Galaxian
Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito…
Galaxian is an arcade developed by Namco, released 15 September 1979 on Arcade. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Galaxian is
Galaxian is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1979. It was published by Midway. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. The player assumes control of the Galaxip starfighter in its mission to protect Earth from waves of aliens. Gameplay involves destroying each formation of aliens, who dive down towards the player in an attempt to hit them.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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
Galaxian is the first of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. The next entry was Galaga in 1981. Its critic score of 90 is 20 points above the series average of 70. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Galaxian holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Players rate it 82, 8 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
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 Galaxian yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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