Xenon 2: Megablast (1989)

Developer: The Bitmap Brothers
Publisher: Virgin Games, Epic/Sony Records, GamesWare, Tec Toy, Image Works
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 23 player ratings

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Frenetic vertical shoot-'em-up sending you through time to stop alien time bombs in classic arcade shooter style.

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About

No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. The Xenites have planted five Time Bombs through history. Only you can save the day - not to mention the Universe. The last time you met it was a playground scrap. This time it is war.

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