Editing Battlestar Galactica (section)

=== Video games ===
{{further|List of Battlestar Galactica video games}}
[[File:Battlestar Galactica hand-held LED game.JPG|thumb|upright|Mattel Battlestar Galactica game, circa 1978]]

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.<ref name="mattel-game-manual">{{cite web |title=Battlestar Galactica 'Space Alert' manual |url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Manuals/Mattel-BattlestarGalacticaManual.pdf |publisher=[[Mattel Electronics]] |access-date=December 4, 2015 |pages=1, 3 |date=1978 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201234412/http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Manuals/Mattel-BattlestarGalacticaManual.pdf |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2003, shortly before the premiere of the re-imagined TV series, Sierra released a 3D space combat ''Battlestar Galactica'' computer game for the original [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]], and 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.<ref>{{Citation|title=Battlestar Galactica - IGN|date=November 21, 2003|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/21/battlestar-galactica-2|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003210448/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/21/battlestar-galactica-2|archive-date=October 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is also a 2D [[Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox 360 Live Arcade]] title called ''Battlestar Galactica'' wherein players can co-op or dogfight with up to 8 people over [[Xbox Live]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/battlestargalacticaxboxlivearcade/ |title=Battlestar Galactice Arcade – Game Detail Page |publisher=Xbox.com |access-date=March 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219105852/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/battlestargalacticaxboxlivearcade/ |archive-date=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>

''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'' was a 3D [[Browser game|browser-based]] [[Massively multiplayer online game|MMOG]] released as an [[open beta]] on February 8, 2011, by [[Bigpoint Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.board.bigpoint.com/bgo/showthread.php?t=287530|title=Bigpoint.com – Play the best online browser games for free|access-date=January 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707234956/http://en.board.bigpoint.com/bgo/showthread.php?t=287530|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[List of Battlestar Galactica video games#Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (2017)|''Battlestar Galactica Deadlock'']] is a 2017 3D turn based strategy game (released on PC, Xbox One and PS4) featuring the First Cylon War. The game is developed by Black Lab Games and published by the Slitherine Software.