is a series of Japanese

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video games developed by the

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(formerly FLAT). The first game, ''eXceed'', was released in 2005, and the latest game, ''eXceed3rd JADE PENETRATE BLACK PACKAGE'', was released in 2009. The series is localized into English and published by Nyu Media.

''eXceed - Gun Bullet Children ''

The first game of the series. It was released at the

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69 in December 2005. Three characters are playable, , and . A remake version has never been released.

''eXceed 2nd - Vampire REX''

The second game of the series. It was released in 2006. Only one character is playable, . The ''eXceed 2rd -Vampire REX'' is a remake version of the second game, developed by Tennen-sozai (branched from FLAT) in December 2007.

''eXceed 3rd - JADE PENETRATE -''

The third game of the series. It was developed by Tennen-sozai and released in August 2007. Only one character is playable, . Some famous Japanese voice actresses worked on this game;

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and

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. Sound tracks were composed by the dōjin circle . The ''eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE BLACK PACKAGE'' is an expanded version of the third game, released in December 2009. In 2015, it was also released on an online store by Hangame.The online store was defunct on December 25, 2015.

References

External links

Official website
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