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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]
In 1995, an arcade remake of Galaga was released for the Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 compilation, Galaga Arrangement. This game added two-player co-operative play and boss fights, alongside new enemy and weapon types. It was ported to the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2002 as part of the compilation disk Namco Museum.
Galaxian is one of the most successful arcade games of its time, selling over 50,000 arcade cabinets in North America alone. Galaxian and its sequel Galaga are cited as some of the most influential games of the genre, the latter being called one of the greatest video games ever made by many publications.
Galaga 30th Collection [a] is a 2011 video game compilation published for iOS devices by Namco Bandai Games. 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]
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 '91 [a] is a 1991 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for the Game Gear.It was published by Sega in Europe and renamed Galaga 2.The first portable installment in the Galaxian series, players control a lone starfighter in its mission to eradicate the hostile Galaga forces before they take over Earth.
Attack of the Zolgear [a] is an arcade game for one to six players released by Namco. It is a sequel to Galaxian 3 . [ 1 ] This game used two LaserDisc players simultaneously for the outer space background, while computer generated graphics were overlaid on top.
Galaga '88 [a] is a 1987 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published in Japan by Namco and in North America and Europe by Atari Games. It is the third sequel to Galaxian (following Galaga, and Gaplus). It features significantly improved graphics over the previous games in the series, including detailed backgrounds, larger enemies ...