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Insector X

Insector X (XSX) game cover art
Platform: Genesis
Tags: Shooter, Scrolling, Horizontal
Developer: Taito Corporation
More Platforms: NES

Publisher
Region
Released
NA
??/??/1990
JP
09/07/1990

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Staff Reviews

Insector X review

Reviewed November 26, 2003

Marc Golding says: "This isn't the Insector X, from the arcade, that also made the trip to the NES. Gone are the stupidly cutesy characters, replaced by a more serious bunch. The game is still a lame horizontal shooter though - that much hasn't changed. "
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Reader Reviews

Insector X review

Reviewed June 24, 2004

overdrive says: "I really wanted to love Insector X. In a shooter genre overloaded with military planes and bizarrely-shaped spaceships, this Genesis game looked to be a breath of fresh air. Controlling a robotic insect, you’d get to engage in battle with other flying critters, both large and small. Sure, the differences would likely only be cosmetic, but considering how many shooters I’ve played that seemed to be little more than copies of more established names, even superficial cosmetic changes would be very ..."
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