Galaxian

So because they described that as like a risk reward capturing later, I know it's not the later version.

And because they mentioned rescuing ships, I know it's not Galaxian.

So this would be Galaga.

Galaga is absolutely correct.

I'll include a link to that showcase, but you can also then get to the code if you want to try one in particular.

I like the Galaxian-style game Connexian.

[laughs] It's number 89 in a list of over 200.

You got your Pac People, you got your Lode Runners, your Bomberman, typical platformers, other 8-bit era stuff, action games and puzzles and stuff.

Or, like, there are multiple cameos, references to other, like, Namco arcade games in this Pac-Man game.

One of them being a boss fight, uh, a shoot 'em up style boss fight against a, a Galaxian alien from the, you know, Galaga franchise.

Oh.

And so I, I went down a kind of Galaga rabbit hole-

It's a really, really cool, fancy collection that has a lot of, like, these educational things as well, if you care about that.

But also, of course, a million different versions of all of these Atari, uh, console games and arcade games.

Uh, and I played, um, like, a, starting with Galaxian, the first game [laughs] in the Galaga trilogy.

Um, I played like three different Atari versions of that.

Black rock or rap, don't look back.

Times two, high score on Galaxian.

Axiom tracks become one of many.

Collision, precision, incision within your skull

You know, I was, I'd, gone.

Um, but you know, uh, Galaxian, um, Super Space Invaders, uh, Gauntlet.

Yeah.

Mm.

Wow.

Early games like Galaxian and Galaga and things like that that I also inspired some of my earlier games while I was sitting there at Radio Shack.

And this was stuff you were doing on your Tandy PC? On your Tandy color computer.

So now that was that was one of those super old kind of like home computers that was not quite like an Apple where it's like the whole thing plus the monitor was sort of like a separate thing.

And Galaga was a game changer.

The sequel to Galaxian, of course.

Of course.

Yep.