There's a reason you still see it in almost every arcade.

User Rating: 10 | Galaga ARC
By Lokar | Review Date:
This classic space shooter pits you, the defender of Earth, against evil flying alien space bugs. You pilot a white ship that fires missle bolts into the oncoming swarm. Do well, and you are awarded points; reach certain landmarks and you can rack up an extra ship. If captured by one of the overlords' ships, don't worry; you can fire back and set your ship free, which means you can double up and blast away with a twin craft. Docking makes it easy to blanket the enemy with rapid laser shots. It also makes you vulnerable, so watch out.

Every so often you come to a challenge level, where the bugs do not fire back, but swoop past you in a rapid parade. Get as many as you can before the next wave. When time runs out, if you get perfect scores, you are awarded 10,000 extra points and may get another ship. Even if you don't down them all, you still get points for every one you did manage to obliterate.

Great is the joy when you can place your name high in the score record list. Still worth your quarters, even today.

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