Galaxian

2.86 from 14 votes
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
First released
Unknown
Franchises
Galaxian, Arcade Archives
Developed by
Namco, Atari, General Computer Corporation
Published by
Bandai Namco Entertainment, Midway Games, Atari, Bug-Byte Software Ltd., Namco, Taito Corporation, Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd., HAMSTER Corporation
Platforms
Apple II, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Atari 5200, Arcade, Wii Shop, Famicom Disk System, PC, Arcadia 2001, NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, FM-7, NEC PC-6001, Epoch Cassette Vision, PlayStation 4, Casio PV-1000, Nintendo Switch, Sord M5
Genres
Shoot 'Em Up
Themes
Sci-Fi
Releases
  • 2600 - Galaxian United States
  • 2600 - Galaxian Japan
  • 5200 - Galaxian United States
  • A800 - Galaxian United States
  • APL2 - Galaxian United States
  • ARC - Galaxian United States
  • ARC - Galaxian Japan
  • ARC - Galaxian United Kingdom
  • BAST - Galaxian United States
  • C64 - Galaxian United States
  • C64 - Galaxian United Kingdom
  • CVIS - Galaxian United States
  • FDS - Galaxian Japan
  • NES - Galaxian Japan
  • NSW - Arcade Archives: Galaxian United States
  • PS4 - Arcade Archives: Galaxian United States
  • SPEC - Galaxian United Kingdom
  • TI99 - Galaxian Australia
  • VC20 - Galaxian United Kingdom
  • WSHP - Galaxian Japan
  • X1 - Galaxian Japan

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