Galaxy Invasion

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.[1][2] It is the first game from Big Five to include sound and music.[1] Galaxy Invasion was followed by an enhanced version in 1982, Galaxy Invasion Plus, which includes voice.[3]

Galaxy Invasion
Publisher(s)Big Five Software
Programmer(s)Bill Hogue
Jeff Konyu[1]
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release1980
Genre(s)Fixed shooter

Gameplay

Galaxy Invasion is a game of defending a lone missile base from alien ships.[4]

Reception

Jon Mishcon reviewed Galaxy Invasion in The Space Gamer No. 35.[4] 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."[4]

gollark: NO!
gollark: I'm actually alternating between several.
gollark: You wouldn't know it.
gollark: Also calls would need some kind of primitive garbage collection.
gollark: That would make dialing fiddly, although I guess it could just make new calls unless you explicitly use an existing one.

References
  1. Reed, Mathew. "Galaxy Invasion". TRS-80.org.
  2. Linzmayer, Owen (September 1981). "Bringing Home the Arcade". Creative Computing. Vol. 7 no. 9. Morristown, NJ: Creative Computing. pp. 180–183 – via Internet Archive.
  3. Reed, Mathew. "Galaxy Invasion Plus". TRS-80.org.
  4. Johnson, Forrest (January 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (35): 28.
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