Galaxy Invasion
1980 video game
1980 video game
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Publisher(s) | Big Five Software |
Programmer(s) | Bill Hogue Jeff Konyu[1] |
Platform(s) | TRS-80 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
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.[1][2] It is the first game from Big Five to include sound and music.[1] Galaxy Invasion was followed by an enhanced version in 1982, Galaxy Invasion Plus, which includes voice.[3]
Gameplay
Galaxy Invasion is a game of defending a solitary missile base from alien ships.[4]
Reception
Jon Mishcon reviewed Galaxy Invasion in The Space Gamer No. 35.[4] 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."[4]
Reviews
- Moves #57, p14[5]
References
- ^ a b c Reed, Mathew. "Galaxy Invasion". TRS-80.org.
- ^ Linzmayer, Owen (September 1981). "Bringing Home the Arcade". Creative Computing. Vol. 7, no. 9. Morristown, NJ: Creative Computing. pp. 180–183 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Reed, Mathew. "Galaxy Invasion Plus". TRS-80.org.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Forrest (January 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (35). Steve Jackson Games: 28.
- ^ Moves Issue 57 Strategy and Tactics Press
External links
- Review in SoftSide
- Review in 80 Micro
- Review in Byte
- Review in Creative Computing
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