---
title: Galaxian
tags:
- shoot them up
- space
years:
- '1979'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0000.png
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1979'
  - label: companies
    value: Namco
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (alternate)
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0000.png
  - title: come on!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0002.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0003.png
  - title: oh no!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0004.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0005.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0008.png
  - title: only one left...
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0009.png
  - title: damned!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0010.png
  - title: ok, wave 2
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0011.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0012.png
  - title: game over
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_ss0013.png
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_galaxian_cab_1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 659
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221204050709/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=659
    date: '2022-12-04'
---

"The player, controlling the Galaxian defenders of the Earth, must destroy a convoy of aliens that are equally determined to annihilate him by firing missiles. The defender must protect himself without the aid of barricades. He must shoot down not only alien army regulars, but also out-maneuver and destroy enemy fighter escort ships that peel off from the main body of the alien squadron at random."