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Galaga is great, Galaxian is not so much

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is yet another random Gameboy game I picked up and started playing again. Obviously these are just ports of other versions of Galaga. This game however has two games in one. Galaga is an awesome game. Galaxian is repeitive as ever. I would give Galaga four stars overall, but Galaxian two stars overall. That is why this game pack is only three stars.

Galaga is a top notch game. You are a space ship that stays at the bottom of the screen. You can move horizontally and shoot using either A or B. Enemy ships, which look like bugs to me, will fly out and shoot at you. They will fly into a sequence. Once they have all appeared, some of them will rush at and shoot at you. This is a very basic game that changes from level to level and is very fun and addicting to play.

Galaxian is very much the same. You are a ship and can move horizontally. However, there are just a bunch of ships in sequence for you to shoot at. They will attack you one by one. Once you have destroyed all the ships, another set of ships in the same exact sequence will appear. The difficulty never rises. You continue to destroy the same thing over and over again. The whole purpose of this game is to get a high score. However, it soon loses its enjoyment when you realize it is just the same thing over and over again.

I would suggest picking this one up for Galaga. Keeping high scores on both of the games can be very fun though. Having multiple people playing it trying to beat each others scores is the best. Be warned though, Gameboy games are able to save because of a small battery in the cartridge. This game was made in 1990, so the odds of the battery still being alive is slim. This means none of your high scores will be saved.

Galaga = masterpiece of video gaming

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In the mid nineties, Nintendo began giving classic arcade games from the seventies and early eighties a huge revival. Though many of these games were dated, many young gamers would get a chance to try them out for the first time, and see what video games were like before they were born. Those who gave the games a chance would be pleasantly surprised to learn that sometimes simplistic games were the best ones of all. One of the games that got reissued on the Game Boy was Galaga, accompanied by its sequel Galaxian. Read on for my review of these classic games.

PROS:
-Regardless of whether you're using the Super Game Boy, an old black and white Game Boy, or a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, this games looks dead-on to the arcade originals. The resolution is also very good; there is no slow down.
-These games are easy to learn. They're so simplistic that you can learn them without even reading the instructions. They're also tough to master, meaning gamers will get a bigger kick out of them than they may expect to.
-Galaga is (in my opinion) THE BEST video game ever that has earned the title of "arcade classic", and I'm sure many others will agree.

CONS:
-The biggest con of this cartridge is Galaxian. While Galaga was a refreshing twist on the Space Invaders formula, Galaxian is a straight-up Space Invaders rip-off.
-Because the games are dated, they won't hold your attention for nearly as long as a so-called modern game will.
-When played in a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, this game shows some sound flaws. These don't detract much from the game, but they can be annoying.

OVERALL:
Sure, Galaxian is junk, but Galaga is a masterpiece of a game, more than worthy of being called an arcade classic. If you can find this cartridge used somewhere, by all means pick it up. You've gotta own some form of Galaga, so it might as well be a portable version!

Classic Shoot 'Em Up Combo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game pairs two classic aracade favorites. Both provide fast-paced, addictive gaming fun.

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