Galaga '88
The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. The game is divided into a series of 29 Stages distributed…
Galaga '88 is an arcade developed by Namco, released 1 December 1987 on Wii, Sega Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Arcade.
What Galaga '88 is
Galaga '88 is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1987. It was published by Micomsoft. It is available on Wii, Sega Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Arcade and Sharp X68000.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. The game is divided into a series of 29 Stages distributed through eight Worlds. The starship Galaga accelerates between Stages and Worlds and even to higher dimensions (go to the section on Dimensional Travel below to find out more). With the exception of the third and eighth, each World culminates in a Challenging Stage. There are six such stages to engage in any full game, and each begins with the on-screen announcement "That's Galactic Dancin'!" and has its own YM2151-generated song to which the enemy formations dance. In any given Challenging…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Galaxian series
Galaga '88 is the 26th of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. It arrived 11 months after Galaga. The next entry was Galaga '90 in 1989.
What it launched against
Galaga '88 launched on 1 December 1987, within three weeks of Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl and Shinobi.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl, Shinobi.
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