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Galaxian

Here’s a Galaxian Arcade game for sale by Midway. This Arcade game was the prequel to Galaga and was inspired by Taito’s Space Invaders to compete with.  This is one of the first video games to be in color.  It was a huge success in 1979 when it came out.  It’s a classic space shoot-em-up arcade game.

The following is from the Arcade Museum

A game where a spaceship flies back and forth shooting aliens in space.

Galaxian was produced by Namco in 1979.

Namco released 314 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Galaxian was produced include: Gee Bee, Shoot Away, SOS, Bomb Bee, Cutie Q, Navarone, and Puck Man