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Galaga Destination Earth

December 11, 2013March 24, 2014 Mel the Office Gamer Girl 0 Comments Destination Earth, Galaga, hasbro interactive, psone

The opening sequence recaps the occurrences of the first game in a lengthy cut scene. After the events of the original Galaga, humans won the war against the aliens and everything was good, that is until humans decided that they wanted to colonize space. Guess where they wanted to colonize? In the area where the aliens were coming from. Oh yeah, fantastic idea! Let’s piss off and attempt to take over the territory of our enemies after years of peace for no particularly good reason. Who feels like another war?! YEEHAW! Needless to say, the aliens aren’t happy and you’re sent in to uh, save people or something. It’s kind of ass backwards story-wise.

Arcade Games

Galaga

June 11, 2013January 2, 2014 ausretrogamer 0 Comments arcade games, classic games, Galaga, namco, retro gaming, video game reviews

There is one particular Galaga enemy ship that is special – these enemy spaceships take multiple hits before they are destroyed. If you do not destroy them, they can fly down the screen towards you and release a tractor beam to capture your ship. To free the captured ship, you must destroy the captor Galaga while it is attacking you, if you fail, your captured ship will be destroyed. When you free your captured ship, it will dock alongside your current ship, and you are thus rewarded with a dual firing weapon of mass destruction.

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Arcade Classics: What happened to them all?

August 22, 2012February 25, 2014 Patrick Scott Patterson 0 Comments American Classic Arcade Museum, arcade cabinets, arcade machines, Asteroids, berserk, buger time, Cat DeSpira, centipede, classic video games, defender, donkey kong, Donkey kong junior, front line, Galaga, galaxian, mame, mr do, ms. pac-man, pac-man, pawn stars, qix, retro gaming, Richie Knucklez, scramble, space invaders, Street Fighter 2, the great video game crash, videogame history museum, zoo keeper

Several arcade conversions have appeared on these popular treasure-hunting television programs in recent years, often without the people on the show seemingly aware of it. An episode of Pawn Stars saw someone bring three “Japanese Arcade Games” into the Las Vegas shop, two of which were conversions from Defender machines. The Ms. Pac-Man machine that appeared on an episode of Auction Hunters was actually a conversion of an original Pac-Man machine, a cabinet that is similar but quite different in many ways as well.

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Mythbusting six common video game trivia mistakes

July 7, 2012April 9, 2014 Patrick Scott Patterson 0 Comments Andrew laidlaw, atari 2600, coin-operated video game, computer space, donkey kong, first person shooter, Galaga, gamer editions, Guinness world records, intellvision, jumpman, Know your history, Mario, Mario Bros, mat mania, maze war, micro league wrestling, NES, nintendo, Nolan bushnell, online gaming, pac-man, Pong, pro wrestling, sega channel, Stanford university, tag team wrestling, video game trivia, Wolfenstein 3d, wwf wrestlemania

Another very common error, despite being easy to disprove with a quick Google search. I’ve heard people tell me that “Jumpman” was the name for Mario in the original Donkey Kong arcade game, with some going so far as to tell me he wasn’t even named Mario until Donkey Kong Junior or even the original Mario Bros. None of this is quite correct. While it is true that Mario’s working name was Jumpman, and that the instructions on the original arcade version do call him that, the name of Mario came along before Nintendo was even pushing Donkey Kongmachines out the door. The original advertising flyer, released at the time the game was released, refers to the character as Mario numerous times

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Derek James: Polyclef Software

March 4, 2012April 3, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments arcade, Derek, Galaga, gyruss, Infocom, Myst, pc, Polyclef Software, xork

I’ll actually pick two. For classic arcade action, my favorite was probably Gyruss. Why? Because I thought tube shooters were cool…it was like Galaga, but in a circle! And I also really thought the electronica-style Bach music was cool. For the PC, the games I remember the most fondly were the Zork and Enchanter trilogies from Infocom. Text-based adventure and puzzle-solving games are obsolete now, but I really thought the blend of storytelling, puzzle-solving, and interactivity was very immersive and compelling. Myst was a great continuation of this style of game in graphical form, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for Infocom’s games.

Arcade Games

Satan’s Hollow

February 9, 2012April 10, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment 1982, arcade, Bally, Galaga, Midway, Satan’s hollow, sinister

At first, I thought this was some hack game or Halloween mod, but Satan’s Hollow is a real shoot em up game made by Bally Midway in 1982. As you can obviously tell, this game is pretty much like Galaga, but you fight weird demonic creatures instead and you have a shield to protect you for a very limited time when things get crazy.

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99: The Last War

December 28, 2011March 7, 2014 J.A. Laraque 3 Comments 1985, 99 the last war, Galaga, proma, shoot-em up, son of phoenix, space invaders

The game plays like a mix between Galaga and Space invaders and features a shield button as well as a fire button. You can activate the shield before the vessel’s energy meter depletes to protect yourself against incoming missiles. Backgrounds depict a variety of locales, from futuristic cityscapes to moon surfaces, but it was 1985 so all the backgrounds are just static images.

Computer Games

Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection

March 15, 2011March 11, 2014 Konstantinos Dimopoulos 1 Comment 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection, bosconian, Budget Games, classic 80’s games, classic games, digout, dragon spirit, Galaga, Galaga '88, galaxian, game reviews, mame, Mappy, ms. pac-man, Namco Museum, obsolete gamer, pac-man, pacMania, pole position, rally-x, retro games, rolling thunder, ROMs, skykid, xevious

Anyway. Namco’s Museum is an almost decent (budget) collection of some classic, some not so classic and a few pointless games, hoping to please retro gamers, to teach new gamers some old tricks, to teach young dogs strange tricks or to please the average casual gamer. There are 16 games on offer, two of which (PacMania and Galaga `88) are unlockable by attaining (pretty low) highscores in PacMan, Ms. PacMan or the original Galaga, which are actually three of the best titles available in this compilation, and are decently emulated.

