Savage Bees
| Savage Bees | |
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
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| Designer(s) | Yoshiki Okamoto |
| Composer(s) | Tamayo Kawamoto |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Family Computer |
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op |
Savage Bees, released as Super Floating Fortress Exed Exes[a] in Japan, is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. It was released on the Family Computer by Tokuma Shoten the same year as simply Exed Exes.
Gameplay
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Exed Exes is a vertically scrolling shooter game.
Release
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Savage Bees was licensed to Memetron originally for its North American release.[1] It was ported to the Famicom.
Reception
[edit]| Publication | Score |
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| Nintendo Life | (VC)   [2] |
| Famimaga | (FC) 15.27/30[3] |
In Japan, Game Machine listed Savage Bees on their March 15, 1985 issue as being the fifteenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[4] Fan reception for the Famicom version was mixed: readers of Famimaga voted to give Exed Exes a 15.27 out of 30 score.[3] A reviewer of Gamest Mook noted that the insect and skull-themed enemies, the inorganic backgrounds, as well as the mysterious and anxiety-inducing music posed a unique and exciting atmosphere. He also praised the mechanic of turning enemies into collectable fruit items as "the greatest attraction" for this title.[5]
Legacy
[edit]Savage Bees was included with its original name on the Capcom Generations Volume 3 for Sega Saturn and PlayStation, Capcom Classics Collection of PlayStation 2 and Xbox and Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for PlayStation Portable. This game was released for the Wii Virtual Console Arcade in Japan on September 21, 2010, and in the PAL region and North America in January 2011. In 2013, it was released on Capcom Arcade Cabinet for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Savage Bees. It is available in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, and as one of the rotating arcade games in Street Fighter 6's Game Center.[6]
Colonel Issue appears as a cameo character in Project X Zone 2 as part of Captain Commando's Solo Unit attack.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). "カプコン (Capcom); Capcom USA (Capcom Coin-Op); Memetron; S". アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 23, 112, 123, 163. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ van Duyn, Marcel (January 14, 2011). "Exed Exes Review (VC Arcade) - Extremely excruciating". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Famicom ROM Cassette All Catalog '91 全787本 5月10日号特別付録 - 超浮遊要塞エグゼドエグゼス". Famimaga (in Japanese). Vol. 7, no. 9. Tokuma Shoten. May 10, 1991. p. 221.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 256. Amusement Press, Inc. March 15, 1985. p. 21.
- ^ ザ・ベストゲーム2 - アーケードビデオゲーム26年の歴史: ゲーメスト大賞11年史 (in Japanese). Vol. 5 (4th ed.). Shinseisha. January 17, 1998. p. 75. ISBN 9784881994290.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Penwell, Chris (June 6, 2023). "All games available in Street Fighter 6 Game Center". Destructoid.
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