No enemy fire trick - On either the 1st or 2nd
screen, leave one of the blue/yellow bugs, from either of the
2 left-most columns in the formation. Avoid its fire until it
stops (and passes at least 3 times down the screen without firing).
This takes anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes to perform.
200% accuracy trick - When the game starts, dont
move, firing only one shot. If done right, two enemies will
be killed. Kill off all your ships to see rating.
BUG: Credit glitch - As soon as a game ends, put
a credit in, and keep hitting the START button. When the results
screen goes off, the credits will read zero.
RUMOR: Game over glitch (?) - let your 1st ship
get captured. Kill off the next one. When the Galaga/Ship combo
comes down, crash into it, destroying all 3. Youll get
points for shooting both, and the game will play
on forever even though theres no ships left!
PLAY ATTRACT MODE (thanks to Brian Kendig for
sending this one): On Galaga (and the Galaga in the Galaga/Ms.Pacman
20th Anniversary machine), it's possible to play the attract
mode. Wait until the game demo when the alien ship comes down
and turns on its tractor beam to capture the player's ship.
At that moment, take the controls and press Fire a couple of
times to destroy the alien ship. Then you'll have control of
the attract mode for a little while. Sometimes if you manage
to destroy all the alien ships quickly enough, it'll sit there
at a scrolling starfield with no enemies for a couple of minutes;
other times it'll realize something's wrong and crash and reset
and keep going normally.
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