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My Favourite Games – Part 4

February 19, 2011November 15, 2011 Simon Lethbridge 3 Comments Apache Gunship, Australia, Captain Hog, Challenging Stages from the original Galaga, Desert Strike – Mega Drive, Don Tacos, ea sports, Everybody's Golf for the Playstation, first Gulf War, free-roaming isometric-viewed game, Galaga, Galaga '88, Galaga 88 - PC Engine, Galaxians, Gaplus, Hellfire missile, HuCard, Japan, Japanese cartoony style, LocoRoco – PSP, Pang 3 – Playstation, pc engine, Pink Leopard, PS1, psp, Scotland, Sheila the Thief, South Africa, space invaders, Super Pang Collection, Tee Off – Dreamcast, That's Galactic Dancin', uk, USA

Even more favorite game picks by Simon 😀

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World Record for Galaga Arcade Changes hands

January 3, 2011January 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Andrew laidlaw, arcade news, classic news, Galaga, Galaga record, gaming news, J.A. Laraque, obsolete gamer, phil day, steve krogmna, twin galaxies

On New Year’s Eve Twin Galaxies announced that Laidlaw scored an incredible 4,525,150 point on the classic arcade game in a tournament setting where he only had five total lives on the hardest difficulty setting.

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A Gamer Girls Experience

December 22, 2010April 15, 2014 Catherine Welch 3 Comments Catherine Welch, Galaga, Gamer gamer, gaming gals, obsolete gamer, Oregon Trail, pacman, Street Fighter, Super Nintendo, video games, world of warcraftkmart, wow

I loved Dark Stalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom. I still play WoW when I have the time (and a functional computer) and the most expensive purchase that I’ve made in the past 2 years was a PS3 for which I’ve bought and played a number of games with it (mostly RPG, but whatever-at least it’s not a Wii). Even though I have moved on from the world of dating gamers, I still have a love for gaming and appreciate the medium.

Movies & T.V.

King of Kong Movie Review

December 16, 2010April 8, 2016 Honorabili 0 Comments Billy Mitchell, Brian Kuh, classic arcade games, Crystal Castles, david and goliath, defender, donkey kong, Doris Self, Funspot, Galaga, Greg Bond, Guiness World Book of Records, honorabili, kill screen, King of Kong Movie Review, Mappy, Mark Alpiger, missile command, ms pacman, pacman, Q*bert, Red Baron, Robert Mruczek, Roy "Mr. Awesome" Shildt, Steve Sanders, Steve Wiebe, top arcade players, twin galaxies, Walter Day, world war i aviation

A modern day video game version of the story David and Goliath.

Company Representatives Gamer Profiles

Jonathan Cooperson: Legacy Interactive

December 11, 2010April 3, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments Galaga, Gamer Profile, J.A. Laraque, Jonathan Cooperson, Legacy Interactive, obsolete gamer

“A game is a series of interesting choices.” –Sid Meier

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Brooks Piggott: Barcode Games

November 25, 2010April 3, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment arcade games, Barcode Games, Brooks Piggott, Galaga, gaming profiles, J.A. Laraque, obsolete gamer, professional football simulator

PFS allows players to own, operate, and coach a football team by simulating a single season or dozens of seasons. Players are in complete control of many team functions, including player drafting, free agency, roster moves, lineup setting, and play calling.

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What is the best classic space shooter and why?

November 17, 2010March 20, 2014 J.A. Laraque 7 Comments Aaron hunter, Asteroids, Chris Skaggs, Chronic Logic, Corey Dangel, Danny Greig, David Warhol, Decent, defender, Detonator Games, discussion, forums, freelancer, freespace 2, Galaga, Gary Manica, Grace Snoke, Industry Inside, J.A. Laraque, Jacob Stevens, Jason Shankel, Joju Games, Josiah Pisciotta, Juan Gril, Justin Melendez Lan Slide PC’s, Ken Berrym XSEED games, life force, Mark van Diggelen, Mathew Anderson, microsoft, NES, nintendo, panel, Petroglyphgames, Playtechtonics Inc, Realtime Associates, Riverman Media, SkillPod Media, Smashing Ideas, Soma Games, space shooter, Spiderwebz Design, Star Wars, Stupid Fun Club, tie fighter, x-wing, xevious, XGen Studios

I can’t help but to re-iterate how significant the first accomplishment was. This was in the days before DirectX, before any abstraction layers, back when Men were Men & Women were Women & game programmers had to write universal binaries for what hardware MIGHT be running their code. That feat is the equivalent of walking into the UN Building and trying each language until you’re talking to everyone.

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Jeff Evans: Antic Entertainment

August 9, 2010April 17, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Antic Entertainment, arcade, Classic Gaming, Galaga, Gamer Profile, J.A. Laraque, Jeff Evans, obsolete gamer

I love the pure simplicity of Galaga. It takes you right back to roots of gaming with its ruthless nature. Your goal: Make it on the highscore table by any means necessary and all you need to worry about is moving left and right and pressing the fire button. I’m far from being considered a ‘master’ of it, but it never fails at reeling me in for a good round or two every now and then. I actually have the arcade machine sitting a few feet away.