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Galaxians

Galaxians is a clone of Galaxian. The player's goal is to destroy a matrix of enemy spaceships which is gradually descending on the screen. Single ships will sometimes leave the formation and bombard the…

31 December 1982

Galaxians is an arcade developed by Artic Computing, released 31 December 1982 on Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

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What Galaxians is

Galaxians is an arcade game developed by Artic Computing and released in 1982. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Galaxians is a clone of Galaxian. The player's goal is to destroy a matrix of enemy spaceships which is gradually descending on the screen. Single ships will sometimes leave the formation and bombard the player with multiple shots. There's only a single scenario with a single type of spaceship. The process repeats itself when a squadron is completely eliminated, but the difficulty increases.
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How it plays

Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Galaxians launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Galaxians come out?
Galaxians was released on 31 December 1982 for Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

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