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The Galactic Plague

Overview

The Galactic Plague is an alien shoot up in the vein of Galaga. In this version each screen has between 4 and 20 alien craft of differing variety. Each variety of alien moves in a different pattern but always down and usually at a rate of knots, dropping bombs as they do so (often just one enemy can blanket the screen in bombs, almost inevitably causing the demise of the player). The ship controlled by the player is confined to moving along the bottom of the screen. The secret of progressing in the game was therefore learning the patterns of the aliens and learning where to place the ship to shoot down the various hordes without getting crushed by the hundreds of dropped bombs or colliding with an alien as it hit the bottom of the screen, where it just wrapped around to reappear at the top.

The player only has three lives and many players found this game to be extremely difficult if not completely impossible after just a few screens, however, the game is completable. There are approximately 50 different screens and upon beating the last wave of enemies, the game goes straight back to screen No.1.

Developers
Indescomp
Publishers
AmsoftIndescomp
Platform
Amstrad CPC
Genre
Shooter
Alternate Names
  • Plaga GalacticaSpainFlag of Spain region
Wikipedia
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Media

Box - 3D

The Galactic Plague - Box - 3D (Europe) - 774x1318
Europe -  774 x 1318

Box - Back

The Galactic Plague - Box - Back (Europe) - 745x1179
Europe -  745 x 1179
The Galactic Plague - Box - Back (Spain) - 386x590
Spain -  386 x 590

Box - Front

The Galactic Plague - Box - Front (Europe) - 752x1184
Europe -  752 x 1184
The Galactic Plague - Box - Front (Spain) - 386x590
Spain -  386 x 590

Box - Spine

The Galactic Plague - Box - Spine (Europe) - 145x1179
Europe -  145 x 1179
The Galactic Plague - Box - Spine (Spain) - 63x590
Spain -  63 x 590

Cart - Front

The Galactic Plague - Cart - Front (Europe) - 1162x722
Europe -  1162 x 722
The Galactic Plague - Cart - Front (Spain) - 1161x714
Spain -  1161 x 714

Clear Logo

The Galactic Plague - Clear Logo (null) - 400x91
400 x 91

Screenshot - Game Select

The Galactic Plague - Screenshot - Game Select (Spain) - 384x270
Spain -  384 x 270

Screenshot - Game Title

The Galactic Plague - Screenshot - Game Title (Europe) - 384x270
Europe -  384 x 270
The Galactic Plague - Screenshot - Game Title (Spain) - 384x270
Spain -  384 x 270

Screenshot - Gameplay

The Galactic Plague - Screenshot - Gameplay (Europe) - 384x270
Europe -  384 x 270
The Galactic Plague - Screenshot - Gameplay (Spain) - 384x270
Spain -  384 x 270