Games Released in September 1979

2 new games released in September 1979, with Arcade being the most active platform. September 10 was the busiest day, with 1 new release.

Top Platform

Arcade

New Releases

Busiest Day

September 10

What was the most popular game of September 1979?

Galaxian

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.

Which days had the most releases?

September 10 saw the most activity with 1 release.

1 release

September 10

1 release

September 15

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

Sat, Sep 1

No releases

Sun, Sep 2

No releases

Mon, Sep 3

No releases

Tue, Sep 4

No releases

Wed, Sep 5

No releases

Thu, Sep 6

No releases

Fri, Sep 7

No releases

Sat, Sep 8

No releases

Sun, Sep 9

No releases

Mon, Sep 10

1 release

Tue, Sep 11

No releases

Wed, Sep 12

No releases

Thu, Sep 13

No releases

Fri, Sep 14

No releases

Sat, Sep 15

1 release

Sun, Sep 16

No releases

Mon, Sep 17

No releases

Tue, Sep 18

No releases

Wed, Sep 19

No releases

Thu, Sep 20

No releases

Fri, Sep 21

No releases

Sat, Sep 22

No releases

Sun, Sep 23

No releases

Mon, Sep 24

No releases

Tue, Sep 25

No releases

Wed, Sep 26

No releases

Thu, Sep 27

No releases

Fri, Sep 28

No releases

Sat, Sep 29

No releases

Sun, Sep 30

No releases

How did each week compare?

The third week of September was the busiest with 1 release.

Week 2 (September 8–14)

1 release

Most popular release in Week 2

Galaxy Wars

The aim of this arcade game is to launch missiles from the bottom of the screen at enemy spacecraft located at the top. To get there, the missile must pass through a asteroid belt flying across the screen and avoid the shots being fired down from the spacecraft. It is the players job to control the missile. Once launched it can be moved left and right and can be sped up by using the boost to speed it's way out of trouble. Points scored depend on the location of the hit on the enemy spacecraft. The speed at which enemy spacecraft move increases as the number of them decreases. Once all spacecraft have been destroyed, another wave starts, the speed decreases again and the process repeats. A life is lost when a missile is hit by a shot or collides with an asteroid.