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.	DOS	Ayodeji Oshinnaiye (3)
A very good action game, but difficult as hell	Amiga	Katakis (37454)
The first true Arcade game on the PC	DOS	Tony Van (2692)
An Addictive Fighting Mech Platformer	DOS	Toadstool (50)
Hard. And that's all I have to say about that.	DOS	Chris Martin (1112)
One of the most wonderful games of the last decade.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)
Are you a Robotech fan? Then play this game!	DOS	austin quinn (1)

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The Press Says

Happy Computer	DOS	Dec, 1987	82 out of 100	82
ST/Amiga Format	Amiga	Apr, 1988	61 out of 100	61
All Game Guide	DOS	1998		30
CU Amiga	Amiga	Jun, 1988	3 out of 10	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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