Galencia

A little history on the game. The Commodore 64 never got a true port of Galaga. The official port and ports other companies made for the system were sub-par. Then came Galencia in the later 2010s. True ports. Fun as hell and not sub-par. Every Galaga fan needs to give this game a go. It is a must.

[h1]Intro[/h1] So great to actually see a genuine C64 game and not the imitation retro that usually comes to steam so for that alone this game has credit. Galencia in it's purest form is a Galaxians variant and is very reminiscent of early C64 games from 1982 to 1984 period. [h1]Graphics[/h1] The design and colour for the graphics are spot on for the C64 as the C64 was known for more blocky graphics and extended use of dull colours and lots of brown, sprites are well designed and defined and most gamers today don't realise that we didn't actually have many animated sprites but rather used movement as a way to trick you so it was an illusional effect and worked well and it's the same in Galencia too so that's great. [h1]Sound[/h1] C64 was known for it's sound chip and Galencia does very well in this regard, some great sound effects which really add to the game and are of high quality and some fairly good tracks to go along with it and getting Soul Cross onto this project was a masterstroke and it shows. [h1]Gameplay[/h1] Standard fair here so expect the like of Space Invaders, Galaxians or Galaga type gameplay and you will know what to expect but there are lots of levels and boss fights too so that's a nice touch. [h1]Features[/h1] Features as you would expect would be limited, you can adjust some graphic styles and scanlines which is great, control method such as keyboard or joystick and game difficulty and a tournament mode which is all nice and we have a high score table as well so it does feel like a C64 game. [h1]Summary[/h1] All in all a very good C64 game of Galaxians, sound and graphics which pay a really good homage to the early part of the C64's life and everything works well and moves fast too. Some might ask why i would buy this? For me it's a personal thing as i wrote some games and soundtracks for the C64 between 1984 and 1993 and i really love to see games from that period coming to steam when it's done right and Galencia hits the spot in the right way and it's only a few pennies to buy so it's a win. [h1]Rating[/h1] As a game in it's own right it would be a 6 or 7 as it just works but as a C64 game it has to be an 8 out of 10 so a really good job from the team and hope they get some good sales to make even more C64 games. It's a hit so go give it a whirl as it's so easy to pick up and play for a few minutes.