Hihihihi.....the "Gal Wars", Galaxian vs. Galaga....will it ever end
It's funny because I can't think of a game that has so many controversy between it's predecessor and follow-up. (Waiting for Lascheck to correct me
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I'm also very inconsequent about it: I love Ms.Pac much more than I do Pac (OK, not an official follow up, but we didn't know that back then).
Seriously, as I've explained many times before: I don't hate Galaga at ALL. In fact I enjoy playing it, there are loads and loads of games that are far worse.
Played it a couple of times at Funspot. The thing is simply that when I first saw Galaxian back in the early 80's I was floored by it. We were used to SI and here comes a full color game (the first !) where the aliens instead of simply waiting for a bullet up their arse are breaking out of the pattern and very aggressively attack you with screaming sound...
However the most baffled I was when (after some considerable play for me in those days) I saw the first alien actually going round for a 2nd try to kill me. I was so baffled that it got me the first time right away....I was simply only thinking: How can they make it do that ! It felt like it was _really_ alive.
I know this sounds stupid today, but consider what we were used to (pretty simple B/W games with ultra low built-in "AI".....
Also, I thought the game sounds totally contributed to the atmosphere. The increasing tone of the background sound and then the sudden stopping of part of the "soundtrack" when there only a few aliens left really builds up the tension. The screaming sound (for those days !!!) when the aliens dive to you...all very well done.
So yes I played a lot of Galaxian back then. I didn't play a lot of Galaga. Didn't like the movement of the aliens which seemed drunk when they come down at you...yes it made it harder to hit them (a bit) but it was like unfair and against logic to me.
And the sounds.....sorry, but I still really think they are totally gay for a shooter. It sounds like Pac.
Anyway, I swear this is the last I write about it, again I DO NOT hate Galaga, but yes there is very little chance that I will ever own one...Everyone is entitled to his opinion right, but I find it fun to tease around a bit...
This is the last thing I write about that, now I will start helping Gyruss to get this baby running !
