Defeat the Galactus empire, battling wave after wave of relentless attack craft and alien creatures!

　　Galactus is a fast paced, classic arcade-style shooter, with a broad variety of backgrounds and aliens, written entirely in NextBASIC (2.07k) for the ZX Spectrum Next.

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　　UPDATED:

　　Note that there are now two Galactus game downloads. Either version will work fine - however the Speedfix/KS2/208 version is a very minor speed patch that helps try maintain a regular frame rate when there are less aliens on screen.

　　I would recommend this version - it should still work on NextBasic 2.07 as I did not utilise any new 2.08 commands. However I am leaving the original download there in case any issues arise for people from the speed fixed version.

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　　GAME FEATURES

　　8 attack levels, 2 bonus scoring levels (with rapid fire) and a boss level.Animated sprite graphicsStatic and scrolling backgroundsSupports both Keyboard and Joystick.Top 5 high score table (scores are saved to disk).Game options for adding a shields feature and adjusting the amount of bullets and bombs allowed during game play.

　　Handy Gameplay Tips

　　Activating shields can be done using the options. This gives you 5 shields per game. To activate a shield in-game, simply press down. A shield lasts a few seconds...

　　In the bonus scoring levels, you can hold down the fire button for rapid fire.

　　FOR THE DEVELOPER NERDS

　　74 page PDF code break down guide for the entire game, data and more.Attack pattern creator, along with PDF User guide that also contains instructions how to use the program for your own projects.Level designer tool used to create the game levels in Galactus.Original source code for all 3 programs in text file format.

　　Play it as-is, look at the coding and play with it for some learning fun, even edit the code and graphics to make it your own! Enjoy.