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Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport marked a first for Apogee Software as its first fighting game release. This is not your standard Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter game with standard ninjas, but a fighting game where aliens of all races come together to duke it out to the end. Xenophage is one of Apogee's more recent games, which includes SVGA graphics, big sprites, and a unique zooming mode. 

The Dates

Features                      

• 8 characters, 2 champions, and a nasty surprise.
• High resolution (SVGA) 640x480 mode for much greater detail.
• The fully rendered foes are the largest, most detailed characters even seen in a fighting game, nearly as tall as the entire screen.
• Innovative panoramic screen panning, zooming and real-time scaling, shadows and special effects.
• Interactive, animated environments, with special dangers!
• Special moves, combos, resurrections, and humiliations.
• Story mode, Free Play mode, and Training mode.
• The Blood Flow Meter lets you adjust the gore.
• Flesh ripping, blood sucking, claw slashing, tail whipping, karate kicking, fist ramming, body slamming, blood spurting action - need we say more?

Argo Games developed Xenophage under lead of Jason Blockowiak. A few years before Xenophage, Jason programmed United States Trivia under his own name and later Hexxagon under Argo Games.

Xenophage was Argo's biggest game pulling help from a larger team and a bigger budget. If you're looking for a peek at what Argo Games worked on after Xenophage, there is a little treat later in the article.

Story                            

The storyline behind Xenophage begins when Nick is minding his own business chopping wood at his home, when a flash of light appears and he is transported up to an alien ship.