Galaxy Game

created and published by Computer Recreations in 1971-09-01, running on Arcade

type: shooter
genre: Science Fiction, Arcade, Arena shooter
perspective: bird's-eye fixed camera
player options: split-screen

languages: eng

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Description

Galaxy Game is a space combat arcade game developed in 1971 during the early era of video games. Galaxy Game is an expanded version of the 1962 Spacewar!, potentially the first video game to spread to multiple computer installations. It features two spaceships, "the needle" and "the wedge", engaged in a dogfight while maneuvering in the gravity well of a star. Both ships are controlled by human players.

Becoro # 2023-04-06 21:32:46 - source

Technical specs

software: Emulated on MAME,

display: vector

Editor note

The very first coin-op arcade game. It beat Computer Space by 2 months. It had two displays and sets of controls for multiplayer. Later 4 then 8 displays and controls were added for more players. Games were a dime (10 cents) each or a quarter (25 cents) for 3 plays.