Galaga
Sign in to saveis a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for Japanese and European arcades; it was distributed by Midway Manufacturing in North America. It is the sequel to 1979's Galaxian, and the second game in the Galaxian series. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. Some enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued by another ship to give the player a "dual fighter" with additional firepower.
Game data
- Released
- 1981-01-01
- User rating
- 3.96 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox 360, Wii U, Wii, Game Boy, NES, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, SEGA Master System
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Game details · IGDB
First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to modern platforms! Move the fighter left and right, and destroy the waves of incoming aliens in this space-age shooter. Destroy all the enemies to advance to the next stage! Retrieve a captured fighter and combine into a Dual Fighter! Try your hand at Challenging Stages that appear after every few levels, and aim for a perfect score! With multiple enemy formations, the high-risk, high-reward of the Dual Fighter, and the Challenging Stages, there's plenty here for even the most hardcore players! This latest port com…
- Released
- 2016
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Galaxian
- Developer
- Namco Limited
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Galaga
- Video game.image
- Galaga flyer.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Japanese arcade flyer
- Video game.developer
- Namco
- Video game.director
- Shigeru Yokoyama
- Video game.programmer
- Toru (Tetsu) Ogawa
- Video game.artist
- Hiroshi Ono
- Video game.composer
- Nobuyuki Ohnogi
- Video game.series
- Galaxian
- Video game.genre
- Fixed shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.arcade system
- Namco Galaga
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Galaga.jpg
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- Commons category
- Galaga
- publication date
- 1985-02-15
- superfamicom.org URL
- superfamicom.org/famicom/info/galaga
- title
- ギャラガ
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is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for Japanese and European arcades; it was distributed by Midway Manufacturing in North America. It is the sequel to 1979's Galaxian, and the second game in the Galaxian series. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. Some enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued by another ship to give the player a "dual fighter" with additional firepower.
Shigeru Yokoyama led development with a small team. Initial planning took about two months to finish. Originally developed for the Namco Galaxian arcade board, it was instead shifted to a new system as suggested by Namco's Research and Development division. Inspiration for the dual fighter mechanic was taken from a film that Yokoyama had seen prior to development, in which a ship was captured using a large circular beam. The project became immensely popular around the company, with Namco's president Masaya Nakamura even taking interest.