Ex Zeus

{{short description|2003 video game}}

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Ex Zeus

| caption = European box art

| image = File:Counter Force.jpg

| developer = HyperDevbox Japan, Octopus Studio (iPhone, Android)

| publisher = HyperDevbox Japan, Conspiracy Entertainment, 505 Games, Metro3D

| director = Carlo Perconti

| designer = Carlo Perconti

| programmer = Carlo Perconti
Christophe Le Bouil

| artist = Makoto Higuchi
Hiroyuki Nakashima

| composer = Michel Golgevit
Olivier Rabat

| released =Microsoft Windows
{{Vgrelease|EU|May 1, 2003}}

PlayStation 2
{{Vgrelease|EU|October 20, 2004}}

Wii
{{Vgrelease|NA|October 5, 2007|EU|April 1, 2008}}

iPhone
2009

Android
2010

| genre = Rail shooter

| modes = Single-player

| platforms = Arcade, Wii, PlayStation 2, iPhone OS, Microsoft Windows, Android

}}

ExZeus (also known as Counter Force for the Wii release) is a video game developed by HyperDevbox Japan. Despite the company's name, it was founded by Carlo Perconti, one of the founders of the France-based video game company Toka who moved to Japan and set up a game development studio in Tokyo. It was released in 2003 for the arcades running on a Tsunami Visual Technologies TsuMo arcade cabinet{{Cite web|url=/http://www.tsunamivisual.com/prd_EZ.html |title=ExZeus|website=TsunamiVisual.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103091209/http://www.tsunamivisual.com/prd_EZ.html |archive-date=3 January 2009 |url-status=usurped}} and was later released for Microsoft Windows as shareware.{{Cite web |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p22135.htm |title=ExZeus - PC game |access-date=2009-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420191641/http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p22135.htm |archive-date=2009-04-20 |url-status=dead }} In 2004, a PlayStation 2 version was released, but only in Europe. Then in 2005, the game had a re-release in the arcades, this time running on Sega NAOMI GD-ROM hardware, and only released in Japanese arcades.[http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/naomi_i___ii_gd_rom/ExZeus_4453.html?d=d38a9 ExZeus kit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708174756/http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/naomi_i___ii_gd_rom/ExZeus_4453.html?d=d38a9 |date=2011-07-08 }}, CoinOpExpress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=675&page=1#1704|title=System 16 - Sega Naomi GD-Rom Hardware (Taito)|website=www.system16.com|accessdate=21 April 2023}} It was later released to the Wii under the working title of Shoot Out,{{Cite web|url=http://www.codenamerevolution.com/?p=4216|title = Codename Revolution - It's your world| date=April 28, 2023 }} later changed to Counter Force, and released in 2007. It was ported in 2009 for the iPhone by Octopus Studio, under the name ExZeus. An Android port by Octopus Studio was released in 2010.[http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/02/hyperdevbox-reveals-exzeus-coming-soon-to-android/ HyperDevbox reveals ExZeus, coming soon to Android] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207071423/http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/02/hyperdevbox-reveals-exzeus-coming-soon-to-android/ |date=February 7, 2010 }}, Eurodroid.