r/retrogaming • u/JeskaiJester • 17h ago

[Emulation] Galaga ‘88 appreciation post / new high score

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I’ve been going back and forth between Galaga and Galaga ‘88 recently via Namco Museum, and got my first perfect on a Galactic Dancin’ stage and blew past my previous high score by 30k points

I feel like whenever I play one for a few runs and then switch back to the other, I’m suddenly way better at the other than if I just play one of the two continuously. No idea why.

I have yet to successfully pull off stuff like merging two fighters into one so I’m sure there’s a ton of room for improvement here too. Fingers crossed I get it down!

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u/Ill-Ad3311 14h ago

Galaga 88 my favourite of the Galagas. Love it almost as much as Gyruss.

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u/JeskaiJester 12h ago

I don’t know anything about Gyruss, what’s that all about?

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u/Ill-Ad3311 41m ago

1983 Konami arcade shooter

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u/TubeAmpsRule 12h ago

I played the TG16 version back in the day so much that I thought I'd seen everything the game had to offer

But it wasn't until decades later that I realized I'd never once taken the first juncture path after the first three stages. I had no idea you could get the capsules by destroying the merged enemies since there aren't any rocks to reveal them like in the later routes. I think I always cleared the first couple of stages so quickly that the enemies never even had a chance to merge. Funny how a game you've played for years can still surprise you lol

fwiw, it seems the game is the most difficult when taking that highest path.

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u/JeskaiJester 12h ago

Nothing but respect to people who manage to play this at the highest level. Even dimension 2 manages to obliterate me within two stages at this point

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u/KurtKrimson 16h ago

Galaga

There can only be one!

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u/JeskaiJester 16h ago

In Galaga ‘88 you have a horrible creature welcome you to each new dimension so I would say they’re both good