GALAGA [Online Game Code]

by NAMCO BANDAI Games

Product Details

• Online Game Code: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is available after purchase via e-mail.
• ASIN: B001LRQ8S4
• Release Date: October 31, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,077 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #11 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Arcade

Product Description

■ Single player ■ Hi-Definition ■ Control your fighter, with its unique ability to combine with other fighters, and shoot down the invading aliens. Aliens attack in formations using a variety of attack patterns. Rescue a captured fighter to combine with it to form a Dual Fighter with twice the firepower! Earn Perfect Bonuses more easily using a Dual Fighter on the Challenging Stages! GALAGA was released in 1981, and became an instant classic with its innovative fighter combination system and varied enemy attack patterns. ■ There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing for its time, March 15, 2011

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This review is from: GALAGA [Online Game Code] (Software Download)

It was 1978. People were introduced to blasting aliens into a pulp. They were only able to experience that kind of shooting action in the arcades. That game that caused it too happen was Space Invaders. Later, Namco made a rival named Galaxian, in which the game is in color, and the aliens would zoom downward the screen. Later again, it was time for a sequel to come into the space shooting scene. That game is GALAGA!

Galaga took in what made Galaxian and Space Invaders very good games and multiplied it 10 times. The enemies now do cool and flashy stunts, whereas the boss Galagas can steal your ship. You can also take BACK the ship by shooting the Galaga with your ship and then combine the firepower with the ship you're using!

The game becomes more and more fun as you destroy the moving stunt aliens as you would go on and face Challenging Stages. Those levels show enemies performing unique stunts, along with even making their own movements. There isn't really a chance that they would try to kill your ship, so it's more of a bonus round than a real level.

Overall, it's an amazing arcade game that still lives up to today.