During the first 2 waves you can hide out, for a few seconds, in either corner of the screen. The big points come from shooting the escorts before the flagship. Destroying them in a particular order yields more points. The lowest ranking Drones are green, Emissaries are purple and the highest ranking Flagships are white. You have 9 skill levels selectable via the Game Select Switch. Shooting them in flight garners double points rather than picking them off in formation. Galaxians attack in waves - each wave being replaced once all the Galaxians are destroyed.

Galaxian is a single player game with your mission begins with 3 lives and an extra life at 7,000 points. The flagship makes an appearance as a bonus fruit on rounds 9 and 10 of 1980's Pac-Man and is worth 2000 points if Pac-Man eats it. Game to have all of its graphics in RGB color. Single Galaxian ships will swoop down as well. H advises shooting the escorts first then going afte the flagship. The Commander tells us how Galaxians fight in teams with a flagship being protected by 2 escorts. The idea and definition of terrorism has certainly changed since the 70's. Galaxian Story ArcĪfter being welcomed aboard the missile laser base your training instructor, Commander Champion, tells of the dreaded Galaxians and their centuries-old war and terrorism.

The arcade version offered a 2-way joystick and a fire button - into which they packed a lot of excellent game play. The Galaxian arcade controls are nice and simple lending to the limited options of the 2600 joystick. I was super excited to get this title for the Atari 2600 as I loved playing it in the arcades. Comparatively it's a slower game in several respects. Arriving a few years before Galaga gave this game some time to rest on it's laurels as a premiere space shooter. Arriving in Arcades during the Christmas season of 1979 Galaxian was a hit arriving on the heels of the original bottom shooter, Space Invaders, which was originally monochrome, but hella fun.

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