Atari’s Vertical Scrolling Arcade Shooter “Xevious” from 1981.
Wedge shaped spacecraft flying in and out of frame, a limited colour palette, and heavy black outline, a really good example of early 80′s arcade cabinet art. In retrospect these cabinets are much more exciting than the games themselves especially when measured by todays standards. Xevious was a vertical scrolling shooter, as opposed to the horizontal – not sure which is better as I’ve always been shit at both.