Players can decide on the best strategy to suit their playing style to rack up the points. Aswell as firing shots your way, the aliens will breakaway and attempt to ram you.Įach colour of alien is assigned with a number of points, the more aggressive aliens being higher value. As you move up the levels the gameplay becomes faster and your reaction time is key to advancing the levels. Gameplay & RulesĪt level one the alien formations will move more slowly and break away less, making it easier to move out of harms way. Attain a high score to beat your friends, or more importantly, make the leader board. You must dodge and hit the alien foes for as long as possible without the rocket ship blowing up. There is only one goal, stay alive as long as possible, collecting as many points as possible. You will fire shots from your player rocket ship, wiping out the alien army one level at a time. Much like its predecessors Space Invaders & Galago, the aim of the game is to destroy the 46 strong convoy of aliens in formation.

The Galaxian is fiendishly addictive, but how is it played? The object of the game