- Name
- Galaxian
- Platform
- PC (Platform), Apple II (Platform), Atari 8-bit (Platform), Commodore 64 (Platform), MSX (Platform), ZX Spectrum (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform), Arcade (Platform), Nintendo Switch (Platform), Wii Shop (Platform), VIC-20 (Platform), PlayStation 4 (Platform), NEC PC-8801 (Platform), Sharp X1 (Platform), Atari 2600 (Platform), Famicom Disk System (Platform), ColecoVision (Platform), FM-7 (Platform), NEC PC-6001 (Platform), Atari 5200 (Platform), Sord M5 (Platform), Casio PV-1000 (Platform), Arcadia 2001 (Platform), Epoch Cassette Vision (Platform)
- Developer
- Atari (Company), General Computer Corporation (Company), Namco (Company)
- Publisher
- Taito Corporation (Company), Atari (Company), Midway Games (Company), Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. (Company), Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company), Bug-Byte Software Ltd. (Company), HAMSTER Corporation (Company), Namco (Company)
- Genre
- Shoot 'Em Up (Genre)
- Theme
- Sci-Fi (Theme)
Galaxian
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.