Marketed on an arcade machine in 1983, Xevious revolutionized the still fledgling genre of shoot'em up. Evocative graphics, variety of sprites, end-of-level bosses... The new "challenger" displays its ambition and stands out in particular for the presence of vertical scrolling. But it is above all his original management of enemy patterns – and their artificial intelligence – that will definitely make him enter the pantheon. Masanobu Endô, its author, tells us about the fascinating epic of its creation.

The American programmer David Crane (Pitfall, A Boy and his Blob), and the Japanese game developers Game Center CX, also answered our questions, returning to their atypical professional careers.

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Find in the summary of Pix'n Love #04:

Retro Generation

J'm Destroy: the journalist who destroyed our brains... (interview)

Retro News

LCD Area

Game Center CX: the Famicom generation takes over! (Interview Indies 0)

Retrovisual

Arcade

Xevious (Masanobu Endo interview)

dungeonmagic

Burger Time

Tap

120%

Microphone

VG5000: the shooting star of Philips

Citadel (interview Pierre Faure)

Lode Runner

Aliens

The Incredible Machine

Platoon

Console

Streets of Rage - Part.2

David Crane (interview)

The Gold Cartridges: when consoles rush to gold...

soldam

Super Spike V'Ball