XDR
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| XDR | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||
| Publisher: UNIPACC | |||||
| Developer: UNIPACC | |||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||
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XDR (エックス・ディー・アール), short for "X-Dazedly-Ray", is a 1990 shoot-'em-up by UNIPACC released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Japan.
The warlord Guardia was banished from the planet Sephiroth, otherwise known to be a very peaceful planet. Many years later, he returns, complete with an entire army which overpowers the Guardian army, leaving one hope: the newly developed XDR craft.
shoots. Rapidfire is an option "AUTO" under the "CONTROL" option in the Options menu. 
changes speed; the current speed is shown in the HUD. Powerups are collected as in other schmups, except that missiles can also be collected, in limited quantities, and fired with 
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In a user ranking organized by Japanese magazine Beep!Megadrive, XDR ranked in at position 519 out of 520 possible positions, making it the second most unpopular game at that time. The game's visuals borrow heavily from popular games such as Gradius or Darius.
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- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 345
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 39
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
- ↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 122
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 140
- ↑ Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 38
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87