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>NAMidway Games>Midway Manufacturing}}| director = Shigeru Yokoyama| composer = Nobuyuki Ohnogi| programmer = Toru (Tetsu) Ogawa| designer = Hiroshi Ono (artist)>Hiroshi OnoHTTPS://WWW.SILICONERA.COM/FORMER-NAMCO-PIXEL-ARTIST-HIROSHI-MR-DOTMAN-ONO-HAS-DIED/>TITLE=FORMER NAMCO PIXEL ARTIST HIROSHI 'MR. DOTMAN' ONO HAS DIEDSILICONERA>DATE=OCTOBER 17, 2021LAST=KIYA, Andrew, List of Galaxian video games>GalaxianArcade video game>Arcade, SG-1000, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari 7800, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Mobile game, Xbox 360, Roku, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows>Windows, CD-iJPTITLE=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) DATE=13 OCTOBER 2006 LANGUAGE=JA ISBN=978-4990251215 URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.ORG/DETAILS/ARCADEGAMELIST1971-2005/PAGE/N52, 1981October 1981}}| genre = Fixed shooterSingle-player video game>Single-player, multiplayer (alternating)Namco GalagaGALAGA - VIDEOGAME BY NAMCO WEBSITE=KILLER LIST OF VIDEOGAMES ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190713180329/HTTPS://WWW.ARCADE-MUSEUM.COM/GAME_DETAIL.PHP?GAME_ID=7881, 13 July 2019, }}{{nihongo foot|Galaga|ギャラガ|Gyaraga|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was released by Midway Manufacturing. It is the sequel to Galaxian (1979), Namco's first major video game hit in arcades. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. Some enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued to transform the player into a "dual fighter" with additional firepower.Shigeru Yokoyama led development with a small team. Initial planning took about two months to finish. Originally developed for the Namco Galaxian arcade board, it was instead shifted to a new system as suggested by Namco's Research and Development division. Inspiration for the dual fighter mechanic was taken from a film that Yokoyama had seen prior to development, where a ship was captured using a large circular beam. The project became immensely popular around the company, with Namco's president Masaya Nakamura even taking interest.Although early location tests were unsuccessful, Galaga received critical acclaim and went on to become one of the most successful arcade games, routinely appearing on Japanese and American arcade charts through 1987. It is widely regarded as a classic of the golden age of arcade video games and one of the greatest video games of all time. Critics applauded its gameplay, innovation, addictive nature and improvements made over its predecessor. Several home ports were released for a multitude of platforms, including the MSX, Atari 7800 and Nintendo Entertainment System, alongside releases on digital distribution platforms such as Xbox Live Arcade. Galaga is also included in many Namco compilations. It was followed by a sequel in 1984, Gaplus.

Gameplay

(File:Galaga.png|thumb|left|A Boss Galaga uses a tractor beam, while the player exchanges shots with aliens in formation.)Galaga is a fixed shooter. The player mans a lone starfighter at the bottom of the screen, which must prevent the Galaga forces from destroying all of mankind.BOOK, Galaga Parts and Operating Manual, October 1981, Midway Games, 6,weblink 14 July 2019, The objective of each stage is to defeat all of the Galaga aliens, which will fly into formation from the top and sides of the screen. Similar to Galaxian, aliens will dive towards the player while shooting down projectiles; colliding with either projectiles or aliens will result in a life being lost.Atop the enemy formation are four large aliens known as the "Boss Galaga", which take two shots to destroy. These aliens can use a tractor beam to capture the player's ship, returning with it to the top of the formation and costing the player a life. Should additional lives remain, the player has an opportunity to shoot down the Boss Galaga holding the captured ship. Shooting it down as it dives towards the player will result in the captured ship being rescued, and it will join the player's ship, transforming it into a "dual-fighter" with additional firepower and a larger hitbox. However, destroying a Boss Galaga with a captured ship while it is in formation will instead cause the fighter to turn against the player and act as an alien. The ship will return in a later level as part of the formation.Some enemies can morph into new enemy types with different attack patterns, with one even taking the form of the Galaxian Flagship. Stages are indicated by emblems located at the bottom-right of the screen. Enemies become more aggressive as the game progresses, increasing their number of projectiles and diving down at a faster rate. The third stage and every fourth thereafter is a bonus stage, where the aliens fly in a preset formation without firing at the player.

