However, if you're feeling ready for a step far beyond remakes and interpretations, it's time to find Vigdal: though it seems like the project isn't developed anymore, the current version of the game features a nice fusion of original Galaga gameplay elements with modern graphics and special FX. I personally recommend to take a look at the PC game Warblade by Edgar M. Mentioned in numerous comics, given a name to numerous pets, servers and RPG characters, Galaga proved itself to be perpetual - and reincarnating in a remarkable number of re-releases and clones. Current status: exploded and sunk with a little help of Locke and some C-4. A former DHARMA Initiative submarine, it was appropriated by the Others, who used it as a means of recruiting personnel from the outside world. Moreover, Galaga's still inspiring at least one TV series writer, too: a Galaga submarine was first mentioned in the LOST series episode 'Every Man for Himself' (season 3) and then appeared in 'The Man from Tallahassee' episode. But the result is very nice, and so is the construction essay (with lots of photos). Yes, it took an HP iPAQ 2210 for the screen&heart (though iPAQ is still removable), a disassembled gamepad and a nail and a pair of microswitchers for the joystick, plenty of nous and 3 months of nontrivial work. But now for something completely different: Patrick Laarhoven did a truly marvelous job building PocketGalaga, perfectly working Galaga cabinet scaled down to 1/6 of original upright. Needless to say of numerous discarded Galaga cabinets having finally landed in classic arcade lovers' living rooms, lounges and garages (you may wanna find and buy one too). Everything you ever wanted to know about Galaga cabinet's inside.Īnd even now, 26 years later the game is far from being a history it is more like.Box artwork (some pieces are just rule) from different releases.Great collection of screenshots from every single release/port/bootleg/hack.Galaga has been ported to every single computer platform and re-released about ten times original coin-op arcades were taken to pieces, re-assembled and taken to pieces again by collectors and fans in search for cheats, tricks and replacement parts below ate two nice links for those who want to dive deeper. A passion that gave birth to (and continue to nourish) the whole space-shooter genre. Was it the bonus stage introduced for the first time in the whole genre, or maybe enemies flying in formations, or bosses capturing your ship with tractor beam? I believe that the secret ingredient was the passion. However, this game contained that little something that was enough for a revolution to begin. Technically, Galaga was a sequel to another space shooting arcade Galaxian (and we shouldn't forget of Space Invaders that gave a start to the whole thing).

It started in 1981, when Namco company released one rather nice 'shoot-em-up-with-your-spaceship' game.

Galaga & galaxian