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a. (context astronomy English) Of or pertaining to a galaxy
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is an arcade game that was developed by Namco and released in October 1979. It was published by Namco in Japan and imported to North America by Midway that December. A fixed shooter game in which the player controls a spaceship at the bottom of the screen, and shoots enemies descending in various directions, it was designed to compete with Taito Corporation's successful earlier game Space Invaders (which was released in the previous year, and also imported to the US by Midway Games).
The game was highly popular for Namco upon its release, and has been a focus of competitive gaming ever since. It spawned a successful sequel, Galaga, in 1981, and the lesser known Gaplus and Galaga '88 in 1984 and 1987 respectively, as well as many later ports and adaptations. Along with its immediate sequel, it was one of the most popular games during the golden age of arcade video games.
Galaxian is the fifth album by Keyboardist Jeff Lorber as leader of his band "The Jeff Lorber Fusion". Released in 1981, this was Lorber's last album as leader of his band "The Jeff Lorber Fusion" until 2010's Now Is The Time.
Galaxian may refer to:
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Galaxian videogames by Namco
- Galaxian (1979 arcade game), shooter video game by Namco
- Galaxian³ (1990 arcade game), shooter video game by Namco
- Namco Galaxian (1980 arcade hardware), arcade cabinet video game hardware by Namco
- Galaxian 2 (1981 video game), handheld shooter video game by Emtex, 2-player game based on Galaxian
- Astro Wars (1981 video game), aka Super Galaxian, tabletop shooter video game
- Galaxian (album), 1980 album by The Jeff Lorber Fusion
- Galaxians (supporters group), booster group for the soccer team L.A. Galaxy
- The Galaxians, a fictional group from the comic book Scrameustache
Usage examples of "galaxian".
Then, long before the end of the fifteen seconds it would take for the first TIMPS and killers to reach their targets, the big Galaxian battlewagons put out their every course of battle screen, torched up their every battle beam, and tore in at full drive to englobe the Commie ships and blast them out of the ether.
Defensive and repulsor screens flared white and beamers and lasermen were very busy men indeed for a few minutes, but not one Galaxian vessel was very badly damaged or had to immerse.
When the Galaxian supervessel was actually in their space the damage was of course much greater and vastly more widely spread.
Starrlah wanted also a light cruiser of the Galaxian fleet, in operating condition, for practical study, they said, and actual tests under various Second Space conditions.
Deston called Rodnar, who interrupted his own work long enough to come, to check, and to report that the huge Galaxian subspacer was not putting out any X-interference at all.
The beginning of subspace interstellar travel set in motion events which, had they followed their course uninfluenced would inevitably have ended in the destruction of Galaxian civilization.
I say His Learnedness Right the Honorable Director Doctor Cleander Simmsworth Garlock, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Prime Operator, President and First Fellow of the Galaxian Society, First Fellow of the Gunther Society, Fellow of the Institute of Paraphysics, of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, of the College of Mathematics, of the Congress of Psiontists, and of all the other top-bracket brain-gangs you ever heard of.
While it was practically a foregone conclusion that any man of the requisite caliber would already be a member of the Galaxian Society, the three planets and eight satellites were screened, psiontist by psiontist, to select the two strongest and most versatile of their breed.
I have attuned my mind to each of yours in order to give you a message from the United Galaxian Societies.
Subject to civilian control, of course, but the civilians will be the United Galaxian Societies of the Galaxy, and nobody else.
Primes were seated in the private office of Eugene Evans, Head of the Legal Department of the newly reincorporated Galaxian Society of Sol, Inc.
Therefore none of you will attempt to communicate with anyone outside Galaxian Hall.
And Galaxian Hall had never before been closed to the public, not for any hour of any day of any year of its existence.
A non-profit organization, dependent upon the public for its tremendous income, the Galaxian Society had always courted that public in every possible ethical way.
First the Justicians went into the matter of the Galaxian interference-the X-storms with their incredible disruptive power, how they had studied them, finally building the mighty counter-generators which they had placed in the areas of space indicating greatest activity.