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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 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]
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]
Pac-Man (1980). The 1980s was the second decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of highs and lows for video games.The decade began amidst a boom in the arcade video game business with the golden age of arcade video games, the Atari 2600's dominance of the home console market during the second generation of video game consoles, and the rising influence of home computers.
[78] [79] Galaxian introduced a "risk-reward" concept, [80] while Galaga was one of the first games with a bonus stage. [81] Sega's 1980 release Space Tactics was an early first-person space combat game with multi-directional scrolling as the player moved the cross-hairs on the screen. [82] Others tried new concepts and defined new genres.
1995 – Game Boy (Galaga & Galaxian) [12] 1997 – LCD pocket game 2001 – Mobile phone [13] 2009 – Wii Virtual Console [14] Notes: Designed by Kazunori Sawano [15] Distributed in North America by Midway Games [16] Cited as one of the first video games to use RGB, through its colorful enemy designs and explosions [17] [16]
Namco Museum Vol. 1 [a] is a 1995 arcade video game compilation developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation. The collection includes seven arcade games developed by the company that were originally released in the 1980s, such as Pac-Man, Galaga and Pole Position. The compilation features a 3D open-world virtual museum that the player ...
Retro Gamer felt the same way about the arcade original, saying that Moon Cresta had several differences that made it stand out from Galaxian and Galaga, and that it was an entertaining and important game in its own right. [6] They praised the game's large layer of strategy and scoring, alongside the ship docking mechanic. [6]