Galaga Game Inspires Animated Series

Anyone old enough to have set foot in a video arcade recognizes the name Galaga, the game that had players vaporizing housefly-like aliens in outer space. Now, in the endless hunt for marketable IP, the insectoids are getting their own back story.

Sweden- and L.A.-based production company The Nuttery Entertainment announced with entertainment news source Variety on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Bandai Namco Entertainment to develop an animated series and other projects based on the classic video game Galaga.

"Tell me who hasn't played Galaga at least once in their life-time"

The production company plans to develop new characters and stories based on the property. The animated series will be titled Galaga Chronicles. The other projects are slated to launch on various platforms.

Namco's Galaga is the classic alien defense game where players fly a ship and take on descending waves of invaders.​