Galaxian

Received May 11, 2004
Derek's Classic Top 50 Ranking: Classic played in '79 & Beyond
Originally Released 1979

Page updated Dec 28, 2004

We Are The Galaxians!

Galaxian was the very first color video game. Games before this used black and white monitors with color overlays or colored tape to simulate the illusion of color.

Very cool game and arguably Namco's first hit game. Galaxian was licensed by Midway and the first to be housed in the Pac-man style cabinet.

Galaga is a direct descendent of Galaxian and is one of the most popular classic games but quite plentiful to find.. Nice Galaxians are far and few in between. I find Galaxian more fun and challenging, especially when you get into the double digits waves.

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