Galaga (1981)

All time rank: 150 of 1,000
1980s rank: 9 of 109
1981 rank: 2 of 10
List appearances: 24 lists
Developer: Namco Limited
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Shooter
Series: Galaxian
Wikipedia: Wikipedia
IGDB: IGDB
HowLongToBeat: HowLongToBeat
Main: ~48m
Main+Extra: ~2h
100%: ~2h
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Galaga

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All time 24
2023 Digital Trends
The 50 best video games of all time #51
2020 Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time #66
2018 Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time #22
2018 GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time #166
2018 Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play #1
2018 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #98
2018 Slant Magazine
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #67
2017 Polygon
The 500 best games of all time #165
2016 Time
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time #35
2015 IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time #97
2014 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #72
2013 NA
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die #1
2012 G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #92
2012 Time
All-TIME 100 Video Games #1
2009 Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time #23
2005 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games #72
2003 Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games #28
2003 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time #73
2002 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games Ever #20
2000 Edge
The 100 best games of all time #75
1999 Hyper
The Top 50 Games of All Time #39
1999 Next Generation
The Fifty Best Games of All Time #17
1996 Next Generation
Top 100 Games of All Time #96
1995 Flux
The Top 100 Video Games #57

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