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Galaxian (ギャラクシアン)

Released in 1979

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(4 total votes)

Manufacturer: Namco
Developer: Namco
Distributor: Namco

Mame ROM Info
galaxb, Galaxian (bootleg)
Display
Raster
Orientation
Vertical
Resolution
224 x 256
Colors
97, Color
Genre
[no data]
Attributes
Shooting
Controls
3 Buttons
Size/Weight of 19 inch
68.5000 " x 25.0000" x 31.5000" , 204.00lb.
'Galaxian' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - shoot the fleets of aliens. Sold in the United States by Midway.

Hardware Platform: Galaxian hardware

Game Details

Classic - First full colour game - Namco's first big game took the concept of Space Invaders a step further. For the first time, the aliens would attack the player, swooping down out of the formation and dropping bombs. Unlike Space Invaders, Galaxian was in full colour, and was also the first colour game to feature a scrolling backdrop of stars.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by roh. Comment: "First arcade game I ever played and I still love it today. More interesting than space invaders. Very challenging and amazing fun." (2006-09-03 08:57:37Z)

by solszew. Comment: "When this game came out, my friends & I blew ALL our money on it for months. Still a big fave, and better than Galaga IMHO." (2004-11-29 21:44:50Z)

by pixie. Comment: "im an old girl now & i love this because i get a finger workout, thanks" (2004-01-10 00:56:10Z)

by kk. Comment: "Better than Space Invaders, I guess." (2000-07-26 09:13:48Z)

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X-Arcade Controller
X-Arcade Controller
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'Galaxian' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Galaxian' title screen
title screen
'Galaxian' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Galaxian' control panel
control panel
'Galaxian' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quickref2.txt - 0 K - Updated 2003.01.06
Galaxian wiring pinouts and conversion instructions
Galaxian wiring pinouts and conversion instructions
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galaxian wiring pinouts and conversion instructions.html - 5 K - Updated 2002.09.24
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/galaxian.txt
Galaxian, Midway ---------------- * NOTE This pinout is to be used on a converted Galaxian to operate on DC voltages. Conversion instructions follow the pinout. Comp Side | Solder Side ---------------------------------------------- GND | A | 1 | GND GND | B | 2 | GND +5 VDC | C | 3 | +5 VDC +5 VDC | D | 4 | +5 VDC | E | 5 | Coin Slot Return | F | 6 | | H | 7 | Coi
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/galaxian.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06
LIST: NAMCO Video Games in Japan
Year Title ------------------------------- 1978 Gee Bee 1979 Bomb Bee Galaxian Cutie-Q 1980 Nabaron Kaitei Takarasagashi SOS Puck-Man King & Balloon Tank Battalion Rally-X 1981 New Rally-X Warp & Warp Galaga Bosconian 1982 Dig Dug Pole Position Super Pac Man Xevious 1983 Mappy Pac & Pal Phozon
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-namcojapan.html - 3 K - Updated 1999.07.27
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galaxian.cln.txt
GALAXIAN CLONE COMP SIDE CKT SIDE ---------- ---------- 1 GND 2 GND 3 GND 4 GND 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 START 16 1 START 17 18 SYNC 19
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galaxian.cln.txt - 1 K - Updated 1996.02.11
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galaxian.txt
GALAXIAN CKT SIDE COMP SIDE -------- --------- 1 GND - 14V C.T. A GND - 14V C.T. 2 GND - 14V C.T. B GND - 14V C.T. 3 7VAC + C 7VAC + 4 7VAC - D 7VAC - 5 +7VDC UNREG E +7VDC UNREG 6 F 7 H 8 COIN 2 J COIN 1
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galaxian.txt - 2 K - Updated 1995.03.14
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/galaxian_namco.txt
Galaxian - NAMCO SOLDIER SIDE PARTS SIDE -------------------------------------------------------- 1 GND - 14V C.T. A GND - 14V C.T. 2 GND - 14V C.T. B GND - 14V C.T. 3 7VAC + C 7VAC + 4 7VAC - D 7VAC - 5 +7VDC UNREG E +7VDC UNREG 6 F 7 H 8
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/galaxian_namco.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.09
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/tank_battalion.txt
Tank Battalion Namco, 1981 --------------------------- Parts Solder ----------------------------------------------------------- 14V CT | A | 1 | 14V CT 14V CT | B | 2 | 14V CT 7V AC | C | 3 | 7V AC 7V AC | D | 4 | 7V AC | E | 5 | +7.5VDC [to Coin Cntr] | F | 6 | | H | 7 | Coin Counter
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/tank_battalion.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 48 K - Updated 2002.06.10
Crazy Climber Memory Map
CRAZY CLIMBER HARDWARE DETAILS AND MEMORY MAP by Lionel Theunissen. 08/01/97) Please don't take any of this information as gospel. This is what I have gleaned from my analysis of the CC ROMs and circuits, and I could be wrong about a few things. Some of it is best guess, but most of it should be correct. Bear in mind that it was quite a while ago (3 years) that I was originally working on this, so coming back into it I'm a little fuzzy on details. VIDEO: The video circuitry for Crazy Climber is
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazyclimbermap.html - 4 K - Updated 2000.01.23
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls
Sheet3 Sheet2 Sheet1 _0000年不明 _1971_1975 _1976_1978 _1979 _1980 _1981 _1982 _1983 _1983_1 _1983_1 _1984 _1985 _1986 _1987 _1988 _1989 _1990 _1991 _1992 _1993 _1994 _1995 _1996 _1997 _1998 _1999 _2000 FoxVideoGames/Taito Hyper Olympic (UK) Vastar パチフィーバー 三機電子 バッグマン Stern/Taito Bad Lands バトルクルーザーM-12 ハリウッド バンポリン Hammer Car ピタゴラスの大占術 Pitchman ピット Pit&Run ファイアーフォックス FightingRoller Phozon ブラスター Pro Soccer プロフィーバー Professor Pacman プロボウリング ベビーパックマン Bally Pole
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls - 434 K - Updated 2002.09.24
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971 'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972 'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973 'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973 'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973 'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973 'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973 'H','R','B','
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt - 17 K - Updated 1999.07.10
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt
From dholcomb@microsoft.com Tue Dec 13 22:30:30 1994 Received: from netmail2.microsoft.com by halcyon.com with SMTP id AA25989 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <holcomb@halcyon.com>); Tue, 13 Dec 1994 22:30:28 -0800 Received: by netmail2.microsoft.com (5.65/25-eef) id AA18899; Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 -0800 Message-Id: <9412140630.AA18899@netmail2.microsoft.com> Received: by netmail2 using fxenixd 1.0 Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 PST X-Msmail-Fixed-Font: 0001 X-Msmail-Message-Id: DDAB6336 X-Msmail-Conversation
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt - 8 K - Updated 2003.01.06
The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-bronzeagebyyear.html - 30 K - Updated 1999.10.29
Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02
Arcade PCB Pinouts
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/pinout.html - 118 K - Updated 2003.05.30
FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-conversion_v1.1.html - 116 K - Updated 1999.07.27
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ: -------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, To
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt - 115 K - Updated 1994.11.02
Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-arcade cheats.html - 112 K - Updated 1999.10.30

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