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Exa Innova

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An early MSX shooter with reactive enemy behavior

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About this game

Exa Innova is a shooter for the Microsoft MSX, released in 1982 and developed by Programmers-3. It is notable for introducing enemy forces that react to the players actions rather than simply following a fixed procedure.

This early intelligence system was later developed further in Zanac and Aleste. Some enemies associated with those games can already be seen in Exa Innova.

Publisher: Sony and Compile