

Instead of only attacking from their neat rows, enemy ships would occasionally break formation and swoop down upon your ship. The major innovation of Galaxian was how the aliens attacked. The objective was the same: destroy attacking aliens before they destroyed you. Galaxian was based on Space Invaders, but with several modifications that increased the difficulty of the game. It became one of the most successful games at the time, but did not come near to the success of Space Invaders. Midway released Galaxian in America in 1979. Midway began working with Namco- the former Atari distributor- after Taito's Space Invader success allowed them to create their own U.S. The game was originally developed by Namco and released in Japan. Galaxian was the first video game to use full-color graphics.
