is a side-scrolling

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published by

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, and similar in style to their earlier ''

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''. In 1998, the game was released with ''

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'' as a one-disc doublebill on

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and

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. In 2019, the game was released on the

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as part of

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series, marking its first official release outside Japan.

Gameplay

The game itself is a side-scroller like ''

'', albeit with a short vertical-scrolling area towards the end of the sixth level. Instead of the Force pod, however, the main power-up apparatus takes the form of two flexible tentacles. The tentacles are invulnerable to all enemy attacks, and can be positioned with careful maneuvering of the X-002.

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's ''

Xexex , released as ''Orius'' in North America, is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami. It draws on Irem's ''R-Type'' and Konami's other shoot 'em up ''Gradius'', while adding the tentacle mechanics of Irem's other shoot 'em up ''XM ...

'' is based on a fusion of this weaponry with the Force system of ''R-Type''. In the PlayStation 2 game ''

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'', the ship "RX-12 Cross The Rubicon" uses the "Flexible Force", a Force based on ''XMultiply'' with roughly the same attacks.

Plot

The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249—the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures that invade, infect, and kill the colonists. Scientists have deployed the microscopic fighter X-002 into the body of a person who has been invaded by the alien queen.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''X Multiply'' on their November 1, 1989 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade game of the year.

Notes

References

External links

* *{{KLOV game, id=10495, name=X Multiply
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