Development

Galaga was created by Japanese developer Shigeru Yokoyama, a long-time veteran of Namco.WEB, Namco Bandai Games, Galaga - 30th Anniversary Developer Interview,weblink Galaga WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190606111333weblink">weblink 6 June 2019, 2011, 13 July 2019, Namco Bandai Games, Namco's first big video game hit in arcades was Galaxian (1979);BOOK, Arcade Games, September 1982, JoyStik, 10, 1,weblink 14 July 2019, BOOK, Kent, Steven L., Steven L. Kent, The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World, 2002, Random House, New York, 978-0-7615-3643-7, 59416169,weblinkweblink June 24, 2016, live, the game's success led Namco to produce a large number of Namco Galaxian arcade boards to keep up with demand. By the early 1980s the game was becoming harder to sell, so to help clear out inventory, Yokoyama was tasked with creating two new games that could run on the Namco Galaxian board. The first of these was King & Balloon (1980), a fixed shooter that is cited as the first video game to incorporate speech.WEB, Vark, Aaron, King & Balloon,weblink Hardcore Gaming 101, 13 December 2014, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190502104309weblink">weblink 2 May 2019, The second game was instead made for newer hardware as suggested by Namco's Research & Development division. This new arcade board was named the Namco Galaga and was used in games including Bosconian (1981)WEB, Bosconian - Videogame by Midway Manufacturing Co,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 13 July 2019,weblink 22 May 2019, and Dig Dug (1982).WEB, Dig Dug - Videogame by Atari,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 June 2019, Although Yokoyama was not given explicit instructions to make a shooting game, management expressed desire for him to make a game similar to Galaxian. Initial planning for the project took two months.The idea for the dual fighter stemmed from Yokoyama wanting to create enemies with different attack styles. The tractor beam emitted by the Boss Galaga was inspired by a film in which a character's ship was captured by a circling laser. Yokoyama incorporated this idea into Galaga, whereby an enemy could capture the player's ship with a beam and the ship would need to be rescued. Originally, rescuing a captured ship would award the player an extra life, but this was soon changed to having it fight alongside the player. This idea proved to be a problem at first; due to hardware limitations, the game could only display a limited number of sprites, resulting in the dual-fighter being unable to shoot any more missiles. As a workaround, Yokoyama made a 16x16 sprite for the ship and a 16x16 sprite for the bullets, reducing the total sprite count by two.Inspired by the intermissions in Pac-Man (1980) and bonus stages in Rally-X (1980), Yokoyama added a special bonus level. While planning, lead programmer Tetsu Ogawa informed him of a bug whereby enemies would simply fly off the screen instead of moving into formation. Ogawa expressed interest in incorporating the idea into the game, leading to the inclusion of the Challenging Stages. Enemies originally flew in one type of pattern, with more being added to increase replay value. Graphic designer Hiroshi Ono designed many of the sprites, including the player's ship and the Boss Galaga alien.Prior to location testing, the team focused on designing the instruction card, a sheet of paper that showed how the game was played. The text was done by the planners, while the actual design was handled by a graphic artist. The card originally showed the control layout and the basics of the game, which was stripped early on for being too boring. Yokoyama suggested that the card instead show off the dual fighter mechanic, as a means to draw in players. The team kept bringing in designs to Namco president Masaya Nakamura, who continued to reject them until he ordered the team to simply make it in front of him.The team was allowed to set their own deadlines, due to Namco's then-laidback corporate structure. Feedback on the project was given by Nakamura and other employees, including Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. Despite the game's immense popularity around the company, early location tests failed to meet expectations due to players being able to progress a long way with only one coin, thus generating low income. Although Yokoyama stated that the game's popularity could still generate income, Namco executives instructed the team to increase the difficulty level. Galaga was released in Japan in September 1981.WEB, Cummins, Chris, Celebrating 35 Years of Galaga,weblink Den of Geek, 13 July 2019,weblink 1 July 2019, 8 November 2016, It was released in North America by Midway Games in October of that year.

