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| MikeQ:
Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to this forum and cabinet building in general. |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on December 31, 2005, 11:26:01 am ---Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to this forum and cabinet building in general. --- End quote --- |
| SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on December 31, 2005, 11:26:01 am ---.... Now the problem: I suck at asteroids. I can rarely get to 10,000. I actually kick --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- killing asteroids and the large saucers but the second a little ship appears (which happens frequently) I get killed with the first shot. What am I doing wrong? .... --- End quote --- The answer: Don't sit still. Rocks in space have no pilot. The big ship has a stupid pilot. The little ship knows what he is doing. To avoid being toast when he appears on screen you must not sit in one spot and expect to survive. Hunting little ships is one of the funnest parts of the game and allows for long term play on a single quarter. Clear all asteroids except one or two small bits. I then choose to fly vertically over and over pickin' up speed. Wait for a little ship to appear, angle your ship sideways a tad as you are flying through the screen and lay down a stream of fire. You will take him out every time. Watch out for the little rocks you have left and be prepared to put on the air brakes when he finally takes out your bits of rock and the screen refills with big rocks. Enjoy. |
| Jabba:
--- Quote from: SteveJ34 on December 31, 2005, 11:32:59 am --- --- Quote from: MikeQ on December 31, 2005, 11:26:01 am ---.... Now the problem: --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| MikeQ:
OK. Why didn't I know this 25 years ago? If I had taken the quarters saved by this technique and invested them in MSFT, YHOO, INTC, CSCO, I'd of retired 10 years ago. I'm now clear 10000 with ease. It will take some time to perfect though. Thanks all. You saved my cabinet from the curb. Now.... Does anyone know how to get a perfect score on the 3rd challenging stage of Galaga? If you could take the internet forum mechanism and transport it (just it) back to 1980, can you imagine how short lived arcade games would have been. They day a game hit the arcade, techniques such as this one would be posted. Everyone would play for hours on a single quarter and poof the arcades would vanish. Makes you wonder what in today's world has been affected by this? |
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