What is "galaga"

is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a spacecraft which is situated at the bottom of the screen. At the beginning of each stage, the area is empty, but over time, enemy aliens arrive in formation, and when all of the enemies arrive on screen, they come down at the player's ship in formations of one or more, and may either shoot it or collide with it. During the entire stage, the player may fire upon the enemies, and when all enemies are vanquished, the player will proceed to the next stage.

Galaga is one of the most successful games from the golden age of arcade video games. The arcade version of it has been ported to many consoles, and it has had several sequels.

In 2011, the game celebrated its 30th anniversary with the release of Galaga 30th Collection for iOS.

Galaga may refer to:

• Galaga videogames based on "Galaxian" by Namco
  • Galaga (1981 arcade game), video game by Namco, sequel to Galaxian
  • Galaga 3 (1984 arcade game), video game by Namco, sequel to Galaxian
  • Galaga '88 (1987 arcade game), video game by Namco, sequel to Galaga
  • Galaga: Destination Earth (2000 video game), video game from Hasbro by King of the Jungle, based on Galaga
  • Galaga 30th Collection (2011 computer game), video game by Namco Bandai based on Galaga
• Namco Galaga (1982 arcade hardware), Namco arcade game hardware
• Galaga X6 (1983 video game), handheld shooter video game by Epoch