Victim: Midway’s Galaxian upright video game

At approximately 26 years of age, this poor Galaxian met a brutal end in a cold warehouse, on Chicago’s southwest side. Born in 1979 to NAMCO, but adopted for the United States by Midway, Galaxian soon proved his earning power on the streets. With its two way joystick and single fire button, this game tore up the space shooter genre and earned its operator big bucks. Unfortunately, as new games were added and interest faded, Galaxian earned less and less until it was finally stored away. There it sat until 2005 when the operator performed the final conversion, turning Galaxian into dumpster lining, via sledge hammer.

This sad collector was several months late to the scene, or the game would have been saved. All that was left from the horrid destruction of such a classic video game was the name tag. To view the scene of the crime, check out my warehouse raid post. Save those classics!

I got my copy of Vectrexians in the mail today and I am thoroughly impressed. This home brew variation of the 80′s classic Galaxian, has been thoughtfully crafted in every way by Kristof Tuts. He even took time to pack it carefully, with cardboard from the diaper box of his new son…pretty clever.

I’m a little behind on my review of this home brew for the Vectrex system, as it has been out for awhile, but it deserves all the accolades it gets and then some. (more…)