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How to get Perfects on all the Challenge Stages in Galaga.
I put this together after seeing too many Galaga videos with pitiful Challenge Stage play. Hopefully, this will help some of you since there's a lot of points to be made on the Challenge Stages. I figured all this stuff one quarter at a time but now with MAME save states, you can practice at home with ease so no reason not to improve your game.
The secret is... shoot really fast! :p Positioning and timing are helpful too and that's what this video is for.
This video demonstrates the Challenge Stages with Dual Ships. Most of them (if not all) can be done with a Single Ship too - see this video:
• Galaga - Single Ship P...
For the 1st and 2nd Challenge Stages (Stages 3 & 7) you need to align your ships in the middle of the screen. Line your ships up centered underneath 'HIGH SCORE' - if your bullets are hitting the right leg of the 'H' on the end of 'HIGH' and the right side of the 'S' in 'SCORE' then you are in the right spot. You shouldn't have to move from that spot for either of the 1st two Challenge stages.
Challenge 3 (Stage 11) line up between the 'G' & 'H' in 'HIGH' for the first convoy. Move just a little to the left to get the ships coming in from the left side of the screen on the 2nd & 3rd convoys and then quickly move to the right, under the 'C' & 'O' in 'SCORE' to catch the guys that came in on the right as they head down. Back to the left under 'GH' for the 4th convoy and over to the right again under 'CO' for the last.
Challenge 4 (Stage 15) line up under 'GH' again and for the 1st and 2nd convoys, drifting to the right with the 2nd as necessary. Line up under 'CO' for the 3rd then back to 'GH' for the 4th and back once again to 'CO' for the last.
Challenge Stage 5 (Stage 19) move all the way to the left side of the screen and then come back right just a hair for the 1st convoy. Line up over your 2nd & 3rd extra ships for the 2nd convoy - try to hit everything as it comes out from the left and then finish off the Boss Galagas when the loop back around over you. Move as far to the right as you can for the 3rd convoy, then all the way back to the left for the 4th and all the way back to the right for the last.
Challenge 6 (Stage 23) line the middle of one of your ships over the left edge of the 'Stage 20' marker for the first convoy. For the 2nd & 3rd convoys, line up in the middle, like the for first Challenge Stages and if your timing is perfect you can nail everything as they cross over you. If a few get through, move slightly to one side or the other so that one bullet is going straight up the middle and time your shots carefully to catch them as they criss-cross and then exit up the middle. For the 4th convoy, line up over your 2nd & 3rd extra ships and then move back to the 'Stage 20' marker for the final convoy.
Challenge 7 (Stage 27) get all the way in the right corner and shoot right when they're on top of you. Line up the middle of your left ship over the 'Stage 20' marker and start shooting just as the first Boss starts to turn over and come straight down at you. Move over your 2nd & 3rd extra ships for the 3rd convoy, all the way to the left for the 4th and all the way back to the right for the 5th.
Challenge 8 (Stage 31) Line up under 'GH' for the 1st convoy. Try to hit the first two ships on the left just as they enter the screen and then the two behind them - wait for the ships that entered on the right to come to you and then blast them as they cross over you. Stay in the same spot for the 2nd convoy - try to hit everything as they go past the first time and then polish off the Bosses when the loop back over you. Move to the right under 'CO' for the 3rd convoy and then back to 'GH' for the 4th & 5th (you could stay under 'CO' for those last two, and the 1st one too if you prefer - it's up to you)
The Challenge Stages repeat in the same order after the 8th Challenge - they never get any harder but you do get the maximum 3000 point bonus for each convoy so that's about 30,000 points to be made on each challenge stage!
Try not to just mash the fire button willy-nilly - time your shots so that you're not wasting them. Sometimes a missed shot can cost you the time you need to nail one last ship before he heads off the screen. I left a couple of some messy stages in the video so you can see the importance of timing your shots to clean up any missed ships.
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