A game called GALAGA 88 is on the disk, which is very similar to the original GALAGA that was out in the mid 80’s in the arcades.
Unfortunately, the disk I purchased was used, and therefore had no instruction manual. I’ve searched the web high and low, and have not been able to find the directions to this game, or any place to describe the game playing, particularly at the end.
I’ve seen this game posted on youtube, so I have an idea of how it ends, but there are clearly tricks to this game that I’m unaware of. I’ve played it enough to find some of the tricks, mostly by accident.
I implore you! Please help me find the directions to this game and/or a tell me how to play this game so I can win it. I’m too damn old to suck so badly at a game that’s 22 years old. It’s my personal hell.
Thank you! And if you have any questions for me, ask away. The one thing I ask is that if you supply me with a link to get the directions manual, for example, please make sure you can get the directions manual. I can’t begin to tell you how many of these links I’ve followed only to end up with nothing.
StrategyWiki has a whole thing on Galaga 88– hopefully this is close enough that you’ll be able to figure out a few more things. At least, it seems to have decent descriptions of the various mobs and bosses. Plus it has a bunch of tips and tricks.
Thank you so much for that link. I’ve seen it before, but I didn’t have it bookmarked. It’s a handy reference, but it doesn’t help me beat the game.
There is clearly something I’m missing.
I’ve made it to Level 5, but I’ve never seen the messages that are associated with the ones on that website.
If you are familiar with the game, I get to level 10, and kill the mini-boss. I then continue on with the game, but I’ve never seen any of the Final Bosses. Which makes me believe I’m not jumping to the next dimensions properly, or I’m doing something else wrong.
Have you ever played it? I wonder if I have to get through all of the levels before I get into the next dimensions, except I thought I was getting to the next dimension after each “galactic dancing” stage.
This is where I’m confused.
Someone out there has had to have played this game before. It can’t be this hard. It just can’t be.
Dimension warp is powered by the game’s only powerup. The second-from-top row of enemies can glom together and make one big bug-thing, destroy it before it finishes its attack run and an oblong silver thing with rotating lights falls down the screen. Grab the silver thing with your ship before it falls off and it’ll go into a counter at the bottom. Two of those make you warp after the bonus stage.
You need two of these silver things to get warped. However, it doesn’t seem to work at the 5th dimension.
I can never get beyond the 5th dimension. I usually die in the first or second stage of that dimension. Unless there is another way to get to those other Boss things, I’ve completely missed something. The directions can’t be that hard to find… or do I just suck hard at this game?