is a 2011

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published for

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devices by

Namco Bandai Games is a Japanese multinational video game publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and ...

. It was created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''

Galaga is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was released by Midway Manufacturing. It is the sequel to ''Galaxian'' (1979), Namco's first major video game hit in arcades. Controlling a starshi ...

''. It allows users to play remakes of the games in the ''

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'' series. It is free to download and comes with ''Galaga''s predecessor, ''

''. The remakes of ''

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' are available as in-app purchases either separately or as a bundle. The graphics from the original games are shaded to look "

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", and music is added to parts that did not have music in the original games. The application has also a one and a half minute long CGI video that plays as an intro before the title screen which features "Galaga points" and is collected as the games are played and are used to unlock various consumable power-ups and special arcade cabinet designs, including the original art for each game. The application was pulled from the

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on March 31, 2017.

Reception

''Galaga 30th Collection'' was listed as an honorable mention for

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's Top 10 Games Of The Year for 2011.

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References

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