With the shoot'em up genre seeing a resurgence in the late 1990s, Namco sought to capitalize on its success and created a new Xevious game due to the series' mass recognition. The PlayStation version adds an arranged soundtrack, alongside ports of the original Xevious, Super Xevious, and Xevious Arrangement. The second 3D game in the series, 3D/G featured three different power-up types, large bosses, and two player co-operative play.

These objectives typically include locating and destroying a number of SOL towers the target sight will flash when it goes over these structures.Xevious 3D/G was released in 1996 for arcades and in 1997 for the PlayStation, where it was renamed Xevious 3D/G+. Some stages are completed by fulfilling certain requirements, rather than simply proceeding, eliminating all enemies if these are not met, the stage will loop indefinitely, sending progressively harder enemies. Other power-ups for the Solvalou include a rear shot and a bigger lock-on. Power-ups such as bombs, lasers, and shields can be collected the latter protects the aircraft from immediate destruction if hit by an enemy. Super Xevious is a 2D vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. Only the brave pilots of the Solvalou aircraft are able to avert this new threat! The SOL towers have emerged from the ground on our planet, remotely controlled by GAMP, aiding the Xevians in their invasion. Once again, inhabitants from the planet Xevious, controlled by the super-computer GAMP, are attacking the Earth, their ancient home planet, willing to re-capture it by force. The single was also released in Europe by Pick Up Records that same year. Former Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono recorded an arranged dance/synthpop version of the game's theme tune, which was released in Japan by Alfa Records' Yen label as a 12' single on August 29, 1984. The game's electronic chiptune music was composed by Yuriko Keino and Junko Ozawa.

Some of these enemies will reset the player's score back to 0 if they are destroyed - and the hidden 'Sol Citadel' towers and Rally-X Special Flags are also located in different places. Several new enemies have also been introduced (including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga 'scorpion' ship, two jet planes, a helicopter, and a dark yellow Tank Battalion tank). The gameplay is very much like that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. It runs on Namco Galaga hardware, and as its name suggests, it is the sequel to Xevious (which was released two years earlier). Super Xevious (スーパーゼビウス Sūpā Zebiusu) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984.

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