Galaga (Atari 7800)

darth-azrael (66) in retrogaming • 7 years ago (edited)

7 years ago by darth-azrael (66)

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retro-room (63) · 7 years ago

I love Galaga so much that I've got the actual arcade machine in my game room -- my "Retro Room" ;)

Easily one of the top 10 most important arcade games of all time.

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darth-azrael (66) · 7 years ago

My retro room is full of computers and video game systems. Not much room for arcade machines but I'm sure I could squeeze one in if the opportunity came along. If I could pick only one, Galaga would certainly be high on the list. I would like to just build a nice MAME cabinet but my woodworking skills are not strong and I don't have the tools anyway...

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justinmsalvato (51) · 7 years ago

"Galaga could be described as a more sophisticated version of Space Invaders." Spot on. I play it every few weeks on my Xbox 360. Never seen that Galagar game. Will look that up.

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darth-azrael (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

Here's what I played on the Commodore 64

It just says Galaga but I think the file name (at least on the disk I had) was GALAGAR.

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justinmsalvato (51) · 7 years ago

Maybe it was programmed in BASIC. A port on C64 should look a lot better and sound better. Really surprised, but it's not like it from the original developers, so... I shouldn't be surprised :)

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darth-azrael (66) · 7 years ago

Yeah, I don't think this was a commercial release at all, much less by the original developers. It actually plays pretty well despite the lousy graphics and the sound is a fair approximation of the arcade.

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intelliguy (68) · 7 years ago

In general you were either Apple, Atari, or Commodore 64 back then...

I like Galagar was a proof of concept game... I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Jim Butterfield wrote it.

I see a colorized version emerged:

...but what you had on your home computer was always better at the arcade.

...until IBM computers showed up and took the computer industry by storm. :)

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darth-azrael (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

The IBM PC came along in 1981 and it couldn't come anywhere near arcade perfect :). It took a lot of years before it got to that point. I wouldn't expect the Commodore 64 to be able to handle an arcade perfect port of Galaga but I think it could handle a good port. I'm certain you could get something with much better graphics than above. Regardless, I was just always surprised there wasn't an official one.

But that does seem to be the exact same game I played but with some color.

This looks like a pretty good clone but seems a bit fast

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kendallkidd (28) · 7 years ago

Galaga was my favorite game, came out my senior year in high school, alot of play for a quarter if you got good at it

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apsu (65) · 7 years ago

I've met some discussions about Galaga and before this, I haven't heard much of it. When I was younger, I enjoyed Space Invaders a bit but it wasn't that good in the end..

Maybe I should give Galaga a try to see if it could impress me in a good way.

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