Galaxian on the Atari 800

Playthrough of the Atari 8-bit version of Galaxian

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• retro
• vintage
• gaming

[BigDaddyDarth]

I see what you mean about the jerky movements...but it doesn't look that bad. Maybe its something i would have to experience.

[marlinlee]

@BigDaddyDarth Some of the jerkiness is lost in the video. It is worse when actually playing it.

[oniichanrikku]

Excellent video!

[geminidefect]

If I remember correctly, you get a good bonus for shooting down the trio that comes at you.

[Extralounge]

My personal favourite Galaxian ports are the ones that came out on the NES and Colecovision.

[Extralounge]

@OldSchoolNYCGamer - everybody seems to confuse Galaxian with Galaga!

Galaxian was released on the atari 2600 and never came out on the 7800.

So you are either playing Galaxian for the 2600 on the 7800 or Galaga wich was released on the 7800.

; )

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

I do prefer the 7800 version more due to what you have stated with the jerkiness of the galxians, I would have thought the Atari computer would have done a better job on this.

[BigDaddyDarth]

@marlinlee

I kind of figured that...you don't usually have a complaint about a game unless its warranted. ^_^

[ldisc66]

Man they really skimped on the cart's capacity. This could've been a much better port if they didn't have to make the game 5 or 6KB in size lol

[SteveBenway]

I know exactly what you mean about this version. I bought it myself a while back and was quite surprised. Technically better than the 2600 version, but there's certainly something not at all right about it.

[65Gamerguy]

I have to say that the sounds are pretty bad. Sounds nothing like the arcade. After seeing this I think the colecovision is better which is strange because Atari made it!