The introduction of color was a huge step forward in 1979.īecause Space Invaders was released back in 1978 before there were any colored video games or tvs, it could not compete with the newer versions. The first main difference in Galaxian and Galaga compare to Space Invaders was the The introduction of colors in video games Namco was also hoping this would make them the leading video game publisher Worldwide! Galaxian and Galaga brought new gameplay, and new graphics that would really make them stand apart from the original Space Invaders. Even though both games were directly inspired by Space Invaders, they were different. In 1979, the Japanese game publisher Namco came out with Galaxian and in 1981 they released Galaga. It was the golden age of video gaming and arcades started to pop up everywhere in Japan and the United States of America. Because of all of its quick success, the game became extremely popular as more and more people heard of the game and began to play it. Because the game was super simple, and the game was very innovative for its time, it quickly gained a lot of success. When they would reach the bottom of the screen you would lose the game. Space Invaders was a very simple black and white game with waves of alien ships slowly coming down the screen. Along the way you would gain points so you could get a high score and keep track of who was better at the game. The concept was simple, try to kill as many enemie’s ships before they kill you. When Taito released Space Invaders in 1978 they created the standards for the Shoot them up video games industry and turned video games into a gold mine. But what about the two games? Are they the same game with different names? Although they are the same in a lot of ways, they are also different.
These two games are quite different in many ways, and both bring a lot of new ideas and technicalities from the original Space Invaders. Even with these differences from space invaders, Galaxian and Galaga were only released a few years apart. Success of this video game, another Japanese leading company in video games named Namco released Galaxian in 1979 and soon after Galaga in 1981.īoth games were definitely inspired by the original Space Invaders but both games brought technical and gameplay innovations which really differentiated them from Space Invaders. Leading video game publishers in Japan, released Space Invaders. This planet is called “Gaia,” and is the fourth planet within the Cosmo-Lagoon system.Back in 1978, the video game industry experienced a small revolution when Taito, one of the With the loss of Earth, the United Galaxy moves to a new planet to call their home. Worse still, Earth is infiltrated and soon falls to the UIMS. Furthermore, a third of the United Galaxy's star systems were either lost or destroyed from the attacks. With the success of “Operation: Star Ixiom,” the mobile planet controlled by each extraterrestrial threat were destroyed, but the threats themselves dispersed from the frontlines of battle and began their infiltration into the many star systems under the United Galaxy. With this unprecedented crisis falling upon humankind, the UGSF initiates “Operation: Star Ixiom,” where spacefighters from the past and present are brought together to face impending threat. The UIMSΩ, Galaga, Battura, Bosconian, and a new extraterrestrial lifeform, “Sadeen,” begins their invasion.
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With the United Galaxy weakened from Operation: Star Luster, a full scale attack is orchestrated by the extraterrestrial lifeforms.