Galaxian

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.

Genres
Shooter Space Invaders Like
Developer

Namco

Publisher

Atarisoft

Released

1984

Players

1-2

Rating
90/100 screenscraper
System

ColecoVision

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