Thexder
| Thexder | |
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Cover for the DOS version
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| Developer(s) |
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| Publisher(s) |
Game Arts
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| Designer(s) | Hibiki Godai, Satoshi Uesaka |
| Composer(s) | Hibiki Godai |
| Platform(s) |
NEC PC-8801
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| Release date(s) |
April 1985
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| Genre(s) | Run-and-gun shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Thexder (テグザー Teguzā?) is an arcade-style run-and-gun shooter action game from Game Arts, originally released as a PC game for the NEC PC-8001 in 1985 and subsequently ported to a number of other personal computer platforms throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the Nintendo Entertainment System.
In Thexder, the player controls a fighter robot that is able to transform into a jet.
Originally released in 1985 for the NEC PC-8801 platform in Japan, Game Arts licensed Thexder to Square in order to develop a conversion for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game console. In 1987, Game Arts also developed a Thexder conversion for the MSX platform. The game was licensed to Sierra Entertainment for release in the United States. In 1987, Sierra ported the game to multiple platforms, including the IBM PC, 128K Tandy Color Computer 3, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Apple Macintosh, and Tandy 1000 computer and became the company's best-selling title of 1987. In 1988, Activision released the game in Europe on the Commodore Amiga. By 1990, the game had sold over one million copies worldwide.
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