Galaxian
Released 15 September 1979 on Atari 2600, Java virtual machine, arcade video game machine, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Commodore 64 and 8 more
- Developer
- Namco
- Publisher
- Namco
- Made in
- Tokyo, Japan
- Genre
- Shooter, Arcade
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Series
- Galaxian
About Galaxian
Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a year earlier, and featured a similar space theme. The player controls a space ship in the bottom part of the screen and shoots at enemies descending from the top of the screen. The game was received very well by the public and has continued to be a game with a competitive community to this day. It was followed by a successful sequel called Galaga in 1981 and two less known sequels called Gaplus in 1984 and Galaga '88 in 1987.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| arcade video game machine | 15 September 1979 |
|---|---|
| Atari 2600 | 15 September 1979 |
| Java virtual machine | 15 September 1979 |
| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | 7 September 1984 |
| Atari 5200 | later, date unknown |
| ColecoVision | later, date unknown |
| Commodore 64 | later, date unknown |
| Commodore VIC-20 | later, date unknown |
| Family Computer Disk System | later, date unknown |
| Game Boy Color | later, date unknown |
| MS-DOS | later, date unknown |
| MSX | later, date unknown |
| ZX Spectrum | later, date unknown |
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Galaxian series
Galaxian is game 1 of 8. All 8 in order ›
- Galaxian 1979
- Galaga 1981
- Galaga '88 1987
- Galaxian3: Project Dragoon 1990
Games like Galaxian
- Zaxxon 1982
- Phoenix 1980
- R-Type 1987
- Andro Dunos 1992
- Juno First 1983
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