The sprites are nice enough though and the bleeps are not annoying (and there's an option to turn off sound). CGA and speaker-bleeps is what you're getting. They don't advance on you as they do in Space Invaders, but the constant shooting and the surprise attacks keep the tension pretty high.įrom a 1983 game you can't really expect much in terms of graphics and sound. The aliens make it harder on you by dropping bombs and using suicide attacks on you. The higher in the swarm the alien is, the more points you earn. You have to wipe out wave after wave of alien invaders to score points. Galaxian is a clone of the world famous Space Invaders and that pretty much explaines what the game is all about.

At set intervals an enemy will move down the screen towards you, escorting a bomber, which is a moment of high danger. The aliens are classed as Drones, Emissaries, Hornets and Commanders, with those higher up the screen scoring more points when destroyed. The player moves left and right to aim at an alien, then shoots a bullet up the screen, and the alien it hits is killed.

With its short length, you will most likely get tired of this game awfully quickly.Galaxian is a shoot 'em up in which the player is at the bottom of the screen, with an arrangement of aliens at the top. It is a pity this game wasn't designed with many more (and much harder) levels - because it would have saved it from being below par. The graphics, while nothing like the original, are still quite decent and the explosive sound effects only enhances the frantic game play. Unfortunately the amount of levels in this game is quite small, which means it will not take long to finish (I managed to finish it on my first try, within the ten minute mark). There are power-ups, shields and bombs to collect to help spice things up a bit. Oddly enough, the game play is one of its best strengths. The game play, in short, is fast and furious - which is a complete contrast to the slow and steady original.

The graphics don't even remotely resemble the arcade game, none of the enemies fly down the screen and there are no bonus levels.Īs soon as you execute the executable file, you are thrown straight into the action and before you know it hundreds upon hundreds of enemy bullets are flying towards you. Aside from the fact that you control a space ship and shoot enemies, this game contains little or no resemblance to the original. Apparently, according to its name, this is a Galaxian clone.

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