Galaga '91

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Galaga '91
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Original system(s): Namco System 1 arcade hardware
Genre: Shooting[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥3,5003,500 T-14057
Sega Game Gear
EU 		2322
Sega Game Gear
UK 		£29.9929.99[4] 2322
Non-Sega versions

Galaga '91 (ギャラガ’９１) is a sequel to Namco's 1981 arcade classic, Galaga (brought to the SG-1000 as Sega-Galaga). It is actually a port of Galaga '88, originally released in arcades in 1988, retitled to reflect its Sega Game Gear release of 1991. It is the first portable installment in the Galaxian series.

Galaga '88/'91 builds on the gameplay seen in Galaxian, Galaga and Gaplus, the most notable addition being the inclusion of more detailed backgrounds (as opposed to coloured scrolling starfields). The Game Gear version was not released in North America.

Story

An intergalactic organization, the United Galaxy Space Force, deploys a lone starfighter to rid the galaxy of the hostile Galaga aliens, who plan to eradicate all of mankind.

Gameplay

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Bonus stage

Galaga '91 is a fixed shooter video game. The player controls a lone starfighter throughout eleven different stages, each becoming progressively difficult. Stages are indicated by small emblems located at the bottom-right of the screen. In each stage, the objective is to destroy all of the Galaga aliens, which fly into formation from the top and sides of the screen. Some enemies fire projectiles at the player, some enemies divebomb towards the player and attempt to collide with their ship, and some enemies spawn other enemies.

Most stages are fixed and do not scroll. Enemies enter in formation, and all enemies must be destroyed to complete the stage. Some enemies screen-wrap to the top of the screen when they reach the bottom.

The ship moves horizontally with Left and Right; it cannot move vertically. It fires with 1, which can be held to fire continually.

Stages

Stages 3, 8, and 12 are bonus levels, which are indicated by the text "That Is Galactic Dancing." In these, enemies fly into the screen along pre-set paths without attacking the player. Players can shoot down the aliens to earn bonus points; destroying all enemies awards the player a large sum of points.

Stages 4, 13, and 14 are vertically scrolling. Enemies fly in as before, but it is not necessary to destroy all of them to proceed. The screen continuously scrolls upwards until the end, where there is a boss fight.

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Stage 1
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Stage 2
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Stage 3
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Stage 4
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Stage 4 Boss
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Stage 5
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Stage 6
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Stage 7
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Stage 8
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Stage 9
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Stage 10
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Stage 11
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Stage 12
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Stage 13
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Stage 13 Boss
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Stage 14
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Stage 14 Boss
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History

Galaga '91 can cause confusion not just because of its arcade origins three years prior, but because in Europe, this Game Gear version was retitled (again) as Galaga 2, being marketed as a direct sequel to Galaga. It is, however, the fourth game in the series; being preceeded by the 1979 arcade game, Galaxian, Galaga in 1981 and finally Gaplus in 1984 (sometimes called Galaga 3 - an equally misleading title). To make matters worse, Namco released an arcade sequel called Galaxian³ (also known as Galaxian 3') in 1990, and the TurboGrafx-16 port of Galaga '88/'91 is called Galaga '90. More recent games have opted to avoid numbering systems and always use the Galaga name.

Production credits

  • Planner: Psychic
  • Music: N O B I
  • Programmer: Early Bird
  • Graphic: Karashi
  • Adviser: Silky No 1, Haro 7000
  • Special Thanks: Nigel
  • Producer: Mac
Source:
In-game credits
Galaga 2 GG credits.pdf
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Galaga '91/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[6]
ACE (UK)
50
[4]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[7]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
63
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[10]
Game Mania (UK)
83
[11]
Gamers (DE)
73
[12]
Gamers (DE)
73
[13]
Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J
20
[14]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[15]
Joypad (FR)
85
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
74
[17]
Joystick (FR)
90
[18]
Mega Force (FR)
74
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
85
[20]
Player One (FR)
77
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
57
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
63
[23]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
60
[24]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
81
[25]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
65
[26]
Sega Game Gear
 67
Based on
22 reviews

Galaga '91

Game Gear, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 95ecece2
MD5 7f3a990141b86a8b66cc9e761f1c1ba0
SHA-1 33b552eb21ef4bf5cf10ab18afa9f2fbcd6635cd
128kB Cartridge (EU)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 0593ba24
MD5 c50bc608d2f6708e255e98c324e93a13
SHA-1 7cd59fc473b9b1a1fdd659fdec2ae6cb1d3f471a
128kB Cartridge (JP)

References

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  1. ↑ File:Galaga2 GG EU back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 13
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 ACE, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-08), page 93
  5. ↑ File:Galaga 2 GG credits.pdf
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 122
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1991" (JP; 1991-10-08), page 39
  8. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
  9. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1992 (Go! Issue 4)" (UK; 1992-01-15), page 20
  10. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-11-01" (JP; 1991-10-18), page 39
  11. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 70
  12. ↑ Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 38
  13. ↑ Gamers, "August/September 1993" (DE; 1993-07-23), page 67
  14. ↑ Game Zone, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-24), page 62
  15. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
  16. ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 106
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
  18. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 131
  19. ↑ Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138
  20. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
  21. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 106
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 70
  23. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 65
  25. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  26. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "24th July 1993" (UK; 1993-07-24), page 12


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