A platform shooter from Japan, Thexder offers many levels and diverse enemies that gradually increase in difficulty. You pilot a Battletech-style robot capable of switching from a 'mech into a jet at any time. Your weapon auto-aims, but uses up a fixed amount of rechargeable energy; if you run out of this energy, you'll have to wait a few seconds before you can fire again. Your 'mech also contains a shield that can be activated to protect you from harm, but this lasts for a few seconds and uses up some of your life energy.

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Alternate Titles

"Teguzā" -- Japanses title
"テグザー" -- Japanese spelling

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Thexder series

Merchant	Title
	Thexder
	Thexder
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User Reviews

An instant classic, Thexder provided fast, continuous, and very challenging gameplay.	Ayodeji Oshinnaiye (3)	unrated
The first true Arcade game on the PC	Tony Van (2692)
An Addictive Fighting Mech Platformer	Toadstool (50)	unrated
Hard. And that's all I have to say about that.	Chris Martin (1112)
One of the most wonderful games of the last decade.	Tomer Gabel (4429)
Are you a Robotech fan? Then play this game!	austin quinn (1)	unrated

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The Press Says

Happy Computer	Dec, 1987	82 out of 100	82
All Game Guide	1998		30

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Trivia

Because this game used a tile-based playfield, it ran very smoothly, even on low-powered machines. Only the tiles that changed needed to be redrawn, resulting in scrolling that was quick, even for a 4.77MHz machine.

Like all Game Arts games republished by Sierra, Thexder uses 640x200 graphics in EGA to its advantage by simulating 64 colors via dithering.

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