Lost In Translation/Xenophobe

About The Game
Xenophobe is a 3-player, horizontally scrolling platform shoot-em-up arcade video game.

An horizontal monitor is split into three sections, one for each of up to three people. Players wander around a space station shooting as many Ridley Scott-esque aliens as they can before health or time runs out- then it's off to the next space station. There are multiple weapon types, including a duck gun!

Trivia
The word 'Xenophobe' (pronounced 'Zee-no-phobe') is a psychiatric term meaning 'fear of aliens'.

Xenophobe was a highly original game with a highly original concept. It was the first split-screen game. It was also a victim of a production scheduling snafu. Due to its production being pushed ahead, a lot of the game's tuning was axed. There are many objects in the game that the player can pick up, but have no use.

Michael Ward holds the official official record for this game, on Medium setting, with 2,500,000 points on 06/11/2004.

Staff

 * Programmer:
 * Howard Shere


 * Art & Graphics:
 * Brian Colin


 * Sound & Musics:
 * Souvenir of Omaha


 * Hardware Designers & Support:
 * Bob Ploussard
 * True Truong


 * Mechanical Designer:
 * John Kubik


 * Technical Support:
 * Jim Belt
 * Sue Lohse


 * Game Concept & Designers:
 * Brian Colin
 * Howard Shere


 * Development:
 * Jeff Nauman
 * Bob Libbe
 * Gary Oglesby
 * Tom Leon
 * Larry Stalmah
 * Peter Perry

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Famicom (1988)
 * Atari Lynx (1990)
 * Atari 2600 (1990)
 * Atari 7800
 * Microsoft XBOX (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Nintendo GameCube (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Sony PSP (2005, "Midway Arcade Treasures - Extended Play")


 * Computers :
 * Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
 * Commodore C64 (1989)
 * Amstrad CPC (1989)
 * Atari ST (1989)
 * Commodore Amiga (1989)
 * PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2006, "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition")

