Galaga
The objective of Galaga is to score as many points as possible by destroying insect-like enemies. The player controls a starfighter that can move left and right along the bottom of the playfield. Enemies swarm…
Galaga is an arcade developed by Namco Limited, released 1 September 1981 on Xbox 360, Arcade, FM-7 and MSX. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Galaga is
Galaga is an arcade game developed by Namco Limited and released in 1981. It was published by Bug-Byte Software. It is available on Xbox 360, Arcade, FM-7, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-9800 Series, Sharp MZ-2200 and Sharp X1.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Galaga is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Midway Manufacturing in North America. It is the sequel to 1979's Galaxian, and the second game in the Galaxian series. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. "Boss Galaga" enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued by another ship to give the player a "dual fighter" with additional firepower.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Galaxian series
Galaga is the second of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. It arrived 2 years after Galaxian. The next entry was Galaxian2 in 1981. Its critic score of 70 is almost exactly the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Galaxian at 90.
How it was received
Galaga holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 128 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Galaga yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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