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player spaceship

XGalaga++ is a classic single screen vertical shoot ’em up. It is inspired by XGalaga and reuses most of its sprites.

Screenshots

Requirements

X Window System (X11)
Unix-like system (developped on Linux, known to work on Mac OS X)

Download

Version	Release date	Linux x86 executable	C++ sources	packages
0.9	2017-12-10		`xgalaga++_0.9.tar.gz`	Repology
0.8.4	2013-10-15		`xgalaga++_0.8.4.tar.gz`	on Ubuntu Bionic Arch Linux User Repository
0.8.3	2012-04-20		`xgalaga++_0.8.3.tar.gz`	on packages.debian.org on www.freshports.org
0.8.2	2010-12-09		`xgalaga++_0.8.2.tar.gz`
0.8.1	2009-09-23	`xgalaga++_0.8.1_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.8.1.tar.gz`
				Debian 4.0 Etch, Ubuntu 8.04 (no menu)
0.8	2008-05-21	`xgalaga++_0.8_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.8.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.8-1_i386.deb`
				Debian 3.1 Woody
0.7	2004-04-08	`xgalaga++_0.7_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.7.orig.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.7-1_i386.changes`, `xgalaga++_0.7-1_i386.deb`, `xgalaga++_0.7-1.dsc`, `xgalaga++_0.7-1.diff.gz`
0.6.1	2004-03-09	`xgalaga++_0.6.1_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.6.1.orig.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.6.1-1_i386.changes`, `xgalaga++_0.6.1-1_i386.deb`, `xgalaga++_0.6.1-1.dsc`, `xgalaga++_0.6.1-1.diff.gz`
0.6	2004-03-08	`xgalaga++_0.6_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.6.orig.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.6-1_i386.changes`, `xgalaga++_0.6-1_i386.deb`, `xgalaga++_0.6-1.dsc`, `xgalaga++_0.6-1.diff.gz`
0.5	2004-01-19	`xgalaga++_0.5_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.5.orig.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.5-1_i386.changes`, `xgalaga++_0.5-1_i386.deb`, `xgalaga++_0.5-1.dsc`, `xgalaga++_0.5-1.diff.gz`
0.4	2003-10-15	`xgalaga++_0.4_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.4.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.4-1_i386.deb`
0.3	2003-10-10	`xgalaga++_0.3_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.3.tar.gz`
0.2	2003-09-30	`xgalaga++_0.2_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.2.tar.gz`
0.1	2003-09-27	`xgalaga++_0.1_i386.tar.gz`	`xgalaga++_0.1.tar.gz`

Changelog

Version 0.9

Mouse pointer is now invisible
Customizable refresh rate from 50 (default) to 120 Hz
Optimized one XLib call per frame
Fix Makefile usage
Remove one fall through warning

Version 0.8.4 (2013-10-15)

Fixed missing include and warnings in source

Version 0.8.3 (2012-04-20)

Fixed compilation bug on BSD systems

Version 0.8.2 (2010-12-09)

Fixed compilation bug on 64-bit systems

Version 0.8.1 (2009-09-23)

Fixed includes for newer versions of GCC

Version 0.8 (2008-05-21)

-Os build option
Update email & website
Completed manual
Less randomness in bonus distribution
Save high scores date
Draw less scrolling stars

Version 0.7 (2004-04-08)

Added multi-fire bonus
Added three levels

Version 0.6.1 (2004-03-09)

Corrected a bug in high scores display

Version 0.6 (2004-03-08)

Added XGAL_PSEUDO environment variable
Player name always displayed in start menu and high scores
Scrollable high scores

Version 0.5 (2004-01-19)

Added high scores
Created an install make target
Created a Debian source package

Version 0.4 (2003-10-15)

More precise (shaped) sprite erasure
Nicer start menu
Many code cleanups & optimizations
Added a makefile target to build a Debian package
Added a man page

Version 0.3 (2003-10-10)

Better difficulty progression, less dependent on window size
Upgraded all levels, now they are 10 levels
New default window size and choice of standard sizes
Added a cheat key
Corrected huge memory leak

Version 0.2 (2003-09-30)

Pseudo color visuals supported
More precise sprites positioning
Blueish player explosions

Version 0.1 (2003-09-27)

First public release

License

This software is released under the GNU General Public License.