Galaxy Wars © 1979 Universal.
Galaxy Wars is a 2-D shooter where you are given three missiles to shoot at two rows of alien ships at the top. Miniature rock-like satellites move around the screen, ready to obliterate your missile at any moment, and the ships themselves shoot at you.
Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 1.9968 Mhz), discrete circuitry
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 260 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.54 Hz
Palette color: 2 (overlays)
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
Galaxy Wars was released in August 1979.
Export releases:
T.T Galaxy Wars (Taito)
Bootleg/Hacks releases :
Star Wars (Yamashita]
| 1st rack | 50 (side hit), 100 (bottom, towards the side) or 150 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship. |
| 2nd rack | 100 (side hit), 200 (bottom, towards the side) or 250 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship. |
| 3rd rack | 150 (side hit), 300 (bottom, towards the side) or 350 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship. |
| You can probably figure the scores for higher racks from the patterns here. | |
Nintendo Super Famicom (jan.13, 1995) [Model SHVC-AGWJ] 
BBC Micro (1982) X68000 (1987)
Apple iPhone/iPod (sept.9, 2009) [Model 331413595]: Online version