Parallax scrolling and cascading hordes of enemies are two of the notable features of Exerion, an early Jaleco arcade shooter. Per Jaleco founder Yoshiaki Kanazawa in the book Jaleco Archives, the game was developed by a company called Kawa Denshi Giken.
Former NMK programmer Kaz Ayabe recounted a story on Twitter about Exerion's development he heard from one of that company's co-founders. Basically, the hardware, software, and graphics were done by one person, an old man who didn't know assembly and made the game entirely in machine language. Great story, if true.
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