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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Arcade version screenshot. 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 ...
Galaxian3: Project Dragoon[ a][ b] is a 3D rail shooter video game developed and published by Namco. It was originally a theme park attraction designed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition (Expo '90) in Japan, and was later released as an arcade game in 1992. The game involves players controlling a starship named the Dragoon in ...
Arcade system. Astrocade [ 1] Gorf is an arcade video game released in 1981 by Midway Manufacturing, whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force". It is a fixed shooter with five distinct levels, the first of which is based on Space Invaders and another on Galaxian. The game makes heavy use of synthesized speech ...
Release. JP: July 1994. NA: 1994. Genre (s) Rail shooter. Attack of the Zolgear [a] is an arcade game for one to six players released by Namco. It is a sequel to Galaxian 3. [1] This game used two LaserDisc players simultaneously for the outer space background, while computer generated graphics were overlaid on top. [2]
Galaga '91 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.