Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle".
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Positive (38) - 100% of the 38 user reviews for this game are positive.
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May 20, 2022
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Recommended
By The Indie Game Collective July 4, 2022

“Old School Arcade Action! This game is actually also available for Arcades and it emulates the 90s nostalgia and difficulty amazingly well. There's also hidden secrets connected to the leaderboard!”

 

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Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80'sin the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle" to increase bonus points and enter your score in the local high score table or even in worldwide high score table.
STORY:
Humans are tiny creatures of an outer belt planet that thanks to their biomechanical monstrosities have invaded, exploited ans enslaved most species in the galaxy.
The interestellar council has met for the first time in eons ans has determined that there is only one option left to exterminate this plague... an option that has always been feared beacuse it could be as powerful as dangerous:
Invoke the Galacticon, a deadly legendary creature -half God, half machine- and pray everything goes well...

KEY FEATURES:
• Awesome gameplay.
• Direct and frantic action.
• 8-bit aesthetics
• Infinite levels with a progressive difficulty curve.
• Extremely smooth and precise control.
• Easy to play ... difficult to master.
• Optimized to be used in arcade cabinet machines.
• Secret bonus on each level.
• Local Hi-Scores table, and worldwide table through QR code reading.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 and above
    • Processor: 1.5 GHz Core2Duo
    • Memory: 500 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 de 1 GB/AMD HD 7870 de 2 GB
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Microsoft Windows 8, 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i3
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 de 3 GB/AMD R9 290 de 4 GB
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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