One thing the review didn't mention at all is that this game has a very convenient password system, which even restores your ship status along with all the weapon upgrades you've collected. Thanks to this feature, Xatax turned out to be one of the very few scrolling shooters that didn't make me feel like I was just hopelessly wasting my time having to replay the first few levels over and over again.

It certainly is generic, though, but also polished enough to be entertaining.