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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.
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 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]
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]
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An arcade baseball game incorporating a pitching machine. [2] It was among Japan's top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1980. [3] Sweet Licks: April 1981: Yes Yes Yes Pic Pac: November 1984: Yes Features musical robot band. [4] A video game version Robot Band PicPac is included in Namco Museum Vol. 4 (1996). Sweet Land: June 1987: Yes Gator ...
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.
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).