Galaga (1987)(Atari)(NTSC)

Galaga is a vertical arcade shooter from Namco. You control a space fighter at the bottom of the screen, scrolling left and right in order to avoid oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks from alien invaders--and to fire your own missiles to fight back! There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level is a "challenge stage" in which you have a free chance to shoot as many aliens as possible and rack up bonus points. Certain aliens have tractor beams they can use to capture one of your ships. If that wasn't your last "life," you can try to shoot that alien down and recapture your ship, giving you two ships at once and doubling your firepower. A summary screen appears when the game is over, giving you both your final score and you final "hit ratio"--the number of missiles fired, enemies destroyed, and the percentage of targets hit.
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CONTROLS FOR THE ATARI 7800:

The Atari 7800 can have two joystick controllers attached. Use the ARROW KEYS (up, down, left, right) to move, the CONTROL key for button 1 (usually fire), and the ALT/OPTION key for button 2. Pressing I will select, and O will pause.

The controls for the second joystick are R, F, D, G for up, down, left and right, the A key for button 1 and S key for button 2.

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Identifier Galaga_1987_Atari_NTSC
Platform Atari 7800
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Video_standard NTSC
Year 1987