Galaxian
SCORE: 69
I am very thankful I had the money to
purchase the Evercade cartridge Namco Museum Collection 1. It gave me
the opportunity to play and review Galaxian. This retro arcade video
game was also on the 8-bit NES. I do not recall if I played it back then
or not. I am sure Family Friendly Gaming has not reviewed Galaxian. It
is a way for us to add to our retro reviews. It also allows us the
opportunity to focus on the Evercade system yet again. I really like
this system.
There are a group of space aliens moving left and right on the top of
the screen in Galaxian. The player must move around and shoot them.
Every so often one of the space aliens will break ranks and strafe the
player in a set pattern. This is what set Galaxian apart from say Space
Invaders. Plus we have no shields in Galaxian to hide behind. When there
are very few enemies left on the screen they will all strafe the player.
This is when and where Galaxian gets more difficult.
The goal in Galaxian is to get them before they get you. We keep getting
them until they can no longer get us. In that instance Galaxian will
start over with another group of aliens and their speed is a bit faster.
Eventually the speed will overwhelm the player. Shooting these aliens
can feel a bit clunky at times compared to modern day video game
controls. I adapted to it but always felt that.
The aliens have nice colors on a black background. I also appreciate the
colors of the large ship we are flying in Galaxian. Expect to hear a lot
of shooting and explosion sounds in Galaxian. I remember these classic
sounds and music from back in the day. Galaxian would draw kids to spend
their quarters on it in the arcade. Even though all we could do was try
to beat the high score.
I had fun playing Galaxian for a bit. History gamers will appreciate
Galaxian on the Evercade. It brings back the old glory days of the 8-bit
NES system. Galaxian makes the player use their reflexes to try and stay
alive. At the same time you wanted to take out as many aliens as fast as
possible. Shooting aliens did get a bit old for me personally. Why are
they after us in the first place?
- Paul
Graphics: 64%
Sound: 76%
Replay/Extras: 73%
Gameplay: 66%
Family Friendly Factor: 66%
System: NES/Evercade(tested)
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Namco
Rating: ‘NR for Not Rated
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