The simple side-scrolling left and right games. Where a little ship shoots at whatever enemy it is in front of. Back then in the '70s & 80's a simple but revolutionary concept, especially for its time. Launching off in 1981 developed and published Namco, launching one of it's most well-known arcade shoot 'em up game to this day still. Galaga, a simple game where you control a ship and shoot insect-like ships, where you have to score many points as possible. Simple really just shoot the enemy without losing all your lives.
Popular among many shoot 'em up fans, due to the fact that the enemy's had each own unique patterns. Making it harder to predict their movement
Being a huge success and even beating Pac-Man in popularity. Galaga is actually a sequel to the game Galaxian. Galaxian was considered a clone to another famous shooting game Space Invaders. But the game had a bit more to it. It had introduced the enemy not only leaving its formation but each having its own pattern. Quite like Pac-Man, each ghost has its own unique pattern. The game's visuals appealed ever stunningly and especially for its time.
Each enemy had its own point worth, name, and pattern.
Bee: The most annoying enemy to me. Its a hybrid of defense and offense the insect's formation. They will come at you doing a donut to avoid your shots. Make sure to avoid them they try to do a kamikaze you. A simple but effective technique, that will wipe out all of your lives. It is preferable to take all of them out first.
Scorpions Subclass of Bee (Subclass does not shoot): After a certain level the Bee's will start transforming into three Scorpions. They will come after the ship trying to crash into it. Once, they leave the screen they will not come back. You would really like to kill them for their points.
Butterfly: More of defense to protect the Boss, in order to protect it. Coming down with the Boss, shooting down at you. They will not try to crash into you. Only when they come in by themselves. Not as much of a nuisance like the Bees, though a good sum of points. I recommend to shoot them when they come down onto the screen into a formation.
Bosconian Spy Ship Subclass of Butterfly: Same as the Scorpions, the Butterfly's slipt into three of them. Trying to crash into the Fighter. A good sum of points but distract you from the main bugs. Same as the Scorpions once they fly off the screen they do not come back.
Boss: The leader all the way at the top of the formation. My favorite enemy in the game, one that can benefit you in a big way. When it comes down rather than shooting, it emits waves and if caught in it. It will take your ship on top of it. Becoming a Captured Fighter that shall be like that till you either kill the boss or fly's away with it. Instead of shooting the enemy once killing it, two shots are needed to kill. If you do kill it the ship shall come down and fuse with the one you have. Enabling you to fire two shots at the same time. Its recommended to let the Boss in the first level capture your ship. So, you can save it by getting two ships doubling the firepower.
Galaxian Flagship: This is a throwback enemy from Galaxian as you can also tell from its name. This enemy comes in later levels, flying across the screen just for extra bonus points. Something nice to look at and to know that Namco will never forget Galaxian.
Captured Fighter was explained in the description of the enemy Boss.
There have been remakes from Namco of Galaga but never captures the same nostalgic feel of the original. There are a total of two hundred and fifty-five even though there is an extra one. Adding up a total of two hundred and fifty-six levels. That level is considered level zero, only achievable by doing a glitch. Even then it will cause the game to glitch out and crash.
Galaga is one of my all-time favorite classic games. The visuals and gameplay were cutting edge for its time, inspiring many simple shoot 'em games for ages. My fellow gamers I hope you learned something new today. You can find the game anywhere today on the internet today and in some arcades. I bid you a farewell gamers.
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Bee: The most annoying enemy to me. Its a hybrid of defense and offense the insect's formation. They will come at you doing a donut to avoid your shots. Make sure to avoid them they try to do a kamikaze you. A simple but effective technique, that will wipe out all of your lives. It is preferable to take all of them out first.
Scorpions Subclass of Bee (Subclass does not shoot): After a certain level the Bee's will start transforming into three Scorpions. They will come after the ship trying to crash into it. Once, they leave the screen they will not come back. You would really like to kill them for their points.
Butterfly: More of defense to protect the Boss, in order to protect it. Coming down with the Boss, shooting down at you. They will not try to crash into you. Only when they come in by themselves. Not as much of a nuisance like the Bees, though a good sum of points. I recommend to shoot them when they come down onto the screen into a formation.
Bosconian Spy Ship Subclass of Butterfly: Same as the Scorpions, the Butterfly's slipt into three of them. Trying to crash into the Fighter. A good sum of points but distract you from the main bugs. Same as the Scorpions once they fly off the screen they do not come back.
Boss: The leader all the way at the top of the formation. My favorite enemy in the game, one that can benefit you in a big way. When it comes down rather than shooting, it emits waves and if caught in it. It will take your ship on top of it. Becoming a Captured Fighter that shall be like that till you either kill the boss or fly's away with it. Instead of shooting the enemy once killing it, two shots are needed to kill. If you do kill it the ship shall come down and fuse with the one you have. Enabling you to fire two shots at the same time. Its recommended to let the Boss in the first level capture your ship. So, you can save it by getting two ships doubling the firepower.
Galaxian Flagship: This is a throwback enemy from Galaxian as you can also tell from its name. This enemy comes in later levels, flying across the screen just for extra bonus points. Something nice to look at and to know that Namco will never forget Galaxian.
Captured Fighter was explained in the description of the enemy Boss.
There have been remakes from Namco of Galaga but never captures the same nostalgic feel of the original. There are a total of two hundred and fifty-five even though there is an extra one. Adding up a total of two hundred and fifty-six levels. That level is considered level zero, only achievable by doing a glitch. Even then it will cause the game to glitch out and crash.
Galaga is one of my all-time favorite classic games. The visuals and gameplay were cutting edge for its time, inspiring many simple shoot 'em games for ages. My fellow gamers I hope you learned something new today. You can find the game anywhere today on the internet today and in some arcades. I bid you a farewell gamers.
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