Galaga

1981 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1043534
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Galaga

Summary

Galaga is a video game[1]. Galaga ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Galaga's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Galaga was published by Namco[4].
  • Galaga was published by Midway Games[5].
  • Galaga's genre is shoot 'em up[6].
  • Galaga's developer is recorded as Namco[7].
  • Galaga's part of the series is recorded as Galaxian[8].
  • Galaga's part of the series is recorded as Galaga[9].
  • Galaga's operating system is recorded as iOS[10].
  • Galaga is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[11].
  • Galaga's Commons category is recorded as Galaga[12].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Atari 7800[13].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[14].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[15].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Namco Galaga[16].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as MSX[17].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[18].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as SG-1000[19].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Android[20].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as iOS[21].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Famicom Disk System[22].
  • Galaga's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[23].
  • Galaga's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[24].
  • Galaga's language of work or name is recorded as English[25].
  • Galaga's language of work or name is recorded as French[26].
  • Galaga's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Namco[4] and Midway Games[5].

Publication

Publication dates include 1981[28], January 1, 1988[29], September 1988[30], and February 15, 1985[31]. Languages include English[25], French[26], Italian[27], German[32], Spanish[33], and Japanese[34]. Galaga's genre is shoot 'em up[6]. Galaga is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[11]. Series this is part of include Galaxian[8] and Galaga[9]. Galaga was distributed by digital distribution[35].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include Galaxian[8] and Galaga[9].

Why It Matters

Galaga ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,945 views/month).[2] Galaga has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Galaga is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 0
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P914]]: [[Q14920387]]"
  2. 9w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 8255
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9877]]: 8255, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180138652|Galaga (#180138652)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] #mix'n'ma"
  3. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → ギャラガ, Galaga
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1476]]: Galaga"
  4. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 1412, 1413
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 135003, Adding [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier for [[P:P14470|P14470]]"
  5. 12w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 1412, 1413
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11701]]: 1412, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/151160270|Galaga (#151160270)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5864|TASVideos game]] #mix'n'mat"
  6. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Galaga
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  7. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1988-09-00T00:00:00Z +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||la, mad */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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