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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation |
| Release date | April 1, 1990 (theme park attraction) March, 1994 (arcade) April 4, 1996 (PlayStation) |
| Genre(s) | Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Up to 6/28 players simultaneously |
| Input methods | Directional Yoke with trigger and thumb buttons |
| Cabinet | Wide |
| Arcade system | Namco System 21 with Laser disc drive |
| Display | Horizontal orientation, Raster |
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Specifications
The arcade cost $150,000 (USD). The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Its dimensions are W: 16'7", D:16'4", H:8'.
The game was originally a theme park attraction which debuted in 1990, four years before the arcade version was released. It used a 120" wide display utilizing twin projectors and seated 28 people simultaneously in a hydraulic gaming area. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering There was also a simplified version of the attraction for 16 players which didn't have as many of the bells and whistles as the original 28 player version. The attraction eventually closed in 2000.
Story
Galaxian3 set in the time when humanity makes their first attempt to travel beyond their Solar System and rushes into the days of space exploration. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. History First orbital flights The first successful orbital launch was of the Soviet unmanned Sputnik Several of the planets, including the planet Alpha, which is located at the edge of the galaxy cut off the communications, following an observational data of uncontrollable crustal movements. As a response to this incident, the United Galaxy Space Force (UGSF) is sent to investigate, only to discover the first threat to humanity: the Unknown Intellectual Mechanized Species (UIMS), a race of machines in various sizes, comprising of inorganic substances, one is which is called "Live-Weapon". A counter measure agency is started, and the UGSF is kept up with a series of investigations relating to the UIMS. After the result in which they had kept on developing as a weapon, they became an ultimate doomsday planet-busting weapon, Cannon Seed, which could compress the planet's internal energy and discharge it to destroy an entire planet, turning it into fragments. In Science fiction, a planet killer (or some variation on that meaning is a object capable of destroying an entire planet or render it uninhabitable This is the last from the UGSF supervisory satellite after giving a report about the Cannon Seed aiming at the Earth. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The bravest elite gunners went on board the UGSF's most powerful spacecraft, Dragoon.
Ports
The game was ported to the Sony PlayStation in 1995 and April 4, 1996, which includes four-player support instead of the arcade's six-player support and letterboxing, as well as a bonus game called The Rising of Gourb. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
The Rising of Gourb
The Rising of Gourb is a bonus game that is specifically created for the Playstation port. Its story is set some years after Project Dragoon, where humankind is again faced with a mysterious threat - a new group of fighting machines are called UIMS-δ, having traced to an evolutionary process and created by the gigantic space fortress known as Gourb, separated from that of the original UIMS. They have begun a revenge against humanity for that reason. Responding to this, the UGSF send a deployment of the improved Dragoon to destroy it.
External links
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