Galaga '91

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Galaga '91
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥3,5003,500 T-14057
Sega Game Gear
EU 		2322

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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.

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.

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.

Magazine articles

Main article: Galaga '91/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 [1]
84 №123 (Go!), p20[2]
20 №4, p62
90 №22, p131
77 №33, p106
57 [3]
60 №22, p69
65 №5, p12
Sega Game Gear
 64
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[4]
ACE (UK)
50
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[5]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
63
[6]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[2]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[7]
Game Mania (UK)
83
[8]
Gamers (DE)
73
[9]
Gamers (DE)
73
[10]
Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J
20
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[12]
Joypad (FR)
85
[13]
Joypad (FR) PAL
74
[14]
Joystick (FR)
90
[15]
Mega Force (FR)
74
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
85
[17]
Player One (FR)
77
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
57
[3]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
63
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
60
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
81
[21]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
65
[22]
Sega Game Gear
 67
Based on
22 reviews

Galaga '91

Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Game Gear, JP
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Cover
Galaga91 GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:ACE UK 53.pdf, page 93 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 53.pdf_p93" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 53.pdf_p93" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:Go UK 04.pdf, page 20 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Go UK 04.pdf_p20" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 70
  4. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 122
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1991" (JP; 1991-10-08), page 39
  6. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
  7. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-11-01" (JP; 1991-10-18), page 39
  8. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 70
  9. ↑ Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 38
  10. ↑ Gamers, "August/September 1993" (DE; 1993-07-23), page 67
  11. ↑ Game Zone, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-24), page 62
  12. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 106
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
  15. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 131
  16. ↑ Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138
  17. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
  18. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 106
  19. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 65
  21. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  22. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "24th July 1993" (UK; 1993-07-24), page 12
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