Arcade Game Series: Galaga
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…
Arcade Game Series: Galaga is an arcade developed by Namco Limited, released 19 April 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Arcade Game Series: Galaga is
Arcade Game Series: Galaga is an arcade game developed by Namco Limited and released in 2016. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 comes with scanline and sound settings, and the option to switch between the old and new versions - perfect…
How it plays
Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Galaxian series
Arcade Game Series: Galaga is the 62nd of 74 entries we hold in the Galaxian series. The next entry was Galaga Wars in 2016.
What it launched against
Arcade Game Series: Galaga launched on 19 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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