Galaxian

Description

Galaxian is a shoot 'em up in which the player is at the bottom of the screen, with an arrangement of aliens at the top. The player moves left and right to aim at an alien, then shoots a bullet up the screen, and the alien it hits is killed. The aliens are classed as Drones, Emissaries, Hornets and Commanders, with those higher up the screen scoring more points when destroyed. At set intervals an enemy will move down the screen towards you, escorting a bomber, which is a moment of high danger. Clear a wave and another is generated.

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User Reviews

Much better than its PC counterpart	NES	Black Wolf (37231)
An extremely faithful conversion of the original arcade game.	PC Booter	Trixter (8868)
A solid Space Invaders clone.	PC Booter	Tomer Gabel (4476)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	ColecoVision	Mar 03, 2001	A	100
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Jul 14, 2001	A-	91
VideoGame	Atari 2600	Aug, 1991		80
Abandonia	PC Booter	May 13, 2006	4 out of 5	80
Your Spectrum	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1985	11.5 out of 15	77
Game Freaks 365	Atari 2600	2002	7.1 out of 10	71
The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	May 03, 2008	D	25

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Trivia

Atari 2600 programmer Mark Ackerman, at the time working in Atari's "think-tank" GCC, was granted a patent for his technique invented for the 2600 port of Galaxian, allowing eight sprites to be displayed in one row.