![]() This is the sequel to Galaga but it got a little confusing when it came to the US. But it comes at a price: do you sacrifice one of your lives for extra power? Having double ships sure helped in the new bonus ‘challenging stages’ where you had to shoot down the ships flying in formation. It was easily avoided, but if you let your ship get captured, and then shot the flagship down on the next dive and freed your other ship, you’d get a dual ship for double the firepower. Sometimes the flagship would come down and shoot a tractor beam. But a new ‘shark element’ was introduced here that ended up being kind of the staple of the Galaga series. The ‘shark element’ from Galaxian is still here where you can get bonus points from shooting down the escorts and flagships (which take more than one hit now). Like Galaxian, in Galaga you must shoot down formations of space bug aliens. ![]() And like Pac-Man, Galaga has become a bit of popular culture as you can find Galaga images on T-shirts and other odds and ends. Pac-Man and let you play both (and even Pac-Man if you knew a secret code). In fact, a few years ago, Namco even made a new arcade cabinet that combined Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man, you can still find plenty of Galaga arcade machines in Laundromats and pizza parlors today. Considered to be one of the granddaddies of space shooters, Galaga has always been a classic favorite. Galaxian may have been the first game in the series, but Galaga’s the one that started it all. And that’s pretty much all there is to Galaxian. But you have to watch out because the escort ships shoot out a ton of bullets as they dive. If you shoot the escort ships, and then the flagship, you’ll get a ton of bonus points. When they dive down, they bring a couple of red escort ships with them. The term comes from the shark you could try to avoid to get the better fish in Fishing Derby for the Atari 2600.Īnyway, Galaxian’s ‘shark element’ comes from the flagships that are at the top of the formation. A shark element is a video game term that means that in a game, if you are given a choice to try a more challenging feat for more points, but increases the danger, then that’s a shark element. A ‘shark element’ was also introduced into Galaxian as well. You still shot at aliens in formation, but now, the aliens would dive down at you to attack! That doesn’t seem like such a big gameplay difference nowadays, but back then, even a little change was a HUGE difference. Galaxian also introduced some new gameplay elements over Space Invaders. It also had a more advanced sound chip for better effects. #NAMCO MUSEUM DIG DUG ARRANGEMENT ARCADE SPOT FULL#It was one of the first, if not THE first, full color video game that didn’t use tricks to simulate color like screen overlays and whatnot. This game came out in arcades in the late 70’s, soon after Space Invaders’ popularity boom. Galaga is actually the sequel to this game. ![]() The history of Galaga actually doesn’t start with Galaga, but Galaxian. Well, enough of that, let’s get on with the Galaga tour. No type of job exists, but it’s still fun to dream. Well my impossible dream job would be a Namco Museum curator. ![]() The other type of dream job are the ones that would be impossible to be, like a mattress tester, bikini inspector, or game reviewer (ha ha). Like maybe you really would like to be an accountant, or an interior decorator. ![]() One type of dream job is a more plausible one. There are two types of dream jobs people may have. I’ll be your tour guide today, so be sure to stay in the group, no photos, and we’re walking, we’re walking… Because today we’re going on a back-to-school field trip to the Namco Museum for a special Galaga tour in honor of the release of the new Xbox Live Arcade game: Galaga Legions. Get your parents to sign these release permission slips, and pack a sack lunch. ![]()
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