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In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape, power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky, or take the fight to them with a boarding party? This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a year earlier, and featured a similar space theme. The player controls a space ship in the bottom part of the screen and shoots at enemies descending from the top of the screen. The game was received very well by the public and has continued to be a game with a competitive community to this day. It was followed by a successful sequel called Galaga in 1981 and two less known sequels called Gaplus in 1984 and Galaga '88 in 1987. Galaxian was one of the most popular games in the golden age of arcade video games.

A Space Invaders clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.

In this Galaga clone hostile space ships attack your moon base in endless waves and try to steal your provisions. Your goal is to prevent just that.

Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode. A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century. WARNING: Highly addictive.

Space Strike is a commercial Space Invaders clone.

A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.

A shoot 'em up written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Amstrad CPC.

A shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.

Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.