Galaxy Invasion
{{Short description|1980 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Galaxy Invasion
| image = File:Galaxy Invasion (Cover).jpg
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| programmer = Bill Hogue
Jeff Konyu
| publisher = Big Five Software
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| platforms = TRS-80
| released = 1980
| genre = Fixed shooter
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Galaxy Invasion is a clone of Namco's Galaxian arcade game written by Big Five Software founders Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu for the TRS-80 16K and published in 1980.{{cite magazine |last=Linzmayer |first=Owen |date=September 1981 |title=Bringing Home the Arcade |url=https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-09/page/n187 |magazine=Creative Computing |publisher=Creative Computing |location=Morristown, NJ |volume=7 |issue=9 |pages=180–183 |via=Internet Archive}} It is the first game from Big Five to include sound and music. Galaxy Invasion was followed by an enhanced version in 1982, Galaxy Invasion Plus, which includes voice.
Gameplay
Reception
Jon Mishcon reviewed Galaxy Invasion in The Space Gamer No. 35.{{cite journal|last=Johnson |first=Forrest |date=January 1981 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=35|pages=28}} Johnson commented that "this is one of those very rare state-of-the-art game programs. A wonderful program. A better than wonderful game. Buy it immediately."
Reviews
References
External links
- [https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-27/page/n95/mode/2up Review] in SoftSide
- [https://archive.org/stream/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-08/80Microcomputing_0881#page/n33/mode/2up Review] in 80 Micro
- [https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-09/page/n385/mode/2up Review] in Byte
- [https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-09/page/n187/mode/2up Review] in Creative Computing
Category:Big Five Software games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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