Galaxy Wars (c) 08/1979 Universal.
Galaxy Wars is a two-dimensional 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 themselve shoot at you.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 8080 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Samples, SN76477 (@ 2 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
A bootleg of this game is known as "Star Wars".
- SCORING -
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.