Galaga

Galaga is a fixed shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1981. The US version was released the same year under license to Midway. more...

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Gameplay

Galaga is a sequel to Galaxian and has similar gameplay. The player controls a spaceship (which can move only right or left) and shoots at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens that fly in formation above him and occasionally swoop down to bomb him in a kamikaze-like dive. The enemies in the top row will sometimes dive with one or two escorts. Enemies that survive a dive will rejoin the formation from the top. When all enemies are destroyed, the player moves on to the next level. The game is over when the player's last ship is destroyed or captured.

Differences from Galaxian

The game differs from Galaxian in several ways:

Two player shots can appear on the screen simultaneously.;

At the beginning of each level, enemies fly into the formation in groups, which the player can shoot on their way in. In later stages, extra enemies in each group break off and dive at the player.;

Boss Galagas (green-and-yellow aliens that replace the Galaxian Flagship) take two hits to destroy. They also occasionally stop in mid-dive and attempt to capture the player's ship with a tractor beam. See Captured Fighters below for more information.;

Galaga introduces a bonus stage, referred to as the Challenging Stage, in which a set of 40 enemies (including 4 Boss Galagas) fly in predetermined patterns. The player's goal is to destroy all 40 enemies before they exit the playfield.;

Starting on Stage 4, a single non-boss enemy splits into three special enemies (referred to in Namco Museum as "Fish"), two of which exit the playfield if not destroyed first. Destroying all three of the split enemies yields extra bonus points.;

When destroyed, the player ship emits a much more realistic explosion sound effect than the effect heard in Galaxian.;

The game keeps track of all of the player's shots and displays the player's "hit-miss ratio" at the end of the game.;

In two-player mode, it is possible for an experienced player to play his entire game before the second player gets his first turn.;

Captured fighters

Perhaps the most famous element of Galaga is the ability for the player's ship to be captured by the enemy. Boss Galagas (the green enemies at the top of the formation) occasionally stop mid-dive and attempt to capture the player's ship with a tractor beam. If the ship is captured, the boss carries it back up into the formation. If the captured ship is the player's last ship, the game ends.

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