# Cool video game bugs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-video-game-bugs/98665>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 16, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-video-game-bugs/98665 "2002-03-16T23:42:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-video-game-bugs/98665/41 "2002-03-21T03:59:41Z")

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The arcade game Galaga had a bug where if you left a certain alien alive in the first level and dodged his bombs for about 20 minutes before killing him, none of the aliens would drop bombs for the rest of the game. It made it a lot easier to rack up big scores 😃

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