Galaga shoots up Arcade Wednesdays

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July 26th, 2006, 17:14
wraggster

Galaga shoots up Arcade Wednesdays

It's retro shoot-'em-up action all the way as MS unleash Galaga on Arcade Wednesday

Well, a couple of weeks ago Microsoft promised a raft of fresh Arcade classics appearing on its Live service every Wednesday and - lo and behold - today is Galaga day, when the ancient (well 1981) arcade shoot 'em-up makes its debut on Xbox Live Arcade.

Still nostalgia ain't what it used to be it seems, with our esteemed colleagues over at OXM.co.uk, taking a quick shufti at the game, deeming it very much a dog that has had its day when compared to modern wonders like Geometry Wars.

Still, if you absolutely can't live without a spot of Galaga to light up your Wednesday, or just want to bathe in a warm comforting glow of simplistic shoot-'em-up action, then Galaga will set you back a very reasonable sounding 400 Microsoft points.
July 26th, 2006, 17:20
JKKDARK

wow a shoot 'em-up using Xbox Live Arcade. It sounds very good :p
July 27th, 2006, 07:42
SmashinGit

Love Galaga, can only hope it uses more of the screen than Frogger does.
July 27th, 2006, 08:45
tsurumaru

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Originally Posted by SmashinGit

Love Galaga, can only hope it uses more of the screen than Frogger does.

Nope exactly the same, you can zoom in a bit but its pretty much the original Galaga. Now if this had been the 194X collection or similar, I would have been excited....
July 27th, 2006, 10:45
KultiVator

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Originally Posted by tsurumaru

Nope exactly the same, you can zoom in a bit but its pretty much the original Galaga. Now if this had been the 194X collection or similar, I would have been excited....

Or the fantastic shooter... TimePilot (which does look to have been given a nice make-over too - and hopefully a good dose of whole-screen action as well)

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