Galaga (Xbox 360)

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Description

Galaga is a vertical arcade shooter from Namco. You control a space fighter at the bottom of the screen, scrolling left and right in order to avoid oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks from alien invaders--and to fire your own missiles to fight back!

There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level is a "challenge stage" in which you have a free chance to shoot as many aliens as possible and rack up bonus points.

Certain aliens have tractor beams they can use to capture one of your ships. If that wasn't your last "life," you can try to shoot that alien down and recapture your ship, giving you two ships at once and doubling your firepower.

A summary screen appears when the game is over, giving you both your final score and you final "hit ratio"--the number of missiles fired, enemies destroyed, and the percentage of targets hit.

Screenshots

There are no Xbox 360 screenshots for this game.

There are 53 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "Galaga: Demons of Death" -- NES title
• "ギャラガ " -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Galaga licensees
• Galaga variants
• Game Center CX challenge games
• Genre: Fixed-screen shoot 'em up

User Reviews

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The Press Says

Lawrence	Aug 15, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Game Chronicles	Aug 16, 2006	7.8 out of 10	78
Cheat Code Central	Aug 10, 2006	3.7 out of 5	74
UOL Jogos	Jul 27, 2006		60
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Aug 04, 2006	6 out of 10	60
GameDaily	Jul 27, 2006		60
Video Game Talk	Jul 26, 2006		50
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jul 26, 2006	5 out of 10	50
TalkXbox	Jul 27, 2006	48 out of 100	48
Game Shark	Aug 18, 2006	D+	33

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Bug of Hit Ratio / Number of Hits on MSX version	1	486pc (17970) Jan 18, 2013

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Galaga appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Release

Galaga was one of the "Fabulous Eleven" launch games for the Atari 7800.

Xbox 360 version

Unlike other Xbox Live! Arcade titles, Galaga includes no additional features or enhancements, just the leaderboards, achievements and some art shown on the sides of the screen. That's unusual, as games like Frogger have a new two-player mode, and Namco had already developed an improved version of Galaga for Namco Museum Battle Collection.

Awards

• Game Informer
  • August 2001 (Issue #100) - #19 in the "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll

Information also contributed by Sciere and FatherJack

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Galaga.)