1980 · Arcade · Fixed shooter
Galaxy Invasion
Galaxian clone for the TRS-80.
- Released
- 1980
- Platforms
- TRS-80TRS-80 Model I
- Genres
- ArcadeFixed shooterShooter
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English
About
Galaxy Invasion is a clone of Namco's Galaxian arcade game written by Big Five Software founders Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu for the TRS-80 16K and published in 1980. It is the first game from Big Five to include sound and music. Galaxy Invasion was followed by an enhanced version in 1982, Galaxy Invasion Plus, which includes voice.
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Galaxy Invasion is a game of defending a solitary missile base from alien ships.
Reception
Jon Mishcon reviewed Galaxy Invasion in The Space Gamer No. 35. Johnson commented that "this is one of those very rare state-of-the-art game programs. A wonderful program.
A better than wonderful game. Buy it immediately."
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Collections1 collection
Platform libraries
- TRS-80 gamesModel I and III
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