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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.
Galaxian was designed by Kazunori Sawano, who had previously worked on many of Namco's electro-mechanical shooting gallery arcade games, notably Shoot Away (1977). [9] Early in the game's development, Taito had released Space Invaders in Japan, which swept the country by storm and helped turn the video game industry into a highly-profitable business.
Articles about the video game Galaxian and its follow-ups. Pages in category "Galaxian" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Galaga was created by Japanese developer Shigeru Yokoyama, a long-time veteran of Namco. [9] Namco's first big video game hit in arcades was Galaxian (1979); [10] [11] the game's success led Namco to produce a large number of Namco Galaxian arcade boards to keep up with demand. [9]
An entry in the Galaxian series, Galaxian3 was conceived following Namco's success with motion-based arcade games in the late-1980s, such as Final Lap and Metal Hawk. The attraction version, housed in a massive circular room and supporting 28 players, was designed by company engineer Shigeki Toyama.
Galaxian 2 (also written as Galaxian II [1]) is a handheld electronic game that was released in 1981 in the US by Entex Industries. [2] It was also released the same year in Japan under the name Astro Galaxy [3] and in Europe under the name Astro Invader. [4] The game was also released under the Futuretronics brand in Australia. [5]
Light gun game. Known as Gun Bullet in Japan. PlayStation: August 7, 1997: Yes Yes No Ace Driver: Namco System 22: November 1994: Yes No No Attack of the Zolgear: Namco System 21: 1994: Yes No No Sequel to Galaxian 3; a conversion kit for the "Theater 6" system. Cyber Commando: Namco System 22: 1994: Yes No No Sequel to Cyber Sled. Mach ...
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).