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Galaxian

1979 video game
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Galaxian

Summary

Galaxian is a video game[1]. Galaxian ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Galaxian's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Galaxian was published by Namco[4].
  • Galaxian's genre is shoot 'em up[5].
  • Galaxian's developer is recorded as Namco[6].
  • Galaxian's part of the series is recorded as Galaxian[7].
  • Galaxian is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[8].
  • Galaxian's Commons category is recorded as Galaxian[9].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Atari 2600[10].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Atari 5200[11].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Commodore VIC-20[12].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[13].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as DOS[14].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[15].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[16].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as MSX[17].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Game Boy Color[18].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Java virtual machine[19].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as Famicom Disk System[20].
  • Galaxian's platform is recorded as ColecoVision[21].
  • Galaxian's country of origin is recorded as Japan[22].
  • Galaxian was released on 1979[23].
  • Galaxian was published on September 7, 1984[24].
  • Galaxian's title is recorded as ギャラクシアン[25].
  • Galaxian's superfamicom.org URL is recorded as https://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/galaxian[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Galaxian was published by Namco[4].

Publication

Publication dates include 1979[23] and September 7, 1984[24]. Galaxian's genre is shoot 'em up[5]. Galaxian is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[8]. Galaxian's part of the series is recorded as Galaxian[7].

Subject and Themes

Galaxian's part of the series is recorded as Galaxian[7].

Why It Matters

Galaxian ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[2] Galaxian has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Galaxian is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

DOS Famicom Disk System Japan Java virtual machine Namco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 856
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12267]]: 856, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → tvtropes.org
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P13337]]: tvtropes.org"
  3. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Galaxia
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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