But still, a solid game, and even more fun than I expected.

If I plan to return to arcade games, there will be so many to play, I'm not sure if this one would make the replay list! Especially with Space Invaders predating it. I would have had a blast if I ever had played this back in the day, I always opted for other games, alas. The player assumes control of the Galaxip starfighter in its mission to protect Earth from waves of aliens. Gameplay involves destroying each formation of aliens, who dive down towards the player in an attempt to hit them. Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco.

And, I got pretty darn good at it heh, once you had a feel for the mechanics and timings. Galaxian a is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. Still, can't deny I played it for far longer than planned on a night I said early bed time. It was exciting, fast-paced, and innovative. The second game in the series, Galaga, is among the most successful arcade games of all time. 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. The series revolves around the player in a spaceship who must shoot all of the enemies of an alien swarm. And again, arcade-style sounds also are growing on me.įun, but I preferred Space Invaders. The Galaxian universe (, Galaxian) is a series of famous fixed shooters developed by Namco. And arcade-style graphics are growing on me.Īlso solid for this era. It was the only other game that ran on Namcos Phozon hardware, three Motorola M6809 processors running at 1.536 MHz and is the second sequel to Galaxian (after Galaga). I might be turning into an arcade guy ugh, which means I will have to go backwards in the chronology project gahhh Gaplus (, Gyapurasu), also known as Galaga 3 is a shoot-em-up arcade game by Namco and released in 1984. I played the original Midway-licensed Arcade North American version.

Arcade game sequel to galaxian