showing 5 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosconian | Bally Midway;Namco | 1981 | Bosconian is a space shooter. It's your job to destroy enormous enemy battle stations scattered throughout the galaxy, which is filled with meteors and space mines. You can either do this by destroying one by one their outer structures or with a single shot in their core. They are heavily defended however by guns, fighters and (in later levels) missiles. Destroying all battle stations, with the help of your radar, will bring you to the next level. Often the enemy will try to destroy you by launching attack waves. Keep your eyes out for the enemy spy ship, if it escapes your fire, you are really in for it. [Moby Games] | labelimagesubject |
| Galaga | Namco;Bally Midway (Namco) | 1981 | Introduction GALAGA is a one or a two player game. There are three models: the "UPRIGHT", "MINI", and "COCKTAIL TABLE". When the two player mode is selected on the Upright or Mini model, the players take turns at the controls to fly their space fighter(s) through the game course. If you have purchased the Cocktail Table model of this game, the rules of play are the same. The only difference is that in the two player mode of the Cocktail Table game, the picture flips to face you when it's your turn. When playing this game, you are the pilot of a space fighter stationed in space to defend your planet against the on-coming hordes of invaders. Your mission is to destroy as many of the enemy ships as possible. These invaders arrive in convoys. They will attack you while swerving back and forth across the screen, dropping bombs all the while. Certain of the enemy ships can put out a tractor beam and capture your space fighter. That fighter changes color from white to red and stays with that particular enemy ship for the rest of the game. You can get it back by destroying the enemy ship that captured it while they are both attacking your current fighter. If you do this, the rescued ship changes color again from red back to white, and links up with your current fighter. This doubles your fire power. As your skill level increases, the number of attackers coming at you at any one time and the speed with which the enemy ships attack is gradually increased, plus their attack patterns become more and more complex. Bonus ships are awarded to you periodically throughout the game as you reach or pass certain preselected point values. Each enemy ship has an assigned point value. Major New Features Two major new features of your GALAGA game are: 1) The player is given the chance to double his fire power at certain points throughout the game, and 2) The game has a rapid fire (automatic firing) option whereby the player just holds the FIRE button down and his space fighter continues to fire at the GALAGAS in bursts of two missiles each. To double his fire power, the player must let one of his space fighters be captured by one of the GALAGA command ships and then rescue it. The GALAGA command ships MUST BE SHOT TWICE to destroy them. When shot once, they change color from green to blue. When shot again, they explode. The rescued fighter then links up with the one that rescued it and they now work as a team - both moving together and firing at the same time. Game Objective The object of the game is to survive as long as possible while destroying as many attacking ships as you can. As you do this, each following convoy of attackers will be harder to destroy.***The best games of 1981, and my all time favorite. It shows good graphics and sound. Sequel to Galaxian, utterly addictive. Used 3 Z80 processors, making it much more powerful than previous Space Invaders clones. Five Stars. [Airhead91]***One of the true classics. Five stars. Why this game has a rating of less than 5 stars is beyond me. It just goes to show you that the only thing people care about nowadays is eye-candy. [cjlee001] | labelimagesubject |
| Xevious | Atari;Namco (Namco) | 1982 | Xevious contains a hidden developer message that is quite easy to find. Start level one, then immediately fly to the right and push the Bomb button for a while. The message "NAMCO ORIGINAL program by EVEZOO" will appear at the bottom of the screen.***With the Solvalou spaceship you have to destroy all the flying enemies. Remember to avoid colliding with the black rotating monoliths. Destroy ground objects using the bombs. Meet at the end of each stage the huge mother spaceship Andor Genesis. Destroy her dropping a bomb in its center. | labelimagesubject |
| Dig Dug | Atari;Namco | 1982 | Zig Zag is a bootleg version on Galaxian boards by an unknown manufacturer, perhaps LAX. | labelimageminimize |
| Super Xevious | Namco | 1984 | Difference from Xevious: * Several new characters appear in the game including a silver-grey Galaxian flagships, a large jet, a small jet, a helicopter and a small tank. The Galaxians can be shot like any other enemy. The large jet which flies down cannot be shot or collide with the player ship and doesn't have any obvious purpose. The small jet, helicopter and tank (all of which are tan colored) can be picked up for bonus points but if shot will reset the score to zero ! * Gameplay is a bit more difficult. * The hidden Sol Citadels are in different locations.***It's basically an expert course for veteran players, with much harder enemy patterns and some new enemies. Bringing the total characters to thirty two, the new entries are, for the most part, human vehicles such as planes or helicopters that you must try to 'rescue' for points, instead of shooting them. A couple of Galaxian aliens were added too. | labelimageminimize |
