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Hi Score Competition #23: Galaga
Cakemeister:
12 hours for a 16 million games sounds right.
Hint: Prioritize the red guys and learn the entry patterns.
quarterstringer:
587,970
This was one of my favorite games at the arcade, but I forgot the patterns on the challenging stages. I used to be able to end the game at 999,990. I never knew about the 2nd player showing the millions digit, but I sure wasn't going to spend 50 cents back then to play two games at once.
Thenasty:
can't you tell ?
(I wish) >:D
Section_25:
I'll admit it........ I always sucked at Galaga!!! LOL
jasonbar:
Ugh, a couple of brief, informal, quickie games yielded only 109k or so for me. Not gonna happen. I think I'll work on my Alcon skills this week!
A couple notes:
1 - Wow, it's tricky to play if you're not standing right in line w/ the monitor. I've got a monster 4-player panel, so I'm offset a little bit. It sure makes it hard to line up some high-accuracy shots, like releasing your captured ship...
2 - I seem to no longer be good at keeping double ships going--they never last more than a couple of stages. I know I was better when I was young...so, what do the experts recommend as far as doubling up your ships? Do it whenever possible? Double up only up to a certain stage, where it gets too hard to maintain doubles?
Thanks,
-Jason