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Galaga '88 is a fixed shooter video game. Its plot involves the launch of a starship named the Blast Fighter [1] to destroy the hostile Galaga forces and their home planet. Its gameplay is similar to its predecessors; as the Blast Fighter, the player must shoot each of the Galaga aliens, who fly into formation from the top and sides of the ...
It was created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Galaga. [2] It allows users to play remakes of the games in the Galaxian series. [3] It is free to download and comes with Galaga ' s predecessor, Galaxian. [4] The remakes of Galaga, Gaplus, and Galaga '88 are available as in-app purchases either separately or as a bundle. [5]
Galaga '88: Namco System 1: December 1987: Yes Yes No Remake of Galaga. Licensed to Atari Games for U.S. Distribution. PC Engine: July 15, 1988: Yes No No Game Gear: October 25, 1991: Yes No Yes Released as Galaga '91. Final Lap: Namco System 2: December 1987: Yes Yes No First Namco game to allow multiple cabinets to be linked together.
Galaga was created by Japanese developer Shigeru Yokoyama, a long-time veteran of Namco. [8] Namco's first big video game hit in arcades was Galaxian (1979); [9] [10] the game's success led Namco to produce a large number of Namco Galaxian arcade boards to keep up with demand. [8]
This July 23, the arcade classic Galaga turns the dreaded Three-O. Instead of pouting and slowly descending into a mid-life crisis, Galaga--with the help of its creator Namco Bandai--has made a ...
Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 [a] is a 1995 arcade game compilation developed and published by Namco.It includes three of the company's most well-known games from the early 1980s — Galaga (1981), Xevious (1983), and Mappy (1983) — alongside brand-new "Arrangement" remakes of these games that have updated gameplay, visuals, and sounds.
Galaga 3 (1984 arcade game), video game by Namco, sequel to Galaxian; Galaga '88 (1987 arcade game), video game by Namco, sequel to Galaga; Galaga: Destination Earth (2000 video game), video game from Hasbro by King of the Jungle, based on Galaga; Galaga 30th Collection (2011 computer game), video game by Namco Bandai based on Galaga
The motivation of developers to keep own game content non-free while they open the source code may be the protection of the game as sellable commercial product. It could also be the prevention of a commercialization of a free product in future, e.g. when distributed under a non-commercial license like CC NC. By replacing the non-free content ...