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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.
Galaga[ a] is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. 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 enemies ...
Latest release. Galaga Revenge. January 2019. Galaxian[ a] is a shoot'em up video game franchise developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Some entries were outsourced to other developers, such as Hasbro Interactive, Bandai and Paladin Studios. The series first began in 1979 with the arcade game Galaxian, which was ...
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.
Galaxina is a 1980 American science fantasy - comedy film written and directed by William Sachs. Shot on a low budget, the film stars 1980 Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband shortly after the film's release. [ 3][ 4] Besides its homages to and parodies of science fiction mainstays Star Trek (1966 ...
Defender is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Williams Electronics in 1980 and released as an arcade video game in 1981. The game is set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts. Development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball ...
Second sequel to Gee Bee . First Namco game to feature background music and a bonus round. Created by K'K Tokki as a prototype. Namco's best-selling arcade game of all time. Three Pac-Man games by Midway also use the Namco Pac-Man hardware - Ms. Pac-Man (2/3/1982), Pac-Man Plus (3/13/1982), and Jr. Pac-Man (8/13/1983).
Galaga '88 is a fixed shooter video game. Its plot involves the launch of a starship named the Blast Fighter [1] to destroy the hostile Galaga forces and their home planet. Its gameplay is similar to its predecessors; as the Blast Fighter, the player must shoot each of the Galaga aliens, who fly into formation from the top and sides of the ...