Conversions

Sega-Galaga, the first home conversion of Galaga, was published by Sega for the SG-1000 in 1983.MAGAZINE,weblink Playing the SG-1000, Sega's First Game Machine, Wired (magazine), Wird, October 2009, October 5, 2009, Chris, Kohler, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140101073612weblink">weblink January 1, 2014, mdy-all, An MSX version followed a year later in 1984.NEWS, Dempa Micomsoft Super Soft Catalogue,weblink 14 July 2019, Dempa, May 1984, 4, A conversion for the Family Computer was released in 1985 for Japan,BOOK, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Family Computer 1983 - 1994, 2003, Otashuppan, Japan, 4872338030, which was later released internationally by Bandai for the Nintendo Entertainment System, subtitled Demons of Death in North America.BOOK,weblink Galaga: Demons of Death instruction booklet, 1988, Bandai, 16, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180903011535weblink">weblink 3 September 2018, Atari, Inc. published an Atari 7800 version as one of the console's thirteen launch games.PRESS RELEASE, Atari unveils advanced video game that is expandable to introductory computer, Atari, Inc.,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190428091904weblink">weblink 28 April 2019, 30 April 2010, 21 May 1984, In Europe, Aardvark Software released an unofficial port for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron called Zalaga in 1983 which was described by Computer and Video Games as "true to the arcade original".MAGAZINE, Computer and Video Games, Software Reviews, 33, 37, 26 (December 1983), 16 November 1983,weblink Namco published a Game Boy version in Japan in 1995, Galaxian & Galaga, bundled with Galaxian. Nintendo published the game outside Japan under the Arcade Classic brand.WEB, Lucas, Victor, Galaga & Galaxian,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/19970804173859weblink">weblink 4 August 1997, Electric Playground, 26 June 1996, 13 July 2019, Two mobile phone versions were released, both confined to Japan; the first was for i-Mode in 2001,WEB, Saeki, Kenji, ナムコ、iアプリコンテンツ「アプリキャロット」に 「ニューラリーX」と「ギャラガ」を追加配信,weblink GAME Watch, 13 July 2019,weblink 22 December 2018, 11 June 2001, and the second for EZweb in 2006.WEB, Ota, Susumu, ナムコ、EZweb向けに「ギャラガ」配信,weblink MOBILE Watch, 13 July 2019,weblink 22 December 2018, 7 March 2006, The original arcade version was released for the Xbox Live Arcade service in 2006, featuring online leaderboards and achievements.WEB, Shoemaker, Brad, Galaga Xbox Live Arcade Hands-On,weblink GameSpot, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 July 2019, 5 June 2006, The NES release was ported to the Wii Virtual Console in 2007, followed by the arcade version in 2009.WEB, バーチャルコンソールアーケード - ギャラガ,weblink Namco Bandai Games, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160312082716weblink">weblink 12 March 2016, 24 November 2009, A Roku port was published in 2011.WEB, Pierce, David, Roku 2 gets new firmware, games; Pac-Man, Galaga, and more,weblink The Verge, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161113081212weblink">weblink 13 November 2016, 31 October 2011, In 2013, the NES version was released on both the 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console.WEB, J. Reed, Philip, Galaga Review (3DS eShop / NES),weblink Nintendo Life, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190528032554weblink">weblink 28 May 2019, 19 March 2014, Galaga was one of the four games released under the Arcade Game Series brand, which was published for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows in 2016.WEB, Romano, Sal, Bandai Namco bringing classic Arcade Game Series to PS4, Xbox One, and PC,weblink Gematsu, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171020084020weblink">weblink 20 October 2017, 21 December 2015, Galaga was included in Namco compilations including Namco Museum Vol. 1 (1995),MAGAZINE, Review Crew: Namco Arcade Classics, Electronic Gaming Monthly, 82, Sendai Publishing, May 1996, 34, Namco Museum 64 (1996),WEB, Fielder, Joe, Namco Museum 64 Review,weblink GameSpot, 13 July 2019,weblink 