Galaxian is the first ever color arcade game, released by Namco in 1979.

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Galaxian expanded on the formula pioneered by Space Invaders. Like that earlier game, Galaxian featured a horde of attacking alien armies that exchanged shots with the player. In contrast to Space Invaders, however, Galaxian added an element of drama by having the aliens periodically make kamikaze-like dives at the player's ship.

The gameplay was relatively simple. Swarm after swarm of alien armies attacked the player's ship that moved left and right at the bottom of the screen. The ship could only fire sparingly by default, but rearmed instantly when an enemy was hit. The player would defeat one swarm, only to have it replaced by another more aggressive and challenging army in the next screen. A plain and repetitive starfield scrolled lazily in the background, nicely contrasting with the action of the game.

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@sandeep232 Wishing you many such dayss for Two Thousand Ten ! :-)
galaxian (Aakanksha Hajela) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:28:49 -0000
@sandeep232 Wishing you many such dayss for Two Thousand Ten ! :-)
JOKA, IIM Kolkata, Next SUnday & after the debacle called CAT 09, talk about OMENS :(
galaxian (Aakanksha Hajela) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:05 -0000
JOKA, IIM Kolkata, Next SUnday & after the debacle called CAT 09, talk about OMENS :(
@mergyeugnau I Am ENVIOUS! Galaxian is fab, remember playing that in the 80's in a train station non stop in Crainlarich Scotland
twiteryeanot (Paolo Benassi) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:29:47 -0000
@mergyeugnau I Am ENVIOUS! Galaxian is fab, remember playing that in the 80's in a train station non stop in Crainlarich Scotland
Right, back to my Galaxian shooting game on tv whilst children are in bed!!!
lindaknox (Linda Knox) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:06:37 -0000
Right, back to my Galaxian shooting game on tv whilst children are in bed!!!
@janliz That's funny, P just went down 2 bottom floor & got K8 & Kim old games out for TV Pacman Tetris, Galaxian just been playing good fun
lindaknox (Linda Knox) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:28:56 -0000
@janliz That's funny, P just went down 2 bottom floor & got K8 & Kim old games out for TV Pacman Tetris, Galaxian just been playing good fun
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