Galaxian
1979
Namaco
a few blog posts ago i did a post on Space invaders and i hinted at the fact that it was responsible for the spawning on future space shoot em ups.
this started that spin off market.
Galaxian took space invaders and added some major levels of difficulties. Instead on mindless meandering back and forth with the protection of barriers to save you. the enemy ships start formation but then become to come down while firing and attempting to kamikaze you in hopes of a victory.
Sound familiar? Dont worry we will get there sooner or later.
As far as milestones go, this was the first game released by Namaco who formally made merry go rounds. Also full color.
This was a huge step up from space invaders and was a well needed evolution in the gaming industry.
Chachi Says: This is how we got to where we are today, companies taking previous game and making nessecery changes to advance in the arena.
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