[Former] MAME World Record: Galaga 5,405,930

[@gordontaylor2815]

1:40 Stage 1 cleared with 5,280 points and double ship 1:57 First challenging stage (Stage 3) - first extra life earned during this stage (20,000 points) 14:36 Eighth (and final) challenging stage (Stage 31) - the order loops after this point. Note the Enterprise-like enemies! 16:52 Eight extra lives in reserve - this is the max the game will display. More will be earned but won't be displayed onscreen. Note that on an actual arcade machine the last ship would be cut in half - the emulation is a little off here. 36:48 One million points reached on Stage 78. After this point extra ships are no longer awarded. High score stops at 999,980. 42:02 Both ships destroyed on Stage 89. On Player 1 for about 25 seconds before going back to Player 2. 48:01 Stage 100 reached with 1,292,260 points 1:02:53 Both ships destroyed on Stage 130. On Player 1 for about 15 seconds (which is also Player 1 Game Over) before going back to Player 2. 1:21:13 On Stage 169 stage counter icons start overlapping extra life icons! This will occur whenever the stage counter icons stack long enough. 2:02:00 "Stage 0" (actually 256) reached with 3,442,740 points - level counter rollover. After this the cycle starts over at 1. 2:13:50 Number of extra lives drop below 8. This occurs on 281st stage (25th after "Stage 0") and at 3,737,220 points. 2:58:28 Five million reached clearing 375th stage (119th after "Stage 0"). Three reserve ships left. 3:10:52 On last life at 400th stage (144th after "Stage 0") and 5,325,710 points. 3:15:17 408th stage reached. This is the stage game over occurs on.

[@TheGalagaKing]

+Gordon Taylor Very nice breakdown. Thanks! :) Want to do the same for my recent WR on TG? :)

[@TheGalagaKing]

Thanks Gordon for the statistical breakdown. I couldn't have done it any better. :)

[@philgreen1226]

i like how they noticed they look like enterprizes, i thought i was the only one. also 408 damn my best is only 37

[@TheGalagaKing]

Practice makes perfect. Before you know it, you'll hit stage 50, then 100 and then eventually 255 ("potential" kill-screen).

[@MAMEWorldRecords]

This is now again the official MAME WR for this track as it was discovered the 20 million score recently achieved was proven to be illegitimately done.

[@BarraNZ]

+MAMEWorldRecords What you mean Kappa

[@Chris3756YT]

Not good enough! The MAXIMUM high score should be 999,990, NOT over 1 million. Nice try!!

[@BarraNZ]

+Chris3756 Did you even watch the video?

[@Chris3756YT]

Yes, I did. I watched the video from start to finish.

[@nightstriker2172]

+Chris3756 Pro's use Player 2 because the Score display never Rolls over to zero, In which the score can go on and on

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

I think the screen is a bit dark. Is this an emulation issue? Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Shamunt]

what is the essential cabinet or version of galaga to play on and get the world record? I'm curious because I would like to try it myself

[@ragame66]

By the way Steve Krogman also has the MAME fast shoot record at 20,518,900 pts - stage 1493. He is the Galaga king, his game play makes the game look easy, I think his record will stand for quite a long time.

[@richardmarsh2317]

ragame66 - I think 20M on fast shots seems quite beatable if your bladder can hold out. I think the game would require 12 to 14 hours of play. I am aware that this same player achieved 15,999,990 on regular (show shots) settings and that is much more impressive.

[@richardmarsh2317]

ragame66 - I think 20M on fast shots seems quite beatable if your bladder can hold out. I think the game would require 12 to 14 hours of play. I am aware that this same player achieved 15,999,990 on regular (show shots) settings and that is much more impressive.

[@TheGalagaKing]

Hats off to my Galaga compadre, Armando Gonzalez from California. I'll just leave you with the link. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXOkeYuOrqaLmKc Here's some gameplay from that same game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJyQpoiqhZaJnc0 I guess now I have to shoot for 30M. :)

[@KGershkoff]

408 stages shooting over 85%: Godlike!

