While there were some other versions of Galaxian 3 made including a 16 player version and a 28 player version these versions were only seen in Japan and perhaps some other overseas locations. Today this building is known as The Tower Hotel (I will refer to it as the Minolta Tower for the rest of this story). This location is walk-able from almost anywhere in the Niagara tourist district. This particular instance of a Galaxian 3 that we are taking a look at today was the one located at the Konica Minolta tower located on Fallsview Blvd. The Galaxian 3 Theater by Namco is a large theater simulator that was made around 1990 or 1991. After tracking down the Sega R360 from the Skylon Tower, I decided to look into another one of Niagara’s large attractions, the Galaxian 3 theater by Namco. When a Boss Alien is defeated, the enemies stop attacking momentarily, giving the player a chance to retaliate.Here at Arcade Heroes we like to track down arcade games to find out what happened to them if they are no longer on location, especially if its a game that is rarely seen or a particularly memorable game. The Boss Aliens are accompanied by Red Aliens making them difficult to defeat, but in turn, a player could get more points from them. The Boss Aliens (Galboss) are special aliens that act as leaders and only 2 are found in an enemy formation. Red Alien (CONVOY 50 pts, CHARGER 100 pts)īoss Alien (CONVOY 60 pts, CHARGER 150 to 800 pts) Violet Alien (CONVOY 40 pts, CHARGER 80 pts) Green Alien (CONVOY 30 pts, CHARGER 60 pts)

The scores vary between the aliens, and more points were awarded when the player shot an alien while it’s swooping down.

There are 4 types of aliens, and each vary in strengths and patterns.

When all player Galaxips are destroyed, the game ends. When all the　aliens on screen are defeated, the stage is cleared. If the Galaxip is hit by an alien or by alien fire, the Galaxip explodes, and the player loses a life. The aliens appear on screen in a formation, and then flies down towards the Galaxip to attack. The player controls the Galaxip left and right while firing shots to defeat the aliens.

Galaxian game arcade