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Galaga [a] is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. In North America, it was released by Midway Manufacturing. It is the sequel to Galaxian (1979), Namco's first major video game hit in arcades. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding ...
November 1979: Latest release: Galaga Revenge January 2019: Galaxian [a] is a shoot'em up video game franchise developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, ...
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.
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.
Among Namco's first major hits was the fixed shooter Galaxian in 1979. It was followed by Pac-Man in 1980. Namco prospered during the golden age of arcade video games in the early 1980s, releasing popular titles such as Galaga, Xevious, and Pole Position.
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]
1979 Namco (Japan) / Midway (U.S.) Created to compete with Space Invaders. The first game to use multi-colored, animated sprites. [131] [132] Aliens move in a swooping formation and attack by dive bombing the player's ship. Lunar Lander: 1979 Atari: Arcade version of an earlier minicomputer game concept. First Atari coin-op to use vector ...
Pac-Man is a hidden extra in the arcade game Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of 1981 (2001). [65] [66] A similar cabinet was released in 2005 that featured Pac-Man as the centerpiece. [67] Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1993) and Pac-Man World 2 (2002) have Pac-Man as an unlockable extra.