Xevious: The Avenger is a shoot 'em up game for the Nintendo Entertainment System where players control a combat aircraft named Solvalou. The game features an 8-way joystick for maneuvering and allows players to engage both aerial and ground targets using a forward-firing Zapper and an unlimited supply of air-to-surface bombs. The game is set against diverse landscapes that include forests, airstrips, bases, and enigmatic ground patterns resembling the Nazca Lines.
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 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