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Namco's Galaxian is a top-down perspective shooter inspired by Space Invaders. It led to the Galaxian franchise, which includes the Galaga series of games.

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Namco (Company)'s Galaxian is a top-down perspective shooter inspired by Space Invaders (Game). It led to the Galaxian franchise, which includes the Galaga (Franchise) series of games.

Games

Galaxian

31 October 1979

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Galaga (Game)

30 September 1981

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Galaga 3 (Game)

1 April 1984

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Galaga '88

15 July 1988

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Galaxian³

30 April 1990

Platforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Arcade

Attack of the Zolgear (Game)

31 December 1994

Platforms/Arcade

Arcade Classic No. 3: Galaga/Galaxian

14 July 1995

Platforms/Game Boy

SD Gundam Over Galaxian (Game)

28 June 1996

Platforms/PlayStation

Galaga: Destination Earth

3 September 2000

Platforms/PCPlatforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Game Boy Color

Galaga Legions (Game)

20 August 2008

Platforms/Xbox 360 Games Store

Galaga Remix (Game)

2 April 2009

Platforms/iPadPlatforms/iPhone

Galaga 30th Collection (Game)

9 June 2011

Platforms/iPadPlatforms/iPhone

Galaga Legions DX (Game)

28 June 2011

Platforms/PlayStation Network PS3Platforms/Xbox 360 Games StorePlatforms/Windows Phone

Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions

26 July 2011

Platforms/Nintendo 3DS

Galaga Special Edition (Game)

17 January 2013

Platforms/Android

Space Galaga (Game)

29 April 2014

Platforms/AndroidPlatforms/iPadPlatforms/iPhone

Galaga Assault (Game)

6 January 2016

Platforms/Arcade

Franchise details

Name

Galaxian

Features

17 games

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First game

Galaxian

Aliases

Galaga

Characters

• Has characters: Pac-Man (Character), Blinky (Character), Clyde (Character), Inky (Character), Pinky (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Space (Location), Earth (Location), The Moon (Location), Mars (Location), Saturn (Location), Pluto (Location), Mercury (Location), Neptune (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Ghost (Concept), Plug and Play Games (Concept), Collectible (Concept), Sprite (Concept), Alien (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), Leaderboard (Concept), Explosion (Concept), Boss Fight (Concept), Boss (Concept), Side-Scrolling (Concept), Instant Kill (Concept), PlayStation Home Tie-In (Concept), Lock On (Concept), The Future (Concept), Achievements (Concept), Lives (Concept), Misrepresentative Box Art (Concept), Boss Assistance (Concept), Namco Generations (Concept), Space Battle (Concept), Electricity (Concept), 2D (Concept), Single-Screen Level (Concept), Slow Motion (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Unlockable Gamer Pics (Concept), No Dialogue (Concept), 8-bit (Concept), Artificial Intelligence (Concept), Top-Down Perspective (Concept), Insect Swarm (Concept), Bonus Stage (Concept), Enemy Capture (Concept), Gravity (Concept), Vertical Scrolling (Concept), Death (Concept), Moving Platform (Concept), Thumbs Up (Concept), Giant Insects (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), Non-Humanoid Protagonist (Concept), Digital Distribution (Concept), Voice Chat (Concept), Rail Shooter (Concept), Dragonfly (Concept), Comic Book Included (Concept), Xbox Live (Concept), Score Multiplier (Concept), Continue (Concept), Countdown Timer (Concept), PlayStation Network (Concept), Linear Gameplay (Concept), PlayStation Trophies (Concept), Motion Control (Concept), Color Coded Enemies (Concept), Confirm Menu Choices (Concept), Digital Rights Management (Concept), E3 1995 (Concept), E3 2006 (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), High Score (Concept), Launch Title (Concept), On-Rails (Concept), Port (Concept), Reward Sound (Concept), Twin Stick Control (Concept), Virtual Console (Concept), Real-Time Over Pre-Rendered Movies (Concept), Kill Screen (Concept), Pinball Stage (Concept), Swinging Platforms (Concept), Press Select to Select (Concept), Disk Writer Exclusive (Concept), Summer of Arcade (Concept), Summer of Arcade 2008 (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Car (Object), Laser (Object), Spaceship (Object), Hamburger (Object), Missile (Object), Power Pellet (Object), Balloon (Object), Bullet (Object), Option (Object), Pinball Flippers (Object), Galaxian Flagship (Object), S-Flag (Object)

People

• Has people: Mark Ackerman (Person), David Albert (Person), Brian Ostergren (Person), Shahid Ahmad (Person), Daniel James Kitchen (Person), Cherie Lutz (Person), Frank Lam (Person), George Gomez (Person), Kim Schillinger (Person), Junko Ozawa (Person), Matt Collins (Person), Ayako Saso (Person), Eric Heutchy (Person), Nobuyuki Ohnogi (Person), Scott Marshall (Person), Hideki Tanaami (Person), Tadashi Iguchi (Person), Jacqui Jomain (Person), Edgar M. Vigdal (Person)