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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released 1984
A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.
A shoot 'em up written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Amstrad CPC.
A shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.
A Space Invaders clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.
A Space Invaders clone written by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost for the PC.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
One of the earliest Space Invaders inspired shooters developed for the Apple II.
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
Space Invaders, released in arcades by Taito in 1978, is one of the most influential and successful video games of all time, laying the foundations for most shooters and action games that followed. It revolutionized the game industry and has become a pop culture icon.
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