Savage Bees
{{About|the 1985 video game|the 1976 horror film|The Savage Bees}}
{{Short description|1985 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Infobox video game
| title = Savage Bees
| image = Exed Exes arcade flyer.jpg
| developer = Capcom
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Capcom|NA|Memetron|JP|Tokuma Shoten (FC)}}
| designer = Yoshiki Okamoto
| composer = Tamayo Kawamoto
| platforms = Arcade, Family Computer
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 1985{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n24/mode/1up|chapter=カプコン (Capcom); Capcom USA (Capcom Coin-Op); Memetron; S|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|pages=23, 112, 123, 163|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}|NA|April 1985}}
| genre = Scrolling shooter
| modes = Single-player, co-op
}}
Savage Bees, released as {{Nihongo foot|Super Floating Fortress Exed Exes|超浮遊要塞エグゼドエグゼス|Chō Fuyū Yōsai Eguzedo Eguzesu|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} in Japan, is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. It was released on the Family Computer by Tokuma Shoten the same year as simply Exed Exes.
Gameplay
File:ARC Exed Exes (Chō Fuyū Yōsai Eguzedo Eguzesu; Savage Bees).png
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Exed Exes is a vertically scrolling shooter game.
Release
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Savage Bees was licensed to Memetron originally for its North American release. It was ported to the Famicom.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|NLife = (VC) {{Rating|4|10}}{{cite web|last=van Duyn|first=Marcel|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/01/exed_exes_virtual_console|title=Exed Exes Review (VC Arcade) - Extremely excruciating|work=Nintendo Life|publisher=Nlife Media|date=January 14, 2011|access-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217215000/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/01/exed_exes_virtual_console|archive-date=2019-02-17|url-status=live}}
|rev1 = Famimaga
|rev1Score = (FC) 15.27/30{{cite magazine|title=Famicom ROM Cassette All Catalog '91 全787本 5月10日号特別付録 - 超浮遊要塞エグゼドエグゼス|magazine=Famimaga|volume=7|issue=9|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=10 May 1991|page=221|lang=ja}}
}}
In Japan, Game Machine listed Savage Bees on their March 15, 1985 issue as being the fifteenth most-popular arcade game at the time.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=256|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 March 1985|page=21|lang=ja}} Fan reception for the Famicom version was mixed: readers of Famimaga voted to give Exed Exes a 15.27 out of 30 score. A reviewer of Gamest Mook noted that the insect and skull-themed enemies, the inorganic backgrounds, as well as the mysterious and anxiety-inducing music posed a unique and exciting atmosphere. He also praised the mechanic of turning enemies into collectable fruit items as "the greatest attraction" for this title.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/vol.-112-2#page/n76/mode/1up|title=ザ・ベストゲーム2 - アーケードビデオゲーム26年の歴史: ゲーメスト大賞11年史|work=Gamest Mook|volume=5|edition=4th|publisher=Shinseisha|date=17 January 1998|page=75|language=ja|isbn=9784881994290}}
Legacy
Savage Bees was included with its original name on the Capcom Generations Volume 3 for Sega Saturn and PlayStation, Capcom Classics Collection of PlayStation 2 and Xbox and Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for PlayStation Portable. This game was released for the Wii Virtual Console Arcade in Japan on September 21, 2010, and in the PAL region and North America in January 2011. In 2013, it was released on Capcom Arcade Cabinet for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Savage Bees. It is available in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, and as one of the rotating arcade games in Street Fighter 6{{'}}s Game Center.{{cite web |last1=Penwell |first1=Chris |title=All games available in Street Fighter 6 Game Center |url=https://www.destructoid.com/all-games-available-in-street-fighter-6-game-center/ |website=Destructoid |date=6 June 2023}}
Colonel Issue appears as a cameo character in Project X Zone 2 as part of Captain Commando's Solo Unit attack.
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/568660-savage-bees Exed Exes] at GameFAQs
- [https://www.giantbomb.com/exed-exes/3030-23343/ Exed Exes] at Giant Bomb
- [https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/savage-bees Savage Bees] at Killer List of Videogames
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/exed-exes Exed Exes] at MobyGames
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Category:Cooperative video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:Science fiction video games
Category:Vertically scrolling shooters
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Video games scored by Tamayo Kawamoto