Battlestar Galactica - Games

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Further information: Battlestar Galactica video games

The original series inspired a Battlestar Galactica board game. The game is set during a training mission, where two to four players maneuver pieces representing Colonial Vipers in order to capture a damaged Cylon Raider. Play includes using terrain elements and a number of special-ability cards to the players' advantage.

In 1978, Mattel Electronics released a handheld electronic LED game based on the series. The player tries to defend Galactica from kamikaze Cylon Raiders by manipulating a switch on the game unit to direct their fire, triggered by a red button to the left of the unit.

In 1979, FASA released a tabletop counter piece game for Battlestar Galactica based on the fighter combat, which included the Galactica and a Cylon Basestar to be launched from, attack with and be attacked/defended. The counters for the Vipers and the Raiders included three model versions MKI/MKII/MKIII not just the MKII Viper and Raider MKI.

In November 2003, shortly before the premiere of the re-imagined TV series, Sierra released a 3D space combat Battlestar Galatica computer game for the original Xbox, PlayStation 2, and for PC. The game took place 40 years before the original series and featured an ensign Adama flying a Viper during the Cylon war. The game was developed by Warthog.

Wiz Kids, Inc. (a collectible game manufacturer) produced the Battlestar Galactica Collectable Card Game based on the 2003 mini-series and 2004 TV show. The premier set of this game was released in May 2006. After the release of one expansion set, Wizkids announced the game's cancellation on March 13, 2007.

A Battlestar Galactica role playing game was released in August 2007 by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con.

Fantasy Flight Games has produced Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, based on the 2003 re-imagined series. It is a semi-cooperative game of strategy for 3-6 players with some players being Cylon agents, either aware at start of the game or become aware later, as Sleeper agents. Each of the 10 playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to survive, as well as attempt to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threatens to tear the fleet apart. In June 2009, a "Pegasus expansion" to the board game was announced, adding seven new characters, and extra gameboards representing Battlestar Pegasus and New Caprica. A further expansion, Exodus was released in December 2010.

There is also a Xbox 360 Live Arcade title called Battlestar Galactica which is 2D in nature where you can co-op or dogfight with up to 8 people over Xbox Live.

Battlestar Galactica Online is a 3D browser-based MMOG released as an open beta on February 8, 2011 by Bigpoint Games.