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It was released in Japan in December 1992. Exvania is a 1992 action video game developed and published by Namco for arcades.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Insert Coin | V | Select |
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| Action | Keyboard | Arcade input |
|---|---|---|
| Move | · · · · | Joystick (8-way) |
| Button 1 | · | Button 1 |
| Button 2 | · | Button 2 |
| Button 3 | · | Button 3 |
| Start | · | Start |
| Insert Coin | · | Select |
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The Story Behind Exvania
Greek text was previously used by Namco for Face Off, in 1988, when one of the members of the losing team said the phrase ΟΔΧ (which reads as "ODCH") on the continue screen in the "versus" mode. It is a multiplayer-focused game with similar gameplay to Hudson Soft's Bomberman series. It was released in Japan in December 1992.
The music from the game, composed by Yoshie Arakawa, was included in the album Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol. The queen of darkness, Erinyes (エリニュス), has kidnapped Princess Electra (エレクトラ姫). The four heroes: Ward (ウォード), Emilio (エミリオ), Charles (チャールズ) and Karl (カール) embark on a quest to save the princess.
How Exvania Plays
They compete with each other to reach the Castle of Darkness and defeat Erinyes, so one of them might be able to marry the rescued Electra and rule the land (the eponymous "Exvania"). Each of the lords has their own ending sequence, but Karl's is slightly different from that of the other three (as Princess Electra is horrendously ugly, and when he throws a bomb at her to fend her off, it explodes in her hand and blows both of them up, causing him to mix Greek text with Japanese Kanji in the quotation ΟΧΔ口Ο口Χ! which reads as "OCHD Kuchi O Kuchi CH!"). If a dragon is successfully killed, powerups will appear all around him - and other enemies, like blobs of slime and possessed skeletons, appear as the castles progress.
It is a multiplayer-focused game with similar gameplay to Hudson Soft's Bomberman series. They cannot kill the players, but can significantly stun them in various ways and become more numerous with each level; when the time is down to 40 seconds the text "DANGER" will appear on the screen and Death (who had previously appeared in Sega's Quartet in 1986) appears, flying towards the lords and killing them on impact, and when the time runs out, an evil witch will electrify the room to kill all the surviving lords at a stroke. The players must take up control of four medieval lords who are fighting for control of the land; they have to battle through eight different castles, and try to gain control of each one.
Why Players Still Load It Up
They compete with each other to reach the Castle of Darkness and defeat Erinyes, so one of them might be able to marry the rescued Electra and rule the land (the eponymous "Exvania"). is a 1992 action video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. The queen of darkness, Erinyes (エリニュス), has kidnapped Princess Electra (エレクトラ姫).
Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in April 2024. Each of the lords has their own ending sequence, but Karl's is slightly different from that of the other three (as Princess Electra is horrendously ugly, and when he throws a bomb at her to fend her off, it explodes in her hand and blows both of them up, causing him to mix Greek text with Japanese Kanji in the quotation ΟΧΔ口Ο口Χ! which reads as "OCHD Kuchi O Kuchi CH!"). It was released in Japan in December 1992.
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This browser version of Exvania handles 1 player(s).
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