[@AlluMan96]

Holy shit dude! And here I thought that I was good for making it all the way to 88.000 & broke my old 87.000 point record a few weeks back.

[@CraigARG]

The emulation/arcade records are tracked separately. For MAME you just need to record using WolfMAME106 with the Galaga romset.

[@richardmarsh2317]

Awesome game! I had heard a lot about Steve Krogman's mastery of Galaga, but never saw him play until I watched this video. And his arcade games were even better, including an 11M score at Funspot; I think that was in 2002. Great stuff. ☺

[@TheGalagaKing]

Thanks Richard for the kind words. Actually, my 11M was back in 99. :) Hard to believe it's almost 20 years old already, and my world record is almost 30 years old too! May have to change that on the 30th anniversary date. :)

[@GitDatPC]

I played this game in the Arcade and it flipped until level 0 and no more enemies came out.

[@BarraNZ]

There are a couple of people capable of beating his arcade record. Andrew Laidlaw scored 4.5mil on tournament settings (5 lives only)

[@styles3732]

Man i have fond memories playing Galaga with my brother down at the local laundromat in the early 80s .. wow ! holy crap I'm old.

[@CraigARG]

He has the arcade record as well, but it's closer to 16m: 15,999,990Stephen Krogman 1989-06-01 Gran Prix

[@-Megasonic]

I remember that only 5 lives allowed for this game in 80's. Anyway, this player's skill is so good. Hit/Miss ratio is 86.6%

[@johnpelton]

I once played a version of this back in the 1980's where you could have 3 or 4 capture recovered ships at the bottom, but I've only seen it once in my life. It was at an arcade in Maplewood, Minnesota, USA. The arcade was called Aladdin's Castle. Anybody know if an emulated version of that exists?

[@redmercer4158]

If you're not absolutely sure about the four ship part, Galaga '88 had a three-ship mode.

[@fuckyougoogleplus8667]

You may be thinking about Gaplus, which was also sometimes called Galaga 2. Both of which are on MAME.

[@stevetheserialkiller9355]

when i put the galaga rom in my roms folder for mame it says this requires another rom or image or something can i have a link to were this was downloaded

[@edusword]

+stevetheserialkiller You need also this roms: "namco51" and "namco54". Regards!

[@zhorik]

This is no longer the MAME World Record. This was beaten by Andrew Barrow on April 13th, 2014 with a score of 5,524,600. The replay is available on MARP.

[@scottfavire6589]

I used to get to stage 255 at my local arcade, but the game just stopped there.

[@sirgarence]

Does the game continue to get increasingly difficult, or does it ultimately plateau?

[@TheGalagaKing]

+sirgarence On the hardest settings ("D"), the game never gets any harder then stage 12.

[@philgreen1226]

actually at stage 24 onwards more ships fly out. however enemy speed caps at 12

[@elopez0911]

The score seems pretty beatable, I'm surprised it has stood since 1998. The arcade machine I used to play at would almost always crash at stage 0 - the game would do a hard reset.

[@Arupero]

i played a different version of this with bosses idk but can any1 tell me what it is if you know :D

[@albatross990]

Galaga Remix/Arrangement?

[@rockinben]

Why does he play as the second player?

[@pacmanlatino]

My bro was so good at this game. There was a way to cheat the game on a eat that the enemy won't shoot anymore. Back then you'll go early in the morning and set a record then go back to check if anyone was capable of braking it. That was over thirty years ago...

[@paulreah5657]

You have to be really good, capitalizing on the challenging stages, because after stage 255, the game locks up on stage 0. So there's a limit to how long you can play.

[@richardmarsh2317]

Paul Reah - The game was played at Difficulty "D" (hardest). At that setting the game can continue past "Stage 0".

[@MAMEWorldRecords]

That is the arcade record yes. This is however the emulation record for MAME.

[@Benjawin6671]

at this one arcade I went to, the high score was so high the numbers were glitched

[@leonardorocha7738]

is this the Arcade version ?

[@MAMEWorldRecords]

Leonardo Rocha It's the same romset as arcade, but it's played on MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) so it is a MAME record but obviously not an arcade record.

