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Galaxy Game is a space combat arcade game developed in 1971 during the early era of video games. Created by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck, it was one of the first coin-operated video games; its initial prototype display in November 1971 at the Tresidder student union building at Stanford University was only a few months after a similar display of a prototype of Computer Space, making it the second known video game to charge money to play. Galaxy Game is an expanded version of the 1962 Spacewar!, potentially the first video game to spread to multiple computer installations. It features two spaceships, "the needle" and "the wedge", engaged in a dogfight while maneuvering in the gravity well of a star. Both ships are controlled by human players.
Last Modified: Jun 4, 2024
Galaxy Game reviews and comments
TERRIBLE.
The screen constantly flickers, so playing it for more than 30 seconds, which I didn't do, would destroy your retina and burn half your brain off. Thankfully, the gameplay was so boring I quit at 29 secs instead.
Somehow the controls are even worse than in Computer Space from the same year, and if you need to do a 180 degree turn, you better check something on your phone or make dinner, 'cause it's going to take an eternity. Did I mention the bullets are extremely small? I didn't, right? So I did now. The bullets are extremely small and slow.
Even with someone else to play together, you're better off playing hangman with you as the hangman, I guarantee it'll be at least twice as fun as this.
Overall, rating out of 100:
Story: 0
Not even a glimpse of story is shown, why are the two rockets fighting? Why is there a energy ball in the middle of the map that destroys my rocket? Why is everything flickering so much? Why did Jessica leave me? Well, you couldn't expect much story, but even Computer Space gave a better setting.
Gameplay: -10
How do you even manage to get a negative score? Well check it out for yourself.
Just kidding, don't do it. Seriously.
Graphics: -10
IT HURTS, IT HUUUURTS!
Sound/Music: 1
There isn't any at least from the one I played, so it's MILES better than Computer Space. And by miles I mean by one point.
That leaves the game with a flickering -19 points out of 100. Don't bother.
The screen constantly flickers, so playing it for more than 30 seconds, which I didn't do, would destroy your retina and burn half your brain off. Thankfully, the gameplay was so boring I quit at 29 secs instead.
Somehow the controls are even worse than in Computer Space from the same year, and if you need to do a 180 degree turn, you better check something on your phone or make dinner, 'cause it's going to take an eternity. Did I mention the bullets are extremely small? I didn't, right? So I did now. The bullets are extremely small and slow.
Even with someone else to play together, you're better off playing hangman with you as the hangman, I guarantee it'll be at least twice as fun as this.
Overall, rating out of 100:
Story: 0
Not even a glimpse of story is shown, why are the two rockets fighting? Why is there a energy ball in the middle of the map that destroys my rocket? Why is everything flickering so much? Why did Jessica leave me? Well, you couldn't expect much story, but even Computer Space gave a better setting.
Gameplay: -10
How do you even manage to get a negative score? Well check it out for yourself.
Just kidding, don't do it. Seriously.
Graphics: -10
IT HURTS, IT HUUUURTS!
Sound/Music: 1
There isn't any at least from the one I played, so it's MILES better than Computer Space. And by miles I mean by one point.
That leaves the game with a flickering -19 points out of 100. Don't bother.
«Waste of time»