Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Galaga

Title	Galaga
First release	1981
Developer	Namco
Publishers	Midway Games, Namco
Platforms	Amiga, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, Famicom Disk System, MSX, NES / Famicom, PC (Windows), Arcade ADB
Genre	shoot 'em up
Also known as	ギャラガ
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	MSX: 1984-01-01 NES / Famicom: 1985-02-15 (NTSC-J)
Wikidata ID	Q1043534

Sidestep oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks by moving a space fighter horizontally across the bottom of the screen. Fire missiles at invading aliens to progress through infinite stages. Every third level triggers a challenge stage, allowing players to maximize bonus points by shooting as many enemies as possible in a single session.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1043534) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/galaga-henrik-wening) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (35838) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (111870) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (galaga) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`galaga`
Title at ADB	Galaga (Namco rev. B)
Manufacturer	Namco
Year	1981
Genre	Shooter / Gallery
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Namco); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:16 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots (2): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos, Artwork (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Midway Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Midway Games · internal use only.

Image: George Hotelling from Plymouth, MI, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Galaga.jpg”)

Sprites

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Videos

MSX Longplay [035] Galaga

World-of-Longplays · MSX version · longplay · 15:47auto-matched
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