Galaga - An Arcade classic as a new Commodore Amiga conversion by JOTD and team! [UPDATE]

Remember when we said that a possible 1:1 Arcade conversion of Galaga was coming to the Commodore Amiga thanks to the hard work of JOTD and team? Well if you've been following all of our previous articles on Indie Retro News, then you'll be pleased to know that as of today you can download the final version which is feature complete! A game that was originally developed and published by Namco Japan and by Midway in North America in 1981.

As we said before, Galaga puts you in control of a mighty spaceship that must destroy waves of enemy formations that are out to destroy or capture you! As for this latest release, rest assured that if you have a Commodore Amiga and have played any of JOTD's previous Arcade conversions such as Phoenix, Tetris, or even our personal favourite Donkey Kong, then you'll love this new conversion that is available right now!

Credits:

  • - Jean-Francois Fabre (aka jotd): Z80 to 68k transcode, Amiga code, sound and assets
  • - Glenn Neidermeier: Z80 reverse-engineering (https://github.com/neiderm/arcade)
  • - Mark McDougall (aka tcdev): graphical assets (ROM extract)
  • - no9: remade amiga tunes
  • - DanyPPC: amiga icon
  • - phx: ptplayer sound/music replay Amiga code
  • - blastar: NGFX SoundBuilder (Neo Geo sound tool)
  • - Namco: original game :)

Changes:

  • - fully playable with sound
  • - all game bugs fixed (now a few graphical minor bugs remaining)
UPDATE :

While the final version of this great Arcade conversion was released way back in 2024, you'll be pleased to know that an update has been made available by JOTD that has more optimizations and 25 fps on a A500 as 50 fps (crawled).

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 July 2024 at 21:26

    JOTD and team never seize to amaze me.
    Wel done guys

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  2. Anonymous24 July 2024 at 00:50

    Really looking forward to this. It's great that dev and team did their best to make it work on a vanilla machine.

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  3. Anonymous25 July 2024 at 16:03

    EPIC!

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  4. Predseda25 July 2024 at 18:48

    Great. Problem is nothing beats Deluxe Galaga by Edgar M. Vidgal.

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    1. ArugulaZ16 June 2026 at 22:43

      With all due respect to the late Mr. Vidgal, Deluxe Galaga is a pretty flawed game. Enemies are kind of dumb, instead of graceful and wily like they are in classic Galaga. They also soak up a crapton of damage. Also, the game is profoundly stingy with its currency. At the end of every level, you have enough money for a wimpy double shot and a gumball for dessert.

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  5. Anonymous26 September 2024 at 16:21

    Galaga had 3 z80s plus custom chips, for an earlier 80s game it was a beast. I am glad it got a professional conversion.

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