When the player loses all of the Galaxips, the game ends. However if the Galaxip is hit by an alien or by alien fire, the Galaxip explodes and the player loses a life. When all aliens are eradicated from the screen, the stage is cleared and the player progresses to the next one.
If the Galboss escapes the screen while it is alone, it joins the new enemy formation resulting in 4 Galbosses in the next stage The scores also vary between aliens and more points are rewarded to the player shooting an alien while it's moving. When the Galboss is defeated the aliens stop attacking momentarily, giving the player the chance to retaliate. In turn, the player could get more points from defeating the Galboss and Red Aliens. The Galboss is accomapnied by Red Aliens which makes it difficult to defeat. The Galboss is a special type of alien that acts as a leader and only two are found in an enemy formation. There are four types of aliens and each vary in strengths and patterns. Therefore, it requies the needed precision when shooting. The beams cannot be fired in succession until one shot disappears from the screen. The player uses the control stick to move the Galaxip to the left and right, and presses the button to shoot beams. Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette.A special document presentation of Galaxian by Retro Ahoy. Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past on YouTube)Īdd or tags to your posts, as necessary. Link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. Link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia)
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