among the top 20 most-popular Game Gear games by reader vote. In a retrospective on the franchise in 2006, Stuart Campbell of Retro Gamer showed his appreciation towards Galaga 91 for being built around the Game Gear's hardware and battery life. He felt it contained "addictive little bursts" during long trips, and was a quality title for the platform. A writer for 4Gamer.net briefly touched on the game in a 2020 retrospective article on Namcot. They compared its quality to the Family Computer home version of Galaga and its SG-1000 counterpart, Sega-Galaga, finding '91 to be an "extraordinary" update to both versions. The writer further added that aside from the small screen resolution, it made for a solid and worthwhile update to Galaga. Explanatory notes References 1991 video games Fixed shooters Galaxian Game Gear games Game Gear-only games Namco games Now Production games Sega video games Single-player video games Video games developed in Japan