The History of GALAGA | Retro Arcade Documentary

Galaga. The name itself conjures images of retro arcades, neon, nostalgia, and 80s culture...but how did one of the most popular arcade games of all time come in to existence? On this week's episode of Free Play's Game of the Week docuseries, we delve in to the hidden history of one of the true greats!
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[@Arcad3n]

This is a pretty darn high quality video, you did a great job with this!

[@CujoBD.]

Great vid for such a small channel!

[@tranzorz6293]

I like to think of it as Namco's Galaga

[@harlanmarcos2735]

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[@kalebroberto2363]

@Harlan Marcos Instablaster :)

[@thestickopia4619]

Galaga isn’t just one of my favorite arcade games, it’s in my top 10 games of all time

[@nosferatu6821]

And what is your top 10?

[@adhesivepickle974]

Great Job!

[@FreePlayArcade]

Thank you!

[@rubenflorez1583]

Great video and story of Galaga

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Awesome!

[@liraven7676]

Interesting!

[@mrenzi610]

One of my favorite old school games , I have it on my phone.

[@edwardbliss8931]

Who remembers that trick to make the ships stop dropping bombs?

[@samautio6065]

Didn't you have to let one of the stages run it's course without killing any of the enemy?

[@edwardbliss8931]

@@samautio6065 You would leave 2 of those large ships at the top to come down and drop their bombs without shooting them. You'd allow that to happen over and over until they stopped dropping bombs. It would take about 10 minutes

[@ajimaster287]

Plenty of info about it on youtube

[@johnpaulgontor2362]

This game needs a fucking reboot with story and character development.

[@faceduro6719]

One of my all time favorite arcade game, would love to have a arcade1up of this... My highest score is 100,000 pretty decent to reach that far but my main goal is to reach 1 million points hopefully someday I can do this in an arcades hopefully when pandemic can be at ease and bars and arcades be open again with precautions

[@Spookje09]

Not sure if you being funny, but Arcade 1Up does have Galaga. I have it on my Pac Man cab and, damn, its fun to have it at home!!! Cheers!

[@faceduro6719]

@@Spookje09 really??? I thought it had a Galaxian.... Does the Galaga comes with a Ms. PAC-MAN???

[@Spookje09]

@@faceduro6719 Yeah, Pac Man cab comes with both Galaxian and Galaga and the Class of 1981 Ms. PacMan/Galaga cab also has Galaxian

[@turkkiq]

It was my game, I did very high scores among all kids around me, I was 16 and now I am 50. What a dream! 😢

[@TalkingDonkey2]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I still play it on my 2DS

[@jrfishpro5046]

Namco museum?

[@TheBreadDemon]

ME TOOOOO!

[@Santiagogsz]

were a can find one of this i am from costa rica an y have 11 years

[@one4allall4one91]

I live in Florida is there any retro arcades in the state?

[@anonymousidea9119]

A few off the top of my head Arcade Monsters in Oviedo Replay Amusement Museum in Tarpon Springs Stop N Play in Port Richey Tower Arcade & Lounge in Clermont Arcade Odyssey in Miami Just to name a few

[@Bioburningk]

I just have a question about your arcades do you have one of these game xevious,galaxian3,soulvalou,xevious3d/g

[@ajimaster287]

I have this on my ps3

[@LittleRockElevators]

I have been playing Galaga since I was 6 (currently 38 upon posting this comment). We have an retro arcade that opened up last year that has Galaga. Now I can go to Dave and Buster's and play the tall screen version.

[@Digitalhdwmn]

Or you can play it on your phone!! :D

[@LittleRockElevators]

@@Digitalhdwmn one of my co workers has it on his phone. I'll add it to mine.

[@naofumiosato3911]

Before its release, Galaga was not well received within Namco because it was similar to Galaxian.

[@akalyx]

is it pronounced "gall - ah/uh - guh" or "guh - lah - guh" -- replies appreciated (also: what a well-made/edited brief doc on this hard to pronounce title!)

[@jeffreybauer1552]

They pronounce it Gal-aga here I’ve also heard it called Ga-laga over the decades WHICH IS IT!!!!?

[@Arcad3n]

This is a pretty darn high quality video, you did a great job with this!