Galaga

Galaga (ギャラガ, Gyaraga) is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen. At the beginning of each stage, the area is empty, but over time, enemy aliens fly in formation, and once all of the enemies arrive on screen, ... More

Initial release date:

  • 1981

Also known as:

  • Gyaraga,
  • ギャラガ,
  • Galaga: Demons of Death

Video Game

Developer:

Characters:

Character Playable
  • No

Influenced by:

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Ranked item

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 72
  • 2005

IGN Top 100 Games of All Time of 2005

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