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Exector
DeveloperArc System Works
PublisherArc System Works
DesignerDaisuke Ishiwatari
ProgrammerHiroshi Tsuboi
ComposersSouichi Naritomi
Masahiro Kuroishi
Hajime Asano
Takeshi Matsuoka
PlatformsPlayStation
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
Release
  • JP: 22 September 1995
GenreAction–shooter
ModeSingle-player

Exector (Japanese: エグゼクター)[1] is an action–shooter mech-based video game developed and published by Arc System Works for the PlayStation. It was released exclusively in Japan in 1995 and was the first original title by Arc System Works sold to the general public. In 2017 it was later digitally reissued on PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.

Gameplay

Players pilots the super-robot Exector from a third-person/top-down perspective and must prevent the Spin Drift's destruction, a space station being pulled toward a mysterious planet by a strange ruin, within a real-time ten-hour mission timer. The player must eliminate enemy robots and find key cards to unlock doors. Available weapons include missiles, lasers, flame throwers, and the "Xector Genocide Gun".[1]

Release

Arc System Works was founded in 1988 and started developing original titles in 1995, releasing Exector in 22 September 1995, the company's first title to be sold to the general public.[1][2][3] Exector was launched exclusively for the PlayStation in Japan. In 2017 it was later digitally reissued on PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.[1]

See also

  • List of downloadable PlayStation games (Japan)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Exector (1995)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  2. ↑ "35 Years of Arc System Works". Arc System Works. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  3. ↑ Hills, Dakota DarkHorse (2023-05-14). "Arc System Works launches 35th anniversary website with message from president thanking fighting game fans, Arc World Tour 2023 info". EventHubs. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
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