Galaga C64 (C64)

Galaga (Arlasoft) Free

Game title: Galaga

Game description: Galaga is a multi-level single screen shooter. The player controls a starfighter at the bottom of the screen and must prevent the Galaga forces from destroying all of mankind. The objective of each stage is to defeat all of the Galaga aliens. Aliens dive towards the player while shooting down projectiles; colliding with either projectiles or aliens will result in a life being lost.

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  • Production - 75%
    75%
  • Fun - 75%
    75%
  • Depth - 70%
    70%

Summary

The Commodore 64 finally gets a good version of Galaga that it always deserved with Arlasoft’s implementation of this arcade classic. A lot of attention to detail has been spent to ensure that the game plays as close as possible to the arcade version while still looking and feeling like a C64 game.

Most avid fans of the arcade game are in raptures over Galaga 64 and even though I am not the greatest fan of porting games that are readily available elsewhere – it is hard to deny that this is well done even if the shooting mechanism feels a little sticky and the game contains the odd glitch here and there.

Overall
73%
73%
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User Review
2.33 (3 votes)

Pros

  • Close to faithful conversion
  • Still feels like a C64 game

Cons

  • A little glitchy
  • Shooting feels a little sticky

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