Gaplus

Gaplus is a fixed shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. It was the only other game to run on Namco Phozon hardware, and in the US, a modification kit was later released to change the name to Galaga 3, possibly to increase recognition among fans of the games even though there was no "Galaga 2". Since Gaplus is a sequel to Galaga, it has similar gameplay. The player controls a spaceship, that can now move vertically (limited to halfway up the screen, much like Atari's Centipede) as well as horizontally, and shoots at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens which fly in formation above it and swoop down to attack it in akamikaze-like dive. In this sequel, the level starts over if the player gets killed before all the enemies have come in. When all enemies are killed, the player moves on to the next level. By obtaining certain powerups, it is possible to shoot sixty bullets per screen, the most any Galaxian-related game has.

Main story

17 min

Released

1984 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player · Multiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Multiplayer

• Local up to 2

• NamcoDeveloper · Publisher
• Namco LimitedDeveloper
• MastertronicPublisher
• CCarry LabPublisher

• ESRBENo content descriptors

• Action
• Science fiction
• artificial intelligence
• bonus stage
• digital distribution
• high score
• sequel
• shoot 'em up
• spaceship
• title changed after release
• virtual console
• wii virtual console

1. Galaxian1979
2. Galaga1981
3. This gameGaplus1984
4. Galaga '881987
5. Galaxian3: Project Dragoon1990
6. Attack of the Zolgear1994
7. The Rising of GourbThe Rising of Gourb1996
8. SD Gundam Over Galaxian1996 · Remake
9. Galaxian Mini2000 · Remake

• Wild Guns1994
• Xevious1982
• Pooyan1982
• Zaxxon1982
• Forgotten Worlds1988
• Moon Cresta1980

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