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Galaxian

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Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews
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Galaxian is a single player and multiplayer arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Namco and was released on September 15, 1979. It received positive reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Galaxian is a legendary single-screen shoot-em-up that took everything that made Taito's ground-breaking "Space Invaders" so good, and improved upon it on every level. Each screen starts with a wave of multi-colored aliens moving left and right at the top of the screen; the aliens quickly break ranks and start dive-bombing the Galaxip (player's ship) - either in single units or in groups of 3 - dr…

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Galaxian is a arcade shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Galaxian include science.

Galaxian was released on September 15, 1979.

Galaxian was developed by Namco.

Galaxian has received mostly positive reviews from players.

Galaxian is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Hangeki, Titan Attacks!, Horizon Shift, Beat Invaders, Antiprism and others.