Galaga

: In the original 1981 arcade version, a famous glitch allowed you to stop enemies from ever shooting at you. If you let two bees in the first stage fly around and dive without killing them for about 15–20 minutes, they would eventually stop firing—and so would every other enemy for the rest of your session.

The name isn't just a cool-sounding space word; it’s a deliberate mashup of its predecessor, Galaxian , and the Japanese word for moth, "ga" (蛾) . The developers wanted something that felt related to the original but hinted at the new insect-like enemies. Galaga

: One specific enemy spaceship in the game is designed as a direct reference to the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek . : In the original 1981 arcade version, a

: While most people say GAL-a-ga , the original Midway distributors and arcade operators pronounced it ga-LAG-a to match the emphasis of its predecessor, ga-LAX-i-an . The developers wanted something that felt related to