# X Multiply > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/X_Multiply > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/X_Multiply.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Multiply > Source revision: 1354414183 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1989 video game This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "X Multiply" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1989 video game X Multiply Arcade flyer Developer Irem Publisher Irem Platform Arcade Release JP: September 1989 NA: March 1990 Genre Scrolling shooter Modes Single-player, multiplayer ***X Multiply***[a] is a horizontally [scrolling shooter](/source/Scrolling_shooter) [video game](/source/Video_game) developed and published by [Irem](/source/Irem) for [arcades](/source/Arcade_video_game). It was released in Japan in September 1989 and North America in March 1990.[1][2] ## Gameplay The game itself is a side-scroller like *[R-Type](/source/R-Type)*, albeit with a short vertical-scrolling area towards the end of the sixth level. Instead of the Force pod, however, the main power-up apparatus takes the form of two flexible tentacles. The tentacles are invulnerable to all enemy attacks, and can be positioned with careful maneuvering of the X-002. ## Plot The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249—the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures that invade, infect, and kill the colonists. Scientists have deployed the microscopic fighter X-002 into the body of a person who has been invaded by the alien queen. ## Reception This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (September 2025) In Japan, *Game Machine* listed *X Multiply* on their November 1, 1989 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade game of the year.[3] ## Legacy An emulated version was released with *[Image Fight](/source/Image_Fight)* on the [PlayStation](/source/PlayStation_(console)) and [Sega Saturn](/source/Sega_Saturn) in 1998. [Hamster Corporation](/source/Hamster_Corporation) released the game as part of their *[Arcade Archives](/source/Arcade_Archives)* series for the [Nintendo Switch](/source/Nintendo_Switch) and [PlayStation 4](/source/PlayStation_4) in 2019.[4] ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): Xマルチプライ, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *Ekkusu Maruchipurai* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_2-0)** Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). *アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005)* [*Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)*] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 14. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4990251215](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4990251215). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["『アーケードアーカイブス Xマルチプライ』が8月8日より配信開始。体内にいる極小エイリアンを殲滅していくシューティングゲーム | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com"](https://www.famitsu.com/news/201908/07181062.html). *ファミ通.com* (in Japanese). August 7, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". *Game Machine* (in Japanese). No. 367. Amusement Press. November 1, 1989. p. 29. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Craddock, Ryan (August 8, 2019). ["Nintendo Download: 15th August (North America)"](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/08/nintendo_download_15th_august_north_america). *Nintendo Life*. Retrieved September 8, 2025. ## External links - [*X Multiply*](https://www.mobygames.com/game//x-multiply) at [MobyGames](/source/MobyGames) - [*X Multiply*](https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10495) at the [Killer List of Videogames](/source/Killer_List_of_Videogames) - [*X Multiply*](http://www.hamster.co.jp/american_hamster/arcadearchives/x_multiply.htm) at [Arcade Archives](/source/Arcade_Archives) v t e R-Type series List of games Main entries R-Type R-Type II Super R-Type R-Type III: The Third Lightning R-Type Delta R-Type Final R-Type Final 2 Spin-offs Cosmic Cop R-Type Leo Tactics Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate Compilation R-Types Publishers Irem Granzella Related Battle Chopper Last Resort In the Hunt Superior Soldiers Image Fight X Multiply v t e Irem Franchises Gekisha Boy GunForce Hammerin' Harry Image Fight Kid Niki Kung-Fu Master Major Title Ninja Baseball Bat Man R-Type Steambot Chronicles Undercover Cops Disaster Report Related Eizo List of Irem games Takashi Nishiyama --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [X Multiply](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Multiply) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Multiply?action=history)). 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