Galactic Invasion (Astrocade) - Crow Plays

Episode #194

Crow plays Galactic Invasion for the Astrocade.

This game was developed and published by Bally Midway in 1977.

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[tastywindex]

The sounds in this game are the exact same as the ones they used for the Galaxian segment in Gorf. Pretty awesome that they were able to get arcade-perfect sound back then.

[dryerlint]

damn dude they come straight at ya audio is cool

[MattyPBee]

Ah damn, stuck in my head now too.... Curse you CROOOOW!!!!

[electricadventures]

Yeah I think colour overrode the use of the number of sprites. The 2600 version is quite a good 2600 game and was good representation of the arcade game.
The number of enemies really lets this version down. I think this is where discovering the tricks on the 2600's chip allowed it to get ahead of other systems i.e. higher resolution modes and scan line interrupts to change colours + extra ram in the cartridge. 2600 Galaxians was a later title.
Other than that it's a pretty good attempt.

[MAMECADE]

Looks like they expanded Gorf's galaxian mode.

[LWidebody]

That was the B-side to Pac-Man Fever, wasn't it?

[SOLsGameRoom]

Lol it's interesting to see old clones like this. I love to compare clones to the original game. Hey what do you use to edit video?

[TheAtariJunkie]

Wasn't Galaxian originally published in U.S. arcades by Midway? If so, Bally and Midway were basically the same company, so maybe that's why they could put "Galaxian" in the menu of Galactic Invasion :)

[daveshmups]

What great sound in this game, IMO! I would love to get an Astrocade, but I don't think I've ever seen one on Ebay-and it would probably cost a mint on there. Where did you get yours from, if you don't mind me asking?

[starsoldier]

I wonder if there was ever a lawsuit from Namco?

[sglider]

The playfield is so small, there's only two rows of enemies plus the two ships up top. Even the 2600 had five rows plus the two guys up top. Kinda disappointing considering how cool the Wizard of Wor conversion was.

[progrocker]

It's using just about the same scoring method as Galaxian, just with a zero removed. As for the gameplay, there's effectively so much real estate removed from the play area compared to the arcade that trying to survive just looks like a royal frustrating bitch.

Not a good port. My rating -- 5.5/10