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What's your score in Galaga?
AE35:
Hey!
I just got 177k on Galaga, and I'm pretty happy with it.
I know that someone will be able to get a gazillion, and that's OK!
So let me hear..what's your score? and NOT NOT on fast-fire hack. That is
an abomination!..an abomination of all that is holy ;D
They move really fast around level 20...they REALLY want to get you! The bottom
is very crowded with shots and aliens, but it's great when you get in the zone
and just keep sliding between shots! Not to mention the beers and the
Smirnoff
leapinlew:
Hey! Congrats on your score -
Galaga is one of my favorite games. On the fast firing Class of 1981 machines I can play till I want to quit. It's kind of fun being able to whip up like that...
On the regular version, my high game is near 400k. I can usually get to the point where the challenge stages start repeating. The real challenge is after level 10 when you lose your double ship is trying to get a double ship again without losing too many lives. I can't do well with just a single guy.
Great game!
AE35:
I had hoped for a poster with a lesser score than me :dunno
Well, I recently moved away from going dual, or I only do it in the beginning!
Maybe we should talk tactics! :)
destructor:
For tactics go to MARP and watch replays:
http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&short=^galaga$
I see highest score is over 5mln but old MAME version was used for recording.
Score from 2nd (almost 4mln) was recorded using wolfmameplus101, you can watch it without problems.
Trick (banned on MARP) for this game is:
--- Quote ---BANNED TECHNIQUE : making the enemies stop shooting completely. Way to do that : on the first stage, kill everything but the two bees in the bottom left corner ; then just wait, dodging the bees' shots, until the bee no longer drops any shots towards you ; after the bees stop firing, let it pass for 5 more trips or so and then kill them ; for the rest of the game, the enemies will not drop shots. It will take approximately 15 minutes for the bees to quit shooting at you.
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leapinlew:
The no-shoot trick I never knew about till Mame. The version of Galaga on my cabinet doesn't allow this.