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Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World.

^ Video Game Museum Project (June 1988).

^ a b c d e f Lucas, Victor (June 26, 1996).

^ a b 'Dempa Micomsoft Super Soft Catalogue'.

^ a b c d Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2003).

^ 'Now Your Computer Fits the Arcade Hits'.

^ 'New Advanced Home Game System Unveiled'.

^ 'Atari 5200 and Atari 2600 News Releases'.

^ a b 'Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Gold' (PDF).

^ Midway Debuts 'Galaxian' Video (PDF).

^ Microcomputer BASIC Editorial Department (December 1986).

^ a b c d e 'US Platinum Videogame Chart'.

^ a b c d e f g h i 'Game Search (based on Famitsu data)'.

Including re-releases, the Galaxian franchise has sold over 12 million copies, making it one of Bandai Namco's best-selling franchises of all time. The success of the series has lend itself to other forms of media, including soundtrack CDs, apparel, garage kits and literature. Later entries in the series have been met with a more mixed reception - some, such as Galaga Legions and its DX update, have been praised for expanding upon the gameplay in earlier titles, while others, such as Galaga: Destination Earth, were criticized for being poor updates of the original. Galaxian and its sequel Galaga are cited as some of the most influential games of the genre, the latter being called one of the greatest video games ever made by many publications. Galaxian is one of the most successful arcade games of its time, selling over 50,000 arcade cabinets in North America alone. Entries in the franchise have been ported to several home consoles and included in many Namco video game compilations for multiple platforms.

Most games in the series have been fixed shooters, although some have delved into other genres such as rail shooters and twin-stick shooters.

The series first began in 1979 with the arcade game Galaxian, which was Namco's first major hit in the video game industry, seeing ports for multiple home consoles, handheld systems and mobile phones. Some entries were outsourced to other developers, such as Hasbro Interactive, Bandai and Paladin Studios. Galaxian is a shoot'em up video game franchise developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Arcade game, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, VIC-20, Family Computer, MSX, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari 7800, Famicom Disk System, TurboGrafx-16, Game Gear, PlayStation, PC, Game Boy, Mobile phone, Game Boy Color, LCD game, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4.

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