- September 15, 1979
- Namco
Galaxian
About Galaxian
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…

Games Like Galaxian
Looking for games like Galaxian? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Hangeki, Beat Invaders or Titan Attacks!.
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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, Beat Invaders, Titan Attacks!, Horizon Shift, XenoRaptor and others.