12 May 2019, 28 April 2000, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (2005),WEB, Aaron, Sean, Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary Review (GCN),weblink Nintendo Life, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170926100735weblink">weblink 26 September 2017, 3 September 2009, Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (2008),WEB, Geddes, Ryan, Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade Review,weblink IGN, 13 July 2019,weblink 16 June 2019, 6 November 2008, Namco Museum Essentials (2009),WEB, Roper, Chris, Namco Museum Essentials Review,weblink IGN, 13 July 2019,weblink 29 April 2019, 21 July 2009, and Namco Museum Megamix (2010).WEB, Buchanan, Levi, Namco Museum Megamix Review,weblink IGN, 14 July 2019,weblink 16 February 2019, 22 November 2010, The 2010 Wii game Pac-Man Party and its 2011 Nintendo 3DS version include Galaga as an extra, alongside the arcade versions of Dig Dug and Pac-Man.WEB, IGN Staff, Pac-Man Party has Gone Gold for Wii,weblink IGN, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 July 2019, 25 October 2010, WEB, Miller, Zachary, Pac-Man Party 3D Review,weblink Nintendo World Report, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190214005925weblink">weblink 14 February 2019, 2 December 2011, In celebration of the game's 30th anniversary in 2011, a high-definition remake was released for iOS devices as part of Galaga 30th Collection, which also included remakes of Galaxian, Gaplus and Galaga '88.WEB, Crecente, Brian, Tiny Ships, Tiny Aliens, Tiny Galaga 30th Collection,weblink Kotaku, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 July 2019, 11 June 2011, Alongside the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sequel Galaga Legions, it was ported to the Nintendo 3DS in 2011 as part of Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions.WEB, Wahlgren, Jon, Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions Review (3DS),weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190616231512weblink">weblink 16 June 2019, Nintendo Life, 27 July 2011, 13 July 2019, The original version was also added to the iOS Namco Arcade compilation in 2012.WEB, Saeki, Kenji, iOS「NAMCO ARCADE」にて「スターブレード」配信！,weblink GAME Watch, 13 July 2019,weblink 26 May 2019, 28 February 2013, The NES release is one of 30 games included in the NES Classic Edition.WEB, Webster, Andrew, Nintendo is releasing a miniature NES with 30 built-in gamse, The Verge,weblink 13 July 2019,weblink 7 June 2019, 14 June 2016,

Reception

{hide}Video game reviews }}Galaga was met with acclaim, with many applauding the addictive nature, gameplay structure, innovation and improvements over its predecessor, and was a popular game during the golden age of arcade video games. In Japan, it was the sixth highest-grossing arcade game of 1981,MAGAZINE, "Donkey Kong" No.1 Of '81 — Game Machine's Survey Of "The Year's Best Three AM Machines" —, (:ja:ゲームマシン, Game Machine), 182, 15 February 1982, 30,weblink (:ja:アミューズメント通信社, Amusement Press, Inc.),weblink 31 January 2020, live, then the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1982,MAGAZINE, "Pole Position" No. 1 Video Game: Game Machine{{', s "The Year's Best Three AM Machines" Survey Results|magazine=(:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine) |issue=207|date=1 March 1983|page=30 |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19830301p.pdf#page=16 |publisher=(:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131232040weblink|archive-date=31 January 2020|url-status=live}} and then the ninth highest-grossing table arcade cabinet of 1986.MAGAZINE, Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期, Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86, (:ja:ゲームマシン, Game Machine), 288, (:ja:アミューズメント通信社, Amusement Press, Inc.), 15 July 1986, 28, ja,weblinkweblink 31 January 2020, live, MAGAZINE, Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期, Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86, Game Machine, 300, Amusement Press, Inc., 15 January 1987, 16, ja,weblinkweblink 2 November 2019, live, In North America, it