Namco Galaxian

This article is a generic description of Namco's "Galaxian" hardware. For the specific arcade game, see Galaxian.

The Namco 8-bit Galaxian arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1979.

Namco Galaxian specifications

• Main CPU: Zilog Z80^[1]
• Sound chips: Discrete
• Video resolution: 256x224
• Notes: King and Balloon uses an extra Z80 microprocessor to drive a DAC that handles speech synthesis.

List of Namco Galaxian arcade games

• Galaxian (1979)
• King and Balloon (1980) - the first game to feature synthesized voices
• Zig Zag (1982) - a bootleg of Namco's Dig Dug on Galaxian hardware.
• Check Man (1982)
• A bootlegged Pac-Man was also made with Namco Galaxian hardware named Ghostmuncher Galaxian.It contained Pac-Man and Galaxian on 1 board. It was changed using a DIP Switch.

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