With the introduction of Galaxian in 1979, players were transported to the most colorful and challenging space battle yet. In Galaxian™, you head for deep space to destroy the alien flagship and its endless stream of escort vessels. The better you do, the more threatening the swarms of invaders become.

Once Galaxian was released, Namco knew they had a winner because, as one engineer reported, "People [at the arcades] piled their coins onto the game cabinets to keep playing, and those who were waiting were very irritated because their turn never came..."