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Game entry

Galaxian

1979 · Shoot 'em up, Arcade · Arcade · Midway

After 66 duels settled by the community, Galaxian stands no. 4,347 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,383 ELO points and 35% of wins. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Commandos 2: Men of Courage: 3 duels settled, 1 to 2. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 60 out of 70 (Shoot 'em up).

World rank

no. 4,347

ELO score

1,383

Wins

35%

Duels played

66

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About Galaxian

Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a year earlier, and featured a similar space theme. The player controls a space ship in the bottom part of the screen and shoots at enemies descending from the top of the screen.

The game was received very well by the public and has continued to be a game with a competitive community to this day. It was followed by a successful sequel called Galaga in 1981 and two less known sequels called Gaplus in 1984 and Galaga '88 in 1987. Galaxian was one of the most popular games in the golden age of arcade video games.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,383 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Galaxian sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,344 Primordia 1,383
  2. 4,345 Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority 1,383
  3. 4,346 Beacon Pines 1,383
  4. 4,347 Galaxian 1,383
  5. 4,348 Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1,383
  6. 4,349 Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals 1,383
  7. 4,350 Natural Selection 2 1,383

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The standing

Where Galaxian ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Galaxian stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 60 out of 70 (Shoot 'em up).

Where Galaxian ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,347 5,035
Shoot 'em up 60 70

The community

The debate

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