Description:As a spaceship moving left to right at the bottom of the screen, shoot up at enemies as they enter, assemble in formation and fly down at you. If you allowed an alien to capture one of your ships in its tractor beam, you could shoot the foe later and double your fire power!
Moving along the bottom of the screen, you shoot at the enAs a spaceship moving left to right at the bottom of the screen, shoot up at enemies as they enter, assemble in formation and fly down at you. If you allowed an alien to capture one of your ships in its tractor beam, you could shoot the foe later and double your fire power!
Moving along the bottom of the screen, you shoot at the enemies (either in formation or as they fly about). Most enemies are destroyed by one hit, but the Galagas take two hits (they turn blue when hit once). You must avoid being hit by enemies and their fire. You must also be aware of the Galaga's tractor beam, which can capture your ship (a captured ship turns red). To free the captured ship, you must destroy the captor Galaga while it is attacking you, otherwise the captured ship will be destroyed. When you free a captured ship, it will dock alongside your current ship, thus creating a dual ship.
Ships are lost when you are hit by enemies. Dual ships are destroyed individually.... (more)(less)
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My mommy tells me not to accept rides from strangers.
Galaga is to Galaxian what Sonic the Hedgehog is to the traditional platformer. Seriously, Namco sped the gameplay up so that it's Galaxian on cheap trucker speed. The protagonist spaceship can turn left and right faster than the speed of light, right? And the enemies dance onto the screen like wayward asteroids hurtling through a mysterious cosmos. Right? And then the bullets fly upwards like they're cuttin' out of the galaxy before its ce"
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"Arcade - 1981
"It wasn't Luke finding out his kissy friend is actually his sister. Or Spock sacrificing himself at the end of Star Trek II. No, the greatest space tragedy of the '80s was when you let one of the big Galaga bugs capture your ship before realizing it was your last one.""
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