Galatron brings retro-arcade-style space shooting to Facebook Messenger instant games

You’ve got a new way to blast a bunch of alien goons in spaceships while mucking around with your phone — but this one doesn’t require a download.

Big Viking Games launched Galatron today, its latest foray into HTML5 gaming. It’s available not in the app stores but on Facebook Messenger for both mobile and desktop. It’s a free-to-play app, where you take your spaceship and destroy waves of enemy vessels (both small and large) as you collect power-ups. Think of it as a sci-fi take on Capcom’s arcade classic 1942.