Namco's answer to Space Invaders, Galaxian is pretty great. I love playing old shooters because the premise is so simple and there's a wide variety of methods that developers used to riff on the same ideas. Galaxian relies on different AI of enemy troops (Galaxians) that do the usual steps to the left and back to the right, but never down.

The reason they don't gradually move down is that Galaxians will suddenly dive bomb at you, take a few shots and then rejoin the formation. Meaning you're simultaneously gunning down Galaxians, evading dive bombers taking fire and shooting in response and taking stock of other aliens that could dive bomb at you at any second. Bonus points are accrued based on colour, whether the Galaxian is in formation or diving, with the flagship being worth most dependant on whether it is dive bombing with or without escorts.

I sort of love it, much more unpredictable than Space Invaders.

Isn't much but for its time this was pretty big

Galaxian is a classic arcade shooter where you play as a space ship killing Alien space ships. Its a top down view and you can only move left and right on the screen while space ships shoot and fly down at you. It's a simple concept and a simple game with not much more to say about the gameplay other than that. It was one of the first video games with color and you might have this game confused with Galaga which is the sequel. This one was limiting because you could only shoot one bullet at a time. Just like most games at the time this game is infinite and you only get 3 lives. I personally never made it crazy far on this version and only have done better on Galaga but this one is fun too. Sometimes its the simple games that are the best games.

9/10

Galaxian 1979 || Atari 2600
emulador pc

1-interacción: 7
2-mundo/apartado artístico: 7
3-concepto: 7
4-puesta en escena: 6
5-narración: -
6-sonido/apartado sonoro: 7
7-jugabilidad: 6
8-historia: -
9-duración/ritmo: 7.6
10-impacto: 7

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42.6/60pts

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