While this is happening, you have a free shot at the whole formation. Note that when you free a captured Fighter, any enemies in mid-dive will return to formation. Is the increased target area a liability? No, it actually helps you stay alive, for not many enemy ships make it through the entrance stage if you use your doubleship to its fullest most ferocious capabilities. If you have a Double Fighter and it gets destroyed by accident, restore it until Stage 12 or above. For those who are used to it, get it as quickly as possible on Stage 1 and use it thereafter until at least Stage 12. Now stay aliveįor those who have a difficult time staying alive due to the increased target area of the Double Fighters, try getting the Double Fighters for only the Challenging Stages. If you succeed in destroying the Boss Galaga, a marvelous thing happens, one of the greatest things about this game: your Fighter is freed and it joins your currently playing Fighter. If it is purple, you only need to hit it once. If the Boss Galaga is green, you have to hit it twice to destroy it. Be very patient, and do not try to hit the Boss Galaga in mid-flight it is very easy to miss the enemy and hit your own Fighter! Wait until the Fighter is within an inch of the bottom, line up with it and hit the Boss Galaga exactly in the center. It always follows the same pattern it heads for one side or the other, with one loop in the middle. If your captured Fighter still has its Boss Galaga, it will eventually swoop down on you with its escort. Some players use this as a expert's technique to store a captured Fighter. Be very cautious about shooting at the last wave of aliens when they enter! Your captured Fighter will appear at the tag end, then take its place at the top of the formation. But all is not lost it will reappear as the last ship to enter on the next entrance screen.

It will disappear off the bottom of the screen and go away. If you shoot the Boss Galaga that captured your Fighter while it is in formation, eventually the captured Fighter will swoop down on you. For instance, you can shoot at an enemy to the side of a captured Fighter, have the Fighter and its escort swoop off and run right into your shot. Be very careful where you shoot when you have a captured Fighter in formation. If you shoot your own Fighter, you get 1,000 points, but lose the extra Fighter-you don't want to do this under any circumstances. Now one of your Fighters is in the enemy formation. ( Note: Never get captured when you're playing with your last Fighter.) Don't destroy yourself If you have another Fighter, you begin playing with it. At that point, the message 'FIGHTER CAPTURED' is displayed and the Boss Galaga returns to the top of the formation dragging your Fighter behind. If your Fighter is in range, it is caught and whirled up to rest beneath the Boss Galaga.

If your Fighter is not in range of the beam up field, eventually it retracts and the Boss Galaga drops straight down to return to formation.A strange sound begins, and a fan shaped blue energy field emanates from the bottom of the Boss Galaga.The Boss Galaga stops two inches above the bottom of the screen.During mid-battle section, a Boss Galaga peels off and dives straight down in a markedly different pattern from the usual one-loop off the side.By doubling your firepower, this maneuver can give you the opportunity to achieve the maximum bonus in Challenging Stages. One of the most interesting, unique, and useful features of Galaga is the tractor beam performed by the Boss Galagas. Galaga Hints, Tricks, Secrets and Walkthrough Getting captured During the entire stage, the player may fire upon the enemies, and once all enemies are vanquished, the player moves onto the next stage. At the beginning of each stage, the area is empty, but over time, enemy aliens fly in formation, and once all of the enemies arrive on screen, they will come down at the player's ship in formations of one or more and may either shoot it or collide with it. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. Galaga is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. If you grew up in the 80's you shouldn't need additional gameplay instructions. On mobile phones and Iphone use the gameplay control buttons shown on your screen (only on mobile) to play and start the game. On a computer you can click the Game Window Size button to rotate between default, 1.5X and 2.X game window size. Click Game Window Size Button to Zoom Game Size between default, 1.5X and 2XĬlick on the game window and hit the ENTER key to start Galaga (you might have to hit start twice).

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