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Galaga 3

Description

Another shooting game in which you can capture the enemies and make them work with you if you hit the queen ship when it dives. Not widely known because released during video game crash.

Galaga 3 was produced by Namco in 1984.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Galaga 3 was produced include: Phozon, Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp, Pac & Pal, Mappy, Libble Rabble, Dragon Buster, Gaplus, Grobda, Shoot Away, and Super Xevious

Specs

Name	Galaga 3
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7884
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Namco Galaga
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

GALAGA 3 - old arcade game by NAMCO 1984 retro

Galaga 3 KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.55 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Trivia

This game is Gaplus, renamed for better name recognition in the U.S.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Gaplus

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Galaga 3 Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Common - There are 43 known instances of this machine owned by Galaga 3 collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 of them are original dedicated machines. 12 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 16 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Galaga 3 machines for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Galaga 3 circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Galaga 3.

This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The game uses three 6809 microprocessors and a Namco 8-channel PSG for sounds.

Manuals

Generic Converstion Kit - Galaga 3 Manual — **Generic Converstion Kit**
(8 pages, 1.1 MB File)

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