Galaxy
Galaxy is a Galaga variant that builds on the ideas explored in the Commodore PET game Galaga, an earlier unlicensed take on the coin-up game by Henrik Wening. Players move a space ship left and right to fire…
Galaxy is a simulator developed by Kingsoft, released 31 December 1981 on PlayStation 3, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Galaxy is
Galaxy is a simulator game developed by Kingsoft and released in 1981. It was published by Kiya Overseas Industry. It is available on PlayStation 3, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, DOS, FM-7, Texas Instruments TI-99 and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Your scientists have finally overcome the problem of traversing the enormous distances between stars. A fusion engine using interstellar hydrogen for fuel has been combined with the Kragar gravity wave technique for faster-than-light travel. Now you, as Fleet Admiral of our newly commissoned starship armada, can fulfill the destiny of our race by spaceheading our expansion to the stars.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 20 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Galaxy launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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