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Galaga: Destination Earth

Galaga, the "slide-and-shoot" arcade classic from 1981, has been updated with nine new worlds, 3D graphics, futuristic backgrounds and more in GALAGA -- Destination: Earth. Like in the original game, you begin…

23 September 2000

Galaga: Destination Earth is a shooter developed by King of the Jungle, released 23 September 2000 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Galaga: Destination Earth is

Galaga: Destination Earth is a shooter game developed by King of the Jungle and released in 2000. It was published by Hasbro Interactive. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

It is late in the 22nd century, and the insect-like Galaga are back. Humans have terraformed and colonized most habitable places in our solar system, but the Galaga have only one thing in mind: destruction. The Galaga are mutated nanites that were inadvertently created during the terraforming process. They are deadly, autonomous and great in number, and you must blast them into oblivion. In addition to shooting Galaga, you must perform various mission objectives, such as collecting life pods and activating water turbines.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric 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: Destination Earth is the 43rd of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. The next entry was Galaga: Destination Earth in 2000.

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What it launched against

Galaga: Destination Earth launched on 23 September 2000, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2 and Skies of Arcadia.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia.

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When did Galaga: Destination Earth come out?
Galaga: Destination Earth was released on 23 September 2000 for PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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