Battlestar Galactica (video game)

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In 1978, Mattel released a handheld electronic game called Battlestar Galactica Space Alert based on the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series.

Mattel also developed a game for its Intellivision game platform which was probably intended to be an official Battlestar Galactica game, but it did not have the legal right to market such a game. The game was released instead under the more generic name Space Battle, although it retains hallmarks of the series, including Cylon-style robots.

The 1978 Battlestar Galactica series inspired a video game for Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox in which the player is cast as William Adama, and flies a number of missions in different craft against Cylon ships. The game is intended as a prequel of sorts to the 2003 re-imagined series, following Adama's career during the first Cylon Wars. It retains many design elements from the 1978 series.

A Battlestar Galactica game based on the new series has been announced for Xbox live Arcade and Windows PC which will be released in the fourth quarter of 2007.[1]

[edit] External links

Battlestar Galactica at MobyGames
http://www.battlestargalacticagame.com/ Official site for the 2003 game
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/ A fan based Modification/Standalone of the enhanced FreeeSpace 2 engine for a 2003 series game titled Beyond the Red Line.
http://battlestarmod.com/ A fan based Modification for the game Homeworld2, includes both the old Series and The New Series of Battlestar Galactica.