[@jjstratford]

Nice single ship perfect on Stage 71 :)

[@TheGalagaKing]

+jjstratford Thanks. It doesn't happen often. :)

[@bobbyburchenal74]

When does the game stop awarding you extra ships?

[@zhorik]

You don't ever get any extra ships after 1M. Until then it depends on the settngs you are playing on, extra every 60K or 70K.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

Still about 5 mil better than my best.

[@BarraNZ]

Only Difficulty B and D will get past the "stage 0 crash" allowing the player to continue as long as possible. All other difficulities this is regarded as the "kill screen" This score is most definitely beatable, Ill be surprised if it lasts another year or two.

[@jjstratford]

That was strange @ 32:26...usually don't fire so close

[@toquyend]

Correction it is 15,999,990 from 1989. I looked it up on google

[@donmac1811]

The game I played in the 80's had 256 stages and that was it.

[@zhorik]

If you play game on hardest difficulty (Rank D), then the game doesn't end on stage 256

[@donmac1811]

It was a coin op game so difficulty wasn't a choice.

[@zhorik]

It is a dip switch setting on the Coin Op game. There are 4 settings. The machine owner can and could change the difficulty using the dip switches behind the coin box. Difficulty Medium (Rank B) and Difficulty Hardest (Rank B) do not end on stage 256. Google for the original arcade manual and you'll see how to change the dip switches on an original Galaga arcade cabinet.

[@TheGalagaKing]

+zhorik Actually, a difficulty setting of either A, B or C will either reset or lock up at stage 256 (aka stage "0"). "D" will allow you to play indefinitely, or at least up to stage 1,493. :)

[@ProductionsHead]

I remember playing this game all the time, I am having trouble remembering my max score, but I think it was a steady 345,000 or something like that.

[@progrocker69]

I'm counting up all the points you're losing on poorly done bonus stages and it almost makes me wanna throw up in my mouth a little. o.O

[@thelaw2855]

3:15:38 Death... :(

[@JohnMichaelson]

Player 1 needs to practice more, even I can get farther than they did.

[@gordontaylor2815]

+John Michaelson Expert players in this game always use Player 2 in a 2 Player Game because the Player 2 score can display more digits before rolling over. Usually they only play on 1 enough to get 1xx points because those digits are used as markers to line up where to shoot in the Challenging Stages.

[@JohnMichaelson]

Gordon Taylor That's very informative, thanks! I don't remember my best score but it wasn't remotely close to a million even.

[@korneltili4468]

That sound effects! Very funny! :-XD!

[@JoeCnNd]

at 2hrs and 57:01 I thought he got hit by that bug. He just pinpointed that.

[@TheGalagaKing]

+JoeCnNd Didn't realize I was thisclose to hitting that bee. Good catch!

[@ThaTrickstaProd]

GET REKT

[@dustinthompson272]

My high score is only 116,250

[@voyuer37]

Ha! I just found an old picture of me by the tv pointing to my high score about 25 years ago... 116,910!!!

[@robertrobinson8370]

Dustin Thompson shit mine is only 99000 approx. or maybe 96000appox.

[@philgreen1226]

325500 for me lv 37.

[@kascnef]

set speed to fast

[@zhorik]

Original Galaga did not have Rapid Fire. Rapid Fire has only added later and is easier since you don't really need to aim in order clear levels without problems when using Rapid Fire.

[@JonKlinkel]

zhorik That's not true - Rapid Fire is where you hold the button and don't have to keep "tapping" it. You're talking about Fast shot speed. Huge difference.

[@zhorik]

Jon Klinkel You're correct that the original Galaga did support enabling "auto-fire" and the Galaga manual refers to the auto-fire option as "Rapid Fire", so I shouldn't have called "Fast Fire" by the name "Rapid Fire" and thanks for the correction. That said, 99% of the time people talk about "Fast" Galaga they are talking about Fast shot speed, which was not part the original Galaga.

[@weskerumbrella]

autofire confirmed.. boring...

[@KimCheonGi]

29:18 Booboo