Galaga
Galaga
Galaga
Galaga
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Galaga

Galaga

Description

Galaga is a fixed-shooter arcade video game that Namco created and released in 1981. It was made available in North America by Midway Manufacturing. It is the follow-up to Galaxian (1979), which was Namco's first significant arcade video game success. The player is entrusted with killing the Galaga troops in each level while dodging opponents and missiles while piloting a spacecraft. Certain foes may be stopped by a player's spacecraft using a tractor beam, and the player can then be revived to become a "dual fighter" with more firepower. With a tiny staff, Shigeru Yokoyama oversaw development. It took around two months to complete the first planning. It was first created for the Namco Galaxian arcade board, but Namco's Research & Development department advised moving it to a new system. An earlier movie that Yokoyama had watched, in which a spacecraft was captured utilizing a huge circular beam, served as the basis for the twin fighter mechanism. The proposal gained a lot of traction inside the organization, and Namco's president Masaya Nakamura even expressed interest.

How to play

Game developer

Namco's

Update

2023

Walkthrough

Use arrow keys to play
Use your mouse to play
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