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Galaxian Electronic Game
Model number 2380. Serial number not clear, possibly 77333. Game can be played by either one or two players. "Galaxian" printed at top of game housing, with copyright symbol and "Midway" in smaller letters. "Copyright Midway 1979" and "Copyright 1981 Coleco Industries, Inc." printed on the screen. Blue-green and black plastic housing, made to look like a desktop version of a full size video arcade game, has green, blue, yellow, red, and black printing and graphics. Two white plastic control switches and two white buttons for player 1 and player 2. Black plastic on-off switch. Four Perma Power C-Cell battery substitutes in the battery compartment. Cable is attached with a Perma Power snap to one of the battery substitutes in the battery compartment on the bottom of the unit. Adapter jack and transformer (also called a battery eliminator) attached to the cable. Three game options available to the player or players: Galaxian, Head to Head Galaxian, and Midway's Attackers. Instructions for all three games on the bottom of the unit. See also the record for the Pac-Man electronic game at 2002.62.1. Pac-Man and Galaxian were two of the most popular of the many electronic games in the early 1980s, both in the video arcades and in the desktop versions.