regularly appeared on the monthly sales chart of RePlay magazine from April 1980 to April 1987, being only outdone by Sega's Monaco GP (1979).BOOK, Horowitz, Ken, The Sega Arcade Revolution, A History in 62 Games, McFarland & Company, 2018, 9781476631967, 27–29, Galaga was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1983 in the United States.MAGAZINE, Galaga, Joystik, October 1983, 2 (Special Edition), 12–3,weblink MAGAZINE, AMOA Votes On Annual Game Awards, Cash Box, October 29, 1983, 60,weblink Computer + Video Games praised the challenge and improvements made over Galaxian,MAGAZINE, The Super Galaxians: Galaga, Computer + Video Games, 4, February 1982,weblink 18 September 2019,weblink 2 February 2019, 26, live, while Arcade Express selected it as an "Honorable Mention" in their 1983 arcade awards.MAGAZINE, Honorable Mentions,weblink 16 August 2019, Arcade Express, 5, 10 October 1982, Japanese publication Amusement Life said that the sense of thrill and fast-paced action made Galaga a "must play", while also praising its unique dual-fighter mechanic and colorful graphics.MAGAZINE, EXCITING NEW VIDEO GAME - ギャラガ,weblink 22 September 2019, Amusement Life, 14, February 1982, 21, ja, Vidiot magazine listed it as the seventh best arcade game of 1983, saying that its gameplay variety, dual-fighter mechanic and bonus stages made it stick out from the crowd.MAGAZINE, Galaga, Vidiot, 1, 2, March 1983,weblink 22 September 2019, 26, In a 1998 retrospective review, AllGame said the strategy stood out amongst other games of its type, describing the gameplay as "perfectly balanced shooting action." Reviewing the NES home version, GameSpy called Galaga a "must play for arcade freaks", praising the port's accurate representation of the arcade version in terms of its graphics, sound effects and gameplay. IGN also praised the NES port's element of strategy within the dual-fighter mechanic and addictive gameplay.WEB, Birnbaum, Mark, Galaga Review,weblink IGN,weblink 29 April 2019, 18 April 2007, 14 July 2019, GameSpot, in their review for the Xbox 360 release, stated the gameplay was "as tricky as it ever was", praising the inclusion of online leaderboards and for being a faithful arcade conversion. Eurogamer agreed, citing that the leaderboards add to addictiveness.Ports of Galaga received praise for their faithfulness to the arcade original. Nintendo Life praised the 3DS Virtual Console port of the NES version for remaining accurate to the original, stating that it "aged surprisingly well" and was worth revisiting. Games magazine praised the improvements over games such as Space Invaders and Galaxian, commenting that Galaga still holds up years later.Berlin, Eric. "Rediscover the Classics - As Good As Ever". Games. Issue 158 (Vol 24, #1). Pg.11. February 2000. Joystick magazine praised the NES version's accurate portrayal of the arcade original, notably in its graphics and gameplay structure. Famicom Tsūshin commended the Game Boy version's faithful conversion alongside its support for the Super Game Boy peripheral,NEWS, Weekly Cross Review: ギャラガ&ギャラクシアン, Famitsu, 344, Enterbrain, 21 July 1995, 32, while Electric Playground stated that it should " be near the top of your Game Boy's next purchase list". Some publications expressed disappointment towards home releases for lacking extra features. GameSpot disliked the lack of online multiplayer in the Xbox 360 release, as well as the lack of an updated graphics setting, saying that the port was "awfully bare bones" compared to other XBLA releases. Eurogamer expressed distaste towards the Xbox 360 port's high price point, as well as the achievements for being "insultingly easy" to obtain.WEB, Reed, Khristian, Galaga,weblink Eurogamer, 14 July 2019,weblink 3 September 2018, 15 December 2011, Eurogamer also agreed with GameSpot in the lack of online multiplayer.Galaga has been listed by numerous publications among the greatest video games of all time. Flux magazine ranked it at #57 on their "Top 100 Video Games" in 1995,NEWS, The Top 100 Video Games,weblink 14 July 2019, Flux, 4, April 1995,weblink 14 July 2019, 31, while Game Informer