We at the Games Room Company have always had a great appreciation for video games, ever since the first commercial video game ( Computer Space) was released back in 1971. It spawned an even more successful and long-lived sequel, Galaga in 1981, and the lesser-known Gaplus and Galaga ’88 in 19 respectively. Although not the first colour video game, Galaxian took screen graphics a step further with multi-coloured animated sprites and explosions, different coloured fonts for the score and high score, the scrolling star field, and graphic icons that show the number of lives left and how many stages the player had completed. Galaxian did very well for Namco and introduced several innovative features. (Space Invaders was also imported to the US by Midway Games). It was designed to compete with Space Invaders, Taito’s landmark game which was released a year earlier. Galaxian was a hugely successful ‘fixed shooter’ 1 or 2 player game in which the player controls a spaceship at the bottom of the screen and shoots enemies descending in various directions. This superb example has been extensively refurbished in our own workshops and is now in near mint condition inside and out. It established itself as one of the most popular games of its era and is remembered fondly by those of us of a certain age. There have been 4 likes from 7 votes on this game.Developed by Namco and released in Japan in October 1979, Galaxian was imported to North America by Midway that December and the UK shortly afterwards. The game repeats the cycle until the player can no longer protect the ship. After defeating a swarm of alien, the group will then be replaced by another batch with even more aggressive ships and tougher hulls. A group of aliens, in a convenient array, will slowly descend downward, and the player's goal is to shoot down all alien lifeforms before they get to touch the bottom of the screen where the player's ship is located. The player takes control of a space ship found at the bottom of the screen.
Gameplay-wise, Galaxian is relatively simple.
However, Galaxian was developed and released earlier and has fewer features than its more popular brother, which is the game's successful sequel. The game was released back-to-back with the more popular Galaga. Galaxian is a classic retro-shooter video game that was developed and published by Namco, and was released back in 1979 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). How long will you be able to delay your inevitable defeat against the endless swarm of alien invaders? Good luck and have fun trying to win the highest score. Shoot down the invading aliens with your hi-tech space ship in this old-school arcade. Go retro tonight and play the classic arcade shooter Galaxian all night long.
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