Developer: Glen Parker

Glen Parker was one of the programmers of the Atari 2600 version of Galaxian, released by Atari in 1983. According to AtariProtos, he made it at General Computer Corporation (GCC) together with Mark Ackerman and Tom Calderwood. The cartridge arrived years after Namco’s arcade original, but it shows the alien fleet in formation by putting eight moving objects on one line, twice what the 2600’s graphics chip normally allows.
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Galaxian

Licensed by Namco Galaxian Game Instruction Manual GALAXIAN: NOTES FROM THE COMMANDER Welcome aboard the missile laser base. I’m Commander Champion, your training instructor. These laser bases are used to protect our Universe from alien attack. Each laser…

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