Exerion

Exerion is a vertical shoot 'em up released by Jaleco in 1983 and licensed to Taito for distribution in the United States. Screenshot from arcade version Exerion is a shoot 'em up game featuring parallax effects and inertia simulation, something notable for 1983. The player travels around strange scenarios shooting aliens. The player has two types of guns: fast single shot (limited) or slow double shot (unlimited). In 1984, along with the MSX1 port of the original, a sequel was released titled Exerion II: Zorni for the MSX1, with similar gameplay to the original. There were plans for an NES release of this game. In 1987, the game was followed by the semi-sequel titled Exerizer, also known as Sky Fox.

Main story

17 min

Main + extras

1.5 h

Released

1983 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player · Multiplayer

Perspective

Third person

Multiplayer

• SG-1000Local up to 2
• ArcadeLocal up to 2
• MSXLocal up to 2
• Family ComputerLocal up to 2

• JalecoDeveloper · Publisher
• SegaPublisher
• Hamster CorporationPublisher
• MMacro SoftPorting

• CEROANo content descriptors
• CLASS INDLNo content descriptors

• Action
• Science fiction
• digital distribution
• shoot 'em up
• vertical scrolling
• virtual console
• wii u virtual console
• wii virtual console

1. This gameExerion1983
2. Exerion II: Zorni1984

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