The game differs from Galaxian in several ways
The game differs from Galaxian in several ways:
Two player shots can be on the screen simultaneously.
At the beginning of each level, the enemies arrive in five groups of eight enemies each, which fly in from the sides or top of the playfield and enter formation. Later on in the game, they arrive in groups of 10 or 12, with the two or four extras breaking their flight path in mid-flight to ambush the player. The player can shoot these enemies as they arrive, and they shoot back. Enemies only drop bombs while they arrive or while they are in a dive; they do not drop bombs while in formation.
The boss Galaga, the green aliens at the top of the formation, take two hits to destroy (the first hit will turn it blue).
Boss Galagas occasionally stop in mid-dive and attempt to capture the player's ship with a tractor beam. See Captured Fighters below for more information.
Galaga was one of the first games with a bonus round (after Rally-X), here called the "Challenging Stage." In a Challenging Stage, five groups of 8 enemies (including 4 boss Galagas) enter the playfield, fly in predefined patterns, and exit again. They do not fire at the player, and they do not create a formation. The goal of the Challenging Stage is to destroy all of the enemies before they exit the playfield. If the player succeeds in destroying all 40 enemies, he earns a "Special" bonus of 10,000 points — otherwise, the bonus is 100 points per enemy destroyed. Destroying whole groups of enemies scores an additional bonus of between 1,000 and 3,000 points. Challenging Stages are considerably easier to beat with double firepower.
Starting on Stage 4, a single non-boss enemy flashes as it prepares to dive, and then splits into three special enemies. Two of the copies will fly off the bottom of the screen and disappear if not destroyed — the remaining enemy will continue to dive down from the top of the screen. (In some cases, this enemy may rejoin the formation and turn back into a regular enemy.) Destroying all three enemies yields a score bonus of between 1,000 and 3,000 points, depending on which special enemy appeared.
When the player's ship is destroyed, it is accompanied by an explosion sound effect that is considerably more realistic than the one heard in the original Galaxian.
The game keeps track of all of the player's shots and displays the player's "hit-miss ratio" at the end of the game. In some rare instances, it is possible to finish the game with a hit-miss ratio greater than 100%.
Galaga can be played by a single player or by two players alternating turns (Galaxian is one-player only). The starting number of lives is set to three by default, and an extra life is awarded at 20,000 points, 70,000 points, and every 70,000 points thereafter, but these settings can be changed via DIP switches on the game's motherboard. Two-player mode can be unpopular, however, as it is possible for an experienced player to play his entire game before the second player gets his first turn.
Two player shots can be on the screen simultaneously.
At the beginning of each level, the enemies arrive in five groups of eight enemies each, which fly in from the sides or top of the playfield and enter formation. Later on in the game, they arrive in groups of 10 or 12, with the two or four extras breaking their flight path in mid-flight to ambush the player. The player can shoot these enemies as they arrive, and they shoot back. Enemies only drop bombs while they arrive or while they are in a dive; they do not drop bombs while in formation.
The boss Galaga, the green aliens at the top of the formation, take two hits to destroy (the first hit will turn it blue).
Boss Galagas occasionally stop in mid-dive and attempt to capture the player's ship with a tractor beam. See Captured Fighters below for more information.
Galaga was one of the first games with a bonus round (after Rally-X), here called the "Challenging Stage." In a Challenging Stage, five groups of 8 enemies (including 4 boss Galagas) enter the playfield, fly in predefined patterns, and exit again. They do not fire at the player, and they do not create a formation. The goal of the Challenging Stage is to destroy all of the enemies before they exit the playfield. If the player succeeds in destroying all 40 enemies, he earns a "Special" bonus of 10,000 points — otherwise, the bonus is 100 points per enemy destroyed. Destroying whole groups of enemies scores an additional bonus of between 1,000 and 3,000 points. Challenging Stages are considerably easier to beat with double firepower.
Starting on Stage 4, a single non-boss enemy flashes as it prepares to dive, and then splits into three special enemies. Two of the copies will fly off the bottom of the screen and disappear if not destroyed — the remaining enemy will continue to dive down from the top of the screen. (In some cases, this enemy may rejoin the formation and turn back into a regular enemy.) Destroying all three enemies yields a score bonus of between 1,000 and 3,000 points, depending on which special enemy appeared.
When the player's ship is destroyed, it is accompanied by an explosion sound effect that is considerably more realistic than the one heard in the original Galaxian.
The game keeps track of all of the player's shots and displays the player's "hit-miss ratio" at the end of the game. In some rare instances, it is possible to finish the game with a hit-miss ratio greater than 100%.
Galaga can be played by a single player or by two players alternating turns (Galaxian is one-player only). The starting number of lives is set to three by default, and an extra life is awarded at 20,000 points, 70,000 points, and every 70,000 points thereafter, but these settings can be changed via DIP switches on the game's motherboard. Two-player mode can be unpopular, however, as it is possible for an experienced player to play his entire game before the second player gets his first turn.
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