![]() ![]() I know what you’re immediately thinking, what happened to Galaxian 2? Well, it doesn’t exist! My best guess is that Namco considers Galaga to be Galaxian 2, but yes, Galaxian 2 does not officially exist anywhere! There’s enough mystery surrounding the lack of a Galaxian 2 that I could possibly write a second article on its absence from the world, but for now, I’d like to discuss Galaxian^3. In 1990, Namco released Galaxian^3: Project Dragoon to Japanese arcades. How could you possibly have more than six players on a single arcade machine? Well, Japan found a way. If you asked most arcade fanatics in North America which arcade game supports the most players, they’d likely answer X-Men, as it supports six players around one machine. In the 90s, X-Men allowed for up to six players on one arcade machine. In the 80s, Gauntlet allowed for up to four players on one arcade machine. In time, arcade machines allowed for more than two players to play at once. Pong, since its inception in arcades in the 70s, pioneered the idea of multiplayer gaming in public. ![]() Arcades have always lent themselves well to multiplayer gaming. ![]()
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