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eXceed series (ENG, JPN)
Uploader's note: The entire eXceed series of shoot 'em ups by FLAT and Tennen-Sozai have became abandoned as their respective developers and publishers stopped distributing these games through digital storefronts and were never re-released since their original print runs, thus these games are being uploaded for posterity. Of the ones that are playable in English, only eXceed 2nd -VAMPIRE- REX and -JADE PENETRATE- BLACK PACKAGE were officially translated; eXceed -GUN BULLET CHILDREN- did not get translated by Nyu Media but the translated text they provided from their website has been implemented via an unofficial English patch and it is included in this archive. All games are already updated to the latest patches.

UPDATE 07/2024: I've finally added the original Japanese versions of the -VAMPIRE- REX and -JADE PENETRATE- BLACK PACKAGE while making a distinction between the English and Japanese versions for the uploads. A big thank you to the absolute kings who were able to preserve all versions of these games.

UPDATE 09/06/2024: A fix pack is now included. I've put together dgVoodoo 2, Xidi (Windows 10 or later), and XInput Plus (Windows 7 or later) for your convenience. A readme file is included for instructions on how to use this fix pack.

Game series description:
eXceed -GUN BULLET CHILDREN-: Humanity is at war against vampires and deviants. Mankind's last line of defense is a group of children trained to wield powerful magic that can rival the demonic horde, but at the cost of most of their lifespan. Liken to bullets of a gun, they are now known as the "Gun Bullet Children". The time is now! A vampire invasion force has been detected in the airspace above Tokyo Portal 5. Preliminary reports include over 500 vampires and accompanying Killer Dolls with reinforcing hordes of deviant humans. The first line of defense has been obliterated and the Gun Bullet Children are scrambled to launch a counter-offensive and stop the invasion.

eXceed 2nd -VAMPIRE- & REX: The human powers that be called for purification of mankind and the eradication of vampires and deviants bloodlines — those born with a mix of humans and vampires. Thus a massive purge began against the deviants reminiscent of witch hunts from centuries earlier, leading to the genocide was the exorcist corps, the Gun Bullet Children. As the overwhelmingly large human armies began to obliterate every vampire and deviant community across the world, the opposing deviant armies sought to gather allies and fight back. Ria File, a half-breed girl of human and vampire blood, is fighting on the side of the deviants as they embark on a turnaround strategy, the "Siege of the Sacred Land". Their objective: lay siege upon the human's Sacred Land and kill the Holy Lady, Angel, who is the source of the human's military power. This is a battle where defeat is not an option for neither sides.

eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE- & BLACK PACKAGE: Rayne Lindwurm, a descendant of the Dragon Clan, must fight her way through a tournament in order to become one of the 7 Cardinal Lords who rule her world, Pandemonium. Standing in her way are the other competitors and their familiars, including her older sister and heiress to the mighty Dragon Clan, Celestia.

Common issues:
These game use DirectX8 and displays their graphics in 640x480 in Fullscreen mode for each respective games, and the first eXceed game in particular runs badly on modern systems with horrible framerate regardless how powerful your machine is (then again the first eXceed is not very good in my opinion). It is possible however to use dgVoodoo 2 to wrap DirectX 11 on these games, not only fixing the compatibility issues with the first eXceed game, but can also improve the look of the game with a cleaner image output.
These games do no play well with modern XInput controllers as they primarily use DirectInput, but it is possible to use something like Xidi or XInput Plus for better XInput support for the later two games in the eXceed series; sadly the drop-in-and-play methods I've tried with for first eXceed game does not work with Xidi or XInput Plus, so you might want to use something like Antimicro-X instead for that game.