Arcade Archives: Galaxian
"Galaxian" is a shooting game released by Namco in 1979. You control a Galaxip and shoot aliens that approach you in eerie curves. Aliens during the assault double your score, and the flagship (Galboss) can be…
Arcade Archives: Galaxian is an arcade developed by Namco, released 24 November 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Galaxian is
Arcade Archives: Galaxian is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2022. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Galaxian" is a shooting game released by Namco in 1979. You control a Galaxip and shoot aliens that approach you in eerie curves. Aliens during the assault double your score, and the flagship (Galboss) can be shot at in turn, starting with the escort (red alien), for a higher score. Deftly dodge enemy aliens and destroy the large formation.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Galaxian series
Arcade Archives: Galaxian is the 73rd of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. It arrived 7 months after Arcade Archives: Gaplus. The next entry was Atari 50: The Namco Legendary Pack in 2025.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Galaxian launched on 24 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns and Chained Echoes. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes.
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