shoot ’em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Image Works for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was ported to Game Boy in October 1992. The game is a sequel to Xenon and takes place a millennium after the previous title. The goal of the game is to destroy a series of bombs planted throughout history by the Xenites, the vengeful antagonists of the first game.

Xenon 2 is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up  in which the player takes on the role of a starship pilot who must destroy five bombs planted throughout history by the villainous Xenites.  The player controls the Megablaster, a small battlecraft that can move in multiple directions, is equipped with a raygun as an offensive measure, and is shielded from enemy attacks and collisions for a temporary period.  

The game is split into five scrolling levels ranging in theme from the Cambrian era to futuristic metallic spaceways. The levels are primarily inhabited by aggressive lifeforms that have been mutated by radiation emanating from the bombs planted at the end of each level. Attacks from these enemy characters will decrease the player’s shield.

If the shield is completely depleted, the ship will be destroyed by the next hit it sustains, and the player will lose a life.  Each level contains six “restart positions”, from which the ship will respawn at the most recent position passed if a life is lost. If all three lives are lost, the game ends prematurely. The shield can also sustain damage if the ship is trapped in a corner of the scenery and is crushed as the screen continues to scroll.