The game scrolls through 16 areas, looping back to Area 7 after Area 16. These are considered one of the first level-bosses to be incorporated into a video game. Giant floating Andor Genesis motherships appear in certain areas these are killed by knocking out their cores. Ground enemies are a combination of stationary bases and moving vehicles, most of which also fire slow bullets. There are various aerial enemy aircraft which shoot relatively slow bullets, as well as (presumably unpiloted) fast-moving projectiles and exploding black spheres. The game, presumably set in Peru, was noted for the varied terrain below, which included forests, airstrips, bases, and mysterious Nazca Line-like drawings on the ground. The player uses an 8-way joystick to pilot a combat aircraft called a Solvalou, which is armed with a forward-firing Zapper for aerial targets and a Blaster which fires an unlimited supply of air-to-surface bombs for ground targets. The beginning of a regular game of Xevious.
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