drift boss
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Galaxian, with its sharp, multicolor graphics, dive-bombing adversaries, and dazzling starfield backdrop, was the first to arrive, but it showed us the future of the space shooter genre. The game also used basic AI to give attacking craft distinct behaviors, a feature that Namco would return to with Pac-ghosts. Man's Galaxian, a masterpiece in its own right, would be followed by two outstanding sequels, Galaga and Gaplus. Before the likes of Xevious, Defender, and Sinistar led us into the age of scrolling vistas, this timeless trilogy, together with Phoenix and Gorf, represented the pinnacle of the fixed shooter era. In the 1980s, there was a lot more of that...