Galaga
Galaga is considered to be one of the greatest arcade games of all time. Namco's shooter was released in 1981 and quickly became a commercial hit. Galaga features a style of fixed shooter gameplay that was innovative at the time but would be familiar to most gamers today, which is a testament to how influential the game has been.
Galaga
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Entertainment System , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , PC , iOS , Nintendo Game Boy
- Released
- 1981-00-00
- Developer(s)
- Namco
- Publisher(s)
- Namco
- Genre(s)
- Shooter
- ESRB
- E For Everyone
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