listed it at #23 in their "Top 200 Games of All Time" in 2010. Next Generation ranked it at #96 in their "Top 100 Games of All Time" for its innovation to shoot 'em up games as a whole,MAGAZINE, September 1996, Top 100 Games of All Time,weblink Next Generation (magazine), Next Generation, Imagine Media, 21, 38, and at #17 in their "Top 50 Games of All Time".MAGAZINE, February 1999, Top 50 Games of All Time,weblink Next Generation (magazine), Next Generation, Imagine Media, 50, 78, Game Informer labeled it the 19th greatest video game ever made in 2001, calling it the best game of the fixed-shooter genre.MAGAZINE, Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100),weblinkweblink 11 July 2019, Game Informer, Cork, Jeff, 2009-11-16, 2013-12-10, Electronic Gaming Monthly listed it at #20 in their "100 Best Games of All Time" in 1997NEWS, 100 Best Games of All Time, Electronic Gaming Monthly, 100, November 1997, 101–155, and "Top 100 Games of All Time" in 2001,MAGAZINE, Top 100 Games of All Time,weblink Electronic Gaming Monthly, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20011220003000weblink">weblink 20 December 2001, 2001, and as #28 in their "Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time" in 2006.WEB, Semrad, Steve, 2 February 2006, The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121020122027weblink">weblink 20 October 2012, 14 July 2019, 1UP.com, 9, GameFAQs users voted it the 15th greatest game ever made in 2004WEB, Spring 2004: Best. Game. Ever.,weblink GameFAQS, 14 July 2019,weblink 5 May 2019, 2004, and the 10th in 2009.WEB, Spring 2009: Best. Game. Ever.,weblink GameFAQS, 14 July 2019,weblink 14 October 2018, 2009, GameSpy staff voted it the eighth best arcade game of all time in 2011.WEB, GameSpy Staff, GameSpy's Top 50 Arcade Games of All-Time,weblink GameSpy, IGN, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181211112613weblink">weblink 11 December 2018, 25 February 2011, It was ranked at #93 in IGN's "Top 100 Games of All Time" for its addictive gameplay and long-standing appeal.WEB, IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time,weblink IGN, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120204175122weblink">weblink 4 February 2012, dead, 2003, The Killer List of Videogames listed it as #27 in their "Top 100 Video Games" list, as well as the 4th most collected arcade game and 2nd most popular on their website.WEB, McLemore, Greg, Staff, KLOV, The Top Coin-Operated Videogames of All Time,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 14 July 2019,weblink 31 May 2019, 2010, Electronic Gaming Monthly listed Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of 1981 as the second best arcade game of all time for its inclusion of both games.MAGAZINE, EGM Staff, EGM Feature: Top 5 Arcade Games,weblink Electronic Gaming Monthly, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190714060704weblink">weblink 14 July 2019, 15 December 2011,

Related media

Shortly after the game's release, Namco produced miniature Galaga cabinets for buses and airplanes, housed in small 17-inch CRT monitors. In 2000, Namco released an arcade cabinet to celebrate the game's 20th anniversary, which was bundled with Ms. Pac-Man and titled Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga - Class of 1981.WEB, Harris, John, Passing Through Ghosts in Pac-Man,weblink Gamasutra, 13 July 2019,weblink 12 April 2019, 28 March 2017, WEB, Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of 1981 - Videogame by Namco,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 June 2019, A similar cabinet was released in 2005 that also included the original Pac-Man, made to celebrate the latter's 25th anniversary.WEB, Pac-Man 25th Anniversary - Videogame by Namco,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 13 July 2019,weblink 25 March 2019, Galaga is also included in both Pac-Man's Arcade Party (2010)WEB, Clark, Matt, The Best All-in-One Arcade Game Cabinets 2019,weblink IGN, 13 July 2019,weblink 18 February 2019, 6 February 2019, WEB, Pac-Man Arcade Party,weblink Killer List of Videogames, 14 July 2019,weblink 25 March 2019, and Pac-Man's Pixel Bash (2019).WEB, Sanford, Time, Pac-Man's Pixel Bash Chill Cabinet Targets 8-Bit Classics Enthusiasts,weblink Vending Times, 13 July 2019,weblink 13 July 2019, 2 August 2018, Galaga has made cameo appearances in films including WarGames (1983),WEB, Burke, Greg, Shack's Arcade Corner: Galaga,weblink Shacknews, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170608041538weblink">weblink 8 June 2017, 7 June 2017, The Karate Kid (1984), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), The Avengers (2012), and Pixels (2015).NEWS, Graser, Marc, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Among '80s Video Game Icons to Appear in Adam Sandler's 'Pixels',weblinkweblink 27 March 2019, July 23, 2014, Variety (magazine), Variety, July 22, 2014, A submarine named after the game appears throughout the ABC television series Lost.WEB, Reynolds, Matthew, 'Galaga' reference in 'Lost' revealed,weblink Digital Spy, 14 July 2019,weblink 14 July 2019, 8 December 2009, Hallmark Cards released a Galaga arcade cabinet ornament in 2009, which played sound effects from the game.WEB, Razak, Matthew, Hallmark presents Galaga arcade ornament,weblink Destructoid, 13 July 2019,weblink 16 February 2019, 6 December 2009, In 2019, researchers at North Carolina State University named an extinct species of shark Galagadon nordquistae, due to the shark's teeth bearing a resemblance to the Galaga aliens.WEB, Black, Riley, New Prehistoric Shark Species Discovered Alongside Sue the T. Rex,weblink Smithsonian (magazine), Smithsonian, 13 July 2019,weblink 21 June 2019, 21 January 2019, Galaga is also the subject of several high score-based tournaments; as of 2020, the world record is held by Jordan Dorrington with a score of 20,980,450 points.WEB, Galaga Scores,weblink Twin Galaxies, 17 September 2019,weblink 7 August 2019, Galaga was used as a loading screen minigame in the PlayStation version of Tekken.MAGAZINE, Tekken strategy guide,weblink Electronic Gaming Monthly, 13 July 2019, 1, November 1995, As a tie-in with the anime series Space Dandy, an iOS remake, Space Galaga, was released in 2015, featuring characters and starships from Space Dandy intermixed with Galaga gameplay.WEB, Dotson, Carter, 'Space Galaga' is Another 'Galaga' Crossover, This Time with Anime Series 'Space Dandy',weblink TouchArcade, 13 July 2019,weblink 6 August 2018, 16 June 2015, A similar crossover game, Galaga: Tekken Edition, was released the same year, replacing enemies with characters from the Tekken franchise.WEB, Dotson, Carter, 'Galaga Tekken' is a Real Thing, Really Releasing This Week?!,weblink TouchArcade, 13 July 2019,weblink 6 August 2018, 27 April 2015, A Galaga-themed costume is also available as downloadable-content in LittleBigPlanet 3.WEB, LittleBigPlanetâ„¢ 3: Namco Classics Costume Pack,weblink Official PlayStation Store US, 13 July 2019,weblink 9 February 2019, 10 January 2017, The Boss Galaga appears as an item in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and its followup Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where it can capture an opponent and carry them off the screen.WEB, Ishaan, Here's A Look At Namco's Boss Galaga Item In Super Smash Bros.,weblink Siliconera, 13 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140801061025weblink">weblink 1 August 2014, 30 July 2014, WEB, Marks, Tom, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Review,weblink IGN, 14 July 2019,weblink 25 June 2019, 6 December 2018, Ultimate also features a remix of the Galaga soundtrack.WEB, Doolan, Liam, Rumour: Change To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Medley Points To New Fighter,weblink Nintendo Life, 14 July 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181216172815weblink">weblink 16 December 2018, 7 August 2018, An animated television adaptation, Galaga Chronicles, is confirmed to be in development.WEB, Chu, Henry, Classic Video Game 'Galaga' to Be Developed Into Animated Series (EXCLUSIVE),weblink Variety (magazine), Variety, 29 July 2019,weblink 15 February 2019, 21 July 2017,

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