September 15, 1979 · Game
Galaxian (1979)
Namco's Galaxian debuted in Japan on September 15, 1979. Midway took the US rights after seeing it on October 17, 1979 and launched it in the US in February 1980.
Sold 50,000 arcade units in the US by 1982 and ranked second in the 1980 arcade grosses in both Japan and America.
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Facts
- Date
- September 15, 1979
- Kind
- Game: Arcade shooter
- Maker or publisher
- Namco
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Genre
- Fixed shooter
- Format
- Arcade
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