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Galaxian

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Also known as
Arcade Archives: Galaxian Galaxia PT Galaxian Zero Time アーケードアーカイブス ギャラクシアン ギャラクシアン

Control a ship to shoot descending alien formations and survive their dive bombing attacks.

Galaxian was originally released in arcades in 1979. The NES (Famicom) version was released in Japan on September 7, 1984 by Namco.

About Galaxian

Galaxian is a shoot 'em up where the player controls a ship positioned at the screen's bottom, facing formations of alien adversaries above. Destroying these targets involves lateral movement to aim and firing projectiles upward.

Enemy types include Drones, Emissaries, Hornets, and Commanders, with point values increasing for those positioned higher in the formation. The gameplay rhythm involves periodic, challenging moments where individual enemies break formation to dive toward the player, often accompanied by a bomber. Successfully eliminating all aliens in a wave triggers the start of a new one.

Galaxian Screenshots

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This is the 'one-time' use of the aliens to be destroyed using one shot.
This is the list of 'aliens' including the convoy charger